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Aliases: Shirley Temple Black , Shirley Temple-Black , Shirley Jane Temple , شرلی تمپل

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

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]

Most Famous Work

The Kennedy Center Honors
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7
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
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6
The Oscars
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7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
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6
Waking Sleeping Beauty
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7

Waking Sleeping Beauty

(2009) Self (archive footage)
Heidi
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7

Heidi

(1937) Heidi Kramer
I'll Be Seeing You
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7

I'll Be Seeing You

(1944) Barbara Marshall
Fort Apache
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7

Fort Apache

(1948) Philadelphia Thursday

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
2009 Self (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
1999 N/A
1997 Self (archive footage)
1996 N/A
1995 N/A
1994 Self (archive footage)
1993 Self (archive footage)
1987 Self (archive footage)
1985 N/A
1984 (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 Self
Self (archive footage)
1981 Archive Footage
1978 Self
1976 Self(archive footage)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1971 Self
1970 (archive footage)
1968 Self - Guest
1965 (archive footage)
1963 La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1961 Self - Co-Hostess
Self
Shirley Temple
N/A
1960 N/A
N/A
N/A
1958 Narrator
1956 Self
1953 Self
1949 Corliss Archer
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Dinah Sheldon
Ellen Baker
1948 Self - Guest
Philadelphia Thursday
1947 Mary Hagen
Susan Turner
Barbara Olmstead
1945 Corliss Archer
1944 Barbara Marshall
Herself
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
1942 Annie Rooney
1941 Kathleen Davis
1940 Kit Ballantine
Self (archive footage)
Mytyl
1939 Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
Sara Crewe
1938 Penny Hale
Betsy Brown Shea
Rebecca Winstead
1937 Herself
Heidi Kramer
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1936 Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
Dimples Appleby
Barbara Barry
Helen 'Star' Mason
1935 Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Elizabeth Blair
Lloyd Sherman
Molly Middleton
1934 Shirley Blake
Self (uncredited)
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Shirley Ellison
Mary Doran
Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Shirley
Shirley Dugan
Mary Lou Rogers
Child
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
Mary Lou Rogers
1933 Mary Lou Rogers
Madame Cradlebait
Mary Lou Rogers
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
Shirley
Polly Tix
Shirley
Child
N/A
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1932 Shirley
Gloria Shelton
Charmaine
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
Self
N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Book
Year Role Movie/Tv

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