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