Shirley Temple
Acting • Born 1928-04-23 – Died 2014-02-10
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]
Filmography
100 credits
Glad Rags to Riches
Movie • 1933
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
I'll Be Seeing You
Movie • 1944
Barbara Marshall
Baby Take a Bow
Movie • 1934
Shirley Ellison
Dimples
Movie • 1936
Dimples Appleby
The Sound of Laughter
Movie • 1963
La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
The Little Princess
Movie • 1939
Sara Crewe
Stowaway
Movie • 1936
Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Movie • 1947
Susan Turner
Heidi
Movie • 1937
Heidi Kramer
Since You Went Away
Movie • 1944
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Curly Top
Movie • 1935
Elizabeth Blair
The Little Colonel
Movie • 1935
Lloyd Sherman
Bright Eyes
Movie • 1934
Shirley Blake
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1940
Mytyl
Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie • 1936
Barbara Barry
Fort Apache
Movie • 1948
Philadelphia Thursday
Little Miss Marker
Movie • 1934
Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Just Around the Corner
Movie • 1938
Penny Hale
The Story of Seabiscuit
Movie • 1949
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Wee Willie Winkie
Movie • 1937
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
The Littlest Rebel
Movie • 1935
Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Our Little Girl
Movie • 1935
Molly Middleton
The Our Gang Story
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie • 1938
Rebecca Winstead
Susannah of the Mounties
Movie • 1939
Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
Little Miss Broadway
Movie • 1938
Betsy Brown Shea
Stand Up and Cheer!
Movie • 1934
Shirley Dugan
Now and Forever
Movie • 1934
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain January
Movie • 1936
Helen 'Star' Mason
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Movie • 1949
Ellen Baker
Hollywood Blue
Movie • 1970
(archive footage)
Young People
Movie • 1940
Wendy Ballantine
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Movie • 1933
Shirley
Runt Page
Movie • 1932
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
The Pie-Covered Wagon
Movie • 1932
Shirley
Red Haired Alibi
Movie • 1932
Gloria Shelton
War Babies
Movie • 1932
Charmaine
Now I'll Tell
Movie • 1934
Mary Doran
Managed Money
Movie • 1934
Mary Lou Rogers
Pardon My Pups
Movie • 1934
Mary Lou Rogers
Merrily Yours
Movie • 1933
Mary Lou Rogers
The Kid's Last Fight
Movie • 1933
Shirley
Kid in Hollywood
Movie • 1933
What's to Do?
Movie • 1933
Mary Lou Rogers
Kid 'in' Africa
Movie • 1933
Madame Cradlebait
Polly Tix in Washington
Movie • 1933
Polly Tix
To the Last Man
Movie • 1933
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
Movie • 1942
Annie Rooney
A Kiss for Corliss
Movie • 1949
Corliss Archer
Adventure in Baltimore
Movie • 1949
Dinah Sheldon
That Hagen Girl
Movie • 1947
Mary Hagen
Kiss and Tell
Movie • 1945
Corliss Archer
Honeymoon
Movie • 1947
Barbara Olmstead
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
As the Earth Turns
Movie • 1934
Child
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Movie • 1981
Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
Movie • 1976
Self(archive footage)
Change of Heart
Movie • 1934
Shirley
Out All Night
Movie • 1933
Child
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
Movie • 1999
Kathleen
Movie • 1941
Kathleen Davis
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Gad-About
Movie • 1934
Self (uncredited)
Judy Garland: By Myself
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Take It or Leave It
Movie • 1944
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Movie • 1996
Archival Footage
Frank Capra's American Dream
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
Carolina
Movie • 1934
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Pippi Longstocking
Movie • 1961
Shirley Temple
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Movie • 1937
Herself
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Movie • 1997
Self (Archival Footage)
Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon
Movie
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
Movie • 2022
Mandalay
Movie • 1934
Betty Shaw (uncredited)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV • 1995
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self - Co-Hostess
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Katrina Van Tassel
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Polly Baker
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Princess Ozma / Tip
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Narrator (voice) / Christopher Robin's Mother
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Narrator (voice) / Harem Spy
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Narrator (voice) / Jo March Bhaer