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Shirley Temple

Acting

Born April 23, 1928 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Died February 10, 2014

Also known as Shirley Temple Black · Shirley Temple-Black · Shirley Jane Temple

Biography

Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, politician, 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 to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.

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Awards & recognition

  • Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award · 2006
  • Kennedy Center Honors · 1998
  • honorary citizen of Plzeň · 1990
  • Golden Plate Award · 1970
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960
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  • Academy Juvenile Award · 1935

Filmography39 titles

Hollywood’s Children

1982as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College

1949as Ellen Baker

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009as Self (archive footage)

Fort Apache

1948as Philadelphia Thursday

That's Dancing!

1985

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947as Susan

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938as Rebecca Winstead

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Heidi

1937as Heïdi Kramer

Captain January

1936as Helen 'Star' Mason

The Little Princess

1939as Sara Crewe

Stowaway

1936as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart

Bright Eyes

1934as Shirley Blake

Wee Willie Winkie

1937as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams

Dimples

1936as Dimples Appleby

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936as Barbara Barry

The Little Colonel

1935as Lloyd Sherman

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Susannah of the Mounties

1939as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon

Little Miss Broadway

1938as Betsy Brown Shea

Curly Top

1935as Elizabeth Blair

What's to Do?

1933as Mary Lou Rogers

Miss Annie Rooney

1942as Annie Rooney

The Littlest Rebel

1935as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary

The Pie-Covered Wagon

1932as Shirley

The Story of Seabiscuit

1949as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles

To the Last Man

1933as Mary Stanley (uncredited)

A Kiss for Corliss

1949as Corliss Archer

The Blue Bird

1940as Mytyl

Just Around the Corner

1938as Penny Hale

Mandalay

1934as Betty Shaw (uncredited)

Hollywood Uncensored

1987as Self (archive footage)

That Hagen Girl

1947as Mary Hagen

Young People

1940as Wendy Ballantine

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934as Shirley Dugan

Our Little Girl

1935as Molly Middleton

War Babies

1932as Charmaine

Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

1993as Self (archive footage)