Shirley Temple

Known for ActingBorn 1928-04-23Died 2014-02-10Santa Monica, California, USA

Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was named United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career at the age of three in 1931. Two years later, she achieved international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film produced especially for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934. Film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid- to late 1930s. Temple capitalized on licensed merchandise that featured her wholesome image; the merchandise included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in 29 films from the ages of 3 to 10, but in only 14 films from the ages of 14 to 21. Temple retired from film in 1950 at the age of 22. In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances on television shows in the early 1960s and filmed a sitcom pilot that was never released. She sat on the boards of corporations and organizations, including the Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation. She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles W. Yost. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. Temple was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]Read more

Movies & web series

Hollywood Blue

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Hollywood’s Children

Judy Garland: By Myself

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe

Hooray for Hollywood

Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults

Pippi Longstocking

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends

V.I.P. Schaukel

Waking Sleeping Beauty

The Kennedy Center Honors

That's Dancing!

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Out All Night

Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

The Oscars

Fort Apache

The Dick Cavett Show

Frank Capra's American Dream

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

I'll Be Seeing You

The Kid's Last Fight

The Ed Sullivan Show

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Heidi

Now and Forever

Captain January

The Little Princess

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Stowaway

Since You Went Away

Bright Eyes

Wee Willie Winkie

Carolina

Honeymoon

Dimples

Poor Little Rich Girl

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Little Colonel

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Susannah of the Mounties

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Marker