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Shirley Temple
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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…
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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]
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Shirley Temple's Filmography
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Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol's America
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
as Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Archival Footage
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self(archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter
as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
Pippi Longstocking
as Shirley Temple
A Kiss for Corliss
as Corliss Archer
The Story of Seabiscuit
as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Adventure in Baltimore
as Dinah Sheldon
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Ellen Baker
Fort Apache
as Philadelphia Thursday
That Hagen Girl
as Mary Hagen
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Susan
Honeymoon
as Barbara Olmstead
Kiss and Tell
as Corliss Archer
I'll Be Seeing You
as Barbara Marshall
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
as Bridget Hilton
Miss Annie Rooney
as Annie Rooney
Kathleen
as Kathleen Davis
Young People
as Wendy Ballantine
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
The Blue Bird
as Mytyl
Susannah of the Mounties
as Susannah Sheldon
The Little Princess
as Sara Crewe
Just Around the Corner
as Penny Hale
Little Miss Broadway
as Betsy Brown
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca Winstead
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Herself
Heidi
as Heïdi
Wee Willie Winkie
as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
Stowaway
as Ching-Ching
Dimples
as Dimples Appleby
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Barbara Barry
Captain January
as Star
The Littlest Rebel
as Virgie Cary
Curly Top
as Elizabeth Blair
Our Little Girl
as Molly Middleton
The Little Colonel
as Lloyd Sherman
Bright Eyes
as Shirley Blake
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
Now and Forever
as Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Baby Take a Bow
as Shirley Ellison
Now I'll Tell
as Mary Doran
Little Miss Marker
as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Change of Heart
as Shirley
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Shirley Dugan
Managed Money
as Mary Lou Rogers
As the Earth Turns
as Child
Mandalay
as Betty Shaw (uncredited)
Carolina
as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
Pardon My Pups
as Mary Lou Rogers
What's to Do?
as Mary Lou Rogers
Merrily Yours
as Mary Lou Rogers
Kid 'in' Africa
as Madame Cradlebait
To the Last Man
as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
as Shirley
Polly Tix in Washington
as Polly Tix
The Kid's Last Fight
as Shirley
Out All Night
as Child
Kid in Hollywood
Glad Rags to Riches
as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
The Pie-Covered Wagon
as Shirley
Red Haired Alibi
as Gloria Shelton
War Babies
as Charmaine
Runt Page
as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
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