Shirley Temple
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Katrina Van Tassel
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Polly Baker
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Princess Ozma / Tip
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Christopher Robin's Mother
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Harem Spy
1958
Series
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Jo March Bhaer
1958
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Film
Fort Apache
Philadelphia Thursday
1948
Film
Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
That's Dancing!
1985
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Heidi
Heïdi
1937
Film
The Blue Bird
Mytyl
1940
Film
The Little Princess
Sara Crewe
1939
Film
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Susan
1947
Film
Carolina
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Bright Eyes
Shirley Blake
1934
Film
Baby Take a Bow
Shirley Ellison
1934
Film
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Winstead
1938
Film
Since You Went Away
Bridget Hilton
1944
Film
Curly Top
Elizabeth Blair
1935
Film
Wee Willie Winkie
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1937
Film
Stand Up and Cheer!
Shirley Dugan
1934
Film
Young People
Wendy Ballantine
1940
Film
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
The Littlest Rebel
Virgie Cary
1935
Film
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
The Story of Seabiscuit
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
1949
Film
The Little Colonel
Lloyd Sherman
1935
Film
Captain January
Star
1936
Film
Now and Forever
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
1934
Film
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Film
Little Miss Marker
Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
1934
Film
That Hagen Girl
Mary Hagen
1947
Film
Stowaway
Ching-Ching
1936
Film
I'll Be Seeing You
Barbara Marshall
1944
Film
Merrily Yours
Mary Lou Rogers
1933
Film
Little Miss Broadway
Betsy Brown
1938
Film
Pippi Longstocking
Shirley Temple
1961
Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Film
Out All Night
Child
1933
Film
Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah Sheldon
1939
Film
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Ellen Baker
1949
Film
Our Little Girl
Molly Middleton
1935
Film
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Herself
1937
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Archival Footage
1996
Film
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
A Kiss for Corliss
Corliss Archer
1949
Film
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Kiss and Tell
Corliss Archer
1945
Film
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self (archive footage)
1981
Film
Now I'll Tell
Mary Doran
1934
Film
Dimples
Dimples Appleby
1936
Film
Poor Little Rich Girl
Barbara Barry
1936
Film
The Sound of Laughter
La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1963
Film
Change of Heart
Shirley
1934
Film
Adventure in Baltimore
Dinah Sheldon
1949
Film
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Film
To the Last Man
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
1933
Film
Just Around the Corner
Penny Hale
1938
Film
Miss Annie Rooney
Annie Rooney
1942
Film
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage)
1993
Film
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
1997
Film
Pardon My Pups
Mary Lou Rogers
1934
Film
Mandalay
Betty Shaw (uncredited)
1934
Film
Red Haired Alibi
Gloria Shelton
1932
Film
Kathleen
Kathleen Davis
1941
Film
Hollywood Blue
(archive footage)
1970
Film
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934
Film
As the Earth Turns
Child
1934
Film
Honeymoon
Barbara Olmstead
1947
Film
Glad Rags to Riches
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1933
Film
War Babies
Charmaine
1932
Film
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
What's to Do?
Mary Lou Rogers
1933
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
Self(archive footage)
1976
Film
Kid in Hollywood
1933
Film
Polly Tix in Washington
Polly Tix
1933
Film
The Pie-Covered Wagon
Shirley
1932
Film
Managed Money
Mary Lou Rogers
1934
Film
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1999
Film
The Kid's Last Fight
Shirley
1933
Film
Kid 'in' Africa
Madame Cradlebait
1933
Film
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Shirley
1933
Film
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Runt Page
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
1932
Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon