Shirley Temple
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]
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Child Star as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · Dream Girl: The making of Marilyn Monroe as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Showbiz Kids as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Waking Sleeping Beauty as Herself (archive footage)
- 2009 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression as Self (archive)
- 2004 · Judy Garland: By Myself as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends as
- 1997 · Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star as
- 1995 · Screen Actors Guild Awards as
- 1994 · The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling as Self (archive footage)
- 1987 · Hollywood Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1982 · Hollywood’s Children as Self (archive footage)
- 1981 · Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1976 · The Biggest Little Star of the 30's as Self(archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1970 · Hollywood Blue as (archive footage)
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1963 · The Sound of Laughter as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Pippi Longstocking as
- 1961 · Pippi Longstocking as Shirley Temple
- 1960 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Babes in Toyland as
- 1960 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Winnie the Pooh as
- 1960 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Land of Oz as
- 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as Narrator
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1949 · A Kiss for Corliss as Corliss Archer
- 1949 · The Story of Seabiscuit as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
- 1949 · Adventure in Baltimore as Dinah Sheldon
- 1949 · Mr. Belvedere Goes to College as Ellen Baker
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - Guest
- 1948 · Fort Apache as Philadelphia Thursday
- 1947 · That Hagen Girl as Mary Hagen
- 1947 · The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer as Susan Turner
- 1947 · Honeymoon as Barbara Olmstead
- 1945 · Kiss and Tell as Corliss Archer
- 1944 · I'll Be Seeing You as Barbara Marshall
- 1944 · Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1944 · Since You Went Away as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
- 1942 · Miss Annie Rooney as Annie Rooney
- 1941 · Kathleen as Kathleen Davis
- 1940 · Young People as Wendy Ballantine
- 1940 · Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 · The Blue Bird as Mytyl
- 1939 · Susannah of the Mounties as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
- 1939 · The Little Princess as Sara Crewe
- 1938 · Just Around the Corner as Penny Hale
- 1938 · Little Miss Broadway as Betsy Brown Shea
- 1938 · Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Rebecca Winstead
- 1937 · Ali Baba Goes to Town as Herself
- 1937 · Heidi as Heidi Kramer
- 1937 · Wee Willie Winkie as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
- 1936 · Stowaway as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
- 1936 · Dimples as Dimples Appleby
- 1936 · Poor Little Rich Girl as Barbara Barry
- 1936 · Captain January as Helen 'Star' Mason
- 1935 · The Littlest Rebel as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
- 1935 · Curly Top as Elizabeth Blair
- 1935 · The Little Colonel as Lloyd Sherman
- 1935 · Our Little Girl as Molly Middleton
- 1934 · Bright Eyes as Shirley Blake
- 1934 · The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- 1934 · Now and Forever as Penelope 'Pennie' Day
- 1934 · Baby Take a Bow as Shirley Ellison
- 1934 · Now I'll Tell as Mary Doran
- 1934 · Little Miss Marker as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
- 1934 · Change of Heart as Shirley
- 1934 · Stand Up and Cheer! as Shirley Dugan
- 1934 · Managed Money as Mary Lou Rogers
- 1934 · As the Earth Turns as Child
- 1934 · Carolina as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
- 1934 · Pardon My Pups as Mary Lou Rogers
- 1933 · What's to Do? as Mary Lou Rogers
- 1933 · Merrily Yours as Mary Lou Rogers
- 1933 · Kid 'in' Africa as Madame Cradlebait
- 1933 · To the Last Man as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
- 1933 · Dora's Dunking Doughnuts as Shirley
- 1933 · Polly Tix in Washington as Polly Tix
- 1933 · The Kid's Last Fight as Shirley
- 1933 · Out All Night as Child
- 1933 · Kid in Hollywood as
- 1933 · Glad Rags to Riches as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
- 1932 · The Pie-Covered Wagon as Shirley
- 1932 · Red Haired Alibi as Gloria Shelton
- 1932 · War Babies as Charmaine
- 1932 · Runt Page as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
- 2024 · Film Stars Help Greece as Self
- 2024 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: The Little Mermaid as
- 2024 · Shirley Temple’s Storybook: Madeline as