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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 23, 1928
Died
February 10, 2014
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Also Known As
- Shirley Temple Black
- Shirley Temple-Black
- Shirley Jane Temple
- شرلی تمپل
Shirley Temple
1.2 Popularity
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]
Known For
7.8
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004
7.0
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1999
7.0
Self (Archival Footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997
6.3
Self (archive footage)
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
🎬
0.0
Archival Footage
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996
6.2
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
0.0
Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
1994
Credits
Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022
7.8
Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.2
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
as Self (archive footage)
2009
0.0
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.5
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1999
7.0
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
as Self (Archival Footage)
1997
7.0
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1997
6.3
🎬
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
as Archival Footage
1996
0.0
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
6.2
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1994
0.0
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
Hollywood Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
1987
5.1
That's Dancing!
1985
7.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1982
0.0
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self (archive footage)
1981
0.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
🎬
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
as Self(archive footage)
1976
0.0
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
🎬
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971
7.5
Hollywood Blue
as (archive footage)
1970
0.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Sound of Laughter
as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1963
2.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Pippi Longstocking
as Shirley Temple
1961
8.0
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Katrina Van Tassel
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Polly Baker
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Princess Ozma / Tip
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Christopher Robin's Mother
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Harem Spy
1958
6.2
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Jo March Bhaer
1958
6.2
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
A Kiss for Corliss
as Corliss Archer
1949
4.7
The Story of Seabiscuit
as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
1949
5.8
Adventure in Baltimore
as Dinah Sheldon
1949
4.9
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Ellen Baker
1949
6.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Fort Apache
as Philadelphia Thursday
1948
7.0
That Hagen Girl
as Mary Hagen
1947
4.8
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
as Susan Turner
1947
6.9
Honeymoon
as Barbara Olmstead
1947
6.4
Kiss and Tell
as Corliss Archer
1945
5.6
I'll Be Seeing You
as Barbara Marshall
1944
6.9
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
4.0
Since You Went Away
as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
1944
6.5
Miss Annie Rooney
as Annie Rooney
1942
6.3
Kathleen
as Kathleen Davis
1941
5.0
Young People
as Wendy Ballantine
1940
4.6
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1940
6.5
The Blue Bird
as Mytyl
1940
5.7
Susannah of the Mounties
as Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
1939
6.3
The Little Princess
as Sara Crewe
1939
6.7
Just Around the Corner
as Penny Hale
1938
5.5
Little Miss Broadway
as Betsy Brown Shea
1938
6.4
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Rebecca Winstead
1938
6.7
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Herself
1937
5.9
Heidi
as Heidi Kramer
1937
6.8
Wee Willie Winkie
as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1937
6.6
Stowaway
as Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
1936
6.7
Dimples
as Dimples Appleby
1936
6.4
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Barbara Barry
1936
6.6
Captain January
as Helen 'Star' Mason
1936
6.7
The Littlest Rebel
as Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
1935
6.2
Curly Top
as Elizabeth Blair
1935
6.4
The Little Colonel
as Lloyd Sherman
1935
6.5
Our Little Girl
as Molly Middleton
1935
4.3
Bright Eyes
as Shirley Blake
1934
6.7
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Now and Forever
as Penelope 'Pennie' Day
1934
6.6
Baby Take a Bow
as Shirley Ellison
1934
5.6
Now I'll Tell
as Mary Doran
1934
4.3
Little Miss Marker
as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
1934
6.4
Change of Heart
as Shirley
1934
6.2
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Shirley Dugan
1934
4.9
Managed Money
as Mary Lou Rogers
1934
4.6
As the Earth Turns
as Child
1934
5.3
Carolina
as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Pardon My Pups
as Mary Lou Rogers
1934
5.6
What's to Do?
as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
5.5
Merrily Yours
as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
4.8
Kid 'in' Africa
as Madame Cradlebait
1933
5.0
To the Last Man
as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
1933
5.7
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
as Shirley
1933
4.6
Polly Tix in Washington
as Polly Tix
1933
3.6
The Kid's Last Fight
as Shirley
1933
5.5
Out All Night
as Child
1933
6.0
Kid in Hollywood
1933
5.8
Glad Rags to Riches
as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1933
5.7
The Pie-Covered Wagon
as Shirley
1932
6.0
Red Haired Alibi
as Gloria Shelton
1932
4.4
War Babies
as Charmaine
1932
3.2
Runt Page
as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
1932
5.2
🎬
Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon
N/A
0.0