Who is Shirley Temple?

Shirley Temple is American actress and diplomat.

How did Shirley Temple die?

Shirley Temple passed away in 2014 (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

Shirley Temple

Q: What is Shirley Temple known for?

Shirley Temple is primarily known as a(n) singer, film actor, dancer, television actor, politician, actor, child actor, ambassador, diplomat.

American actress and diplomat

Born:April 23, 1928

Died:February 10, 2014

Age at death:85

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Children:3

Born in:Santa Monica, United States

Buried in:United States

Languages:English

Singer Film Actor Dancer Television Actor Politician Actor Child Actor Ambassador Diplomat

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Links

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Famous For

Movies & TV

Fort ApacheSince You Went AwayThe Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerHeidiThe Little Princess

Songs & Albums

On the Good Ship LollipopAnimal Crackers in My SoupGoodnight my loveStand Up and Cheer

Awards

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)

Shirley Temple

American actress and diplomat

Biography

Shirley Jane Temple Black (née Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) 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. Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and became well known for her performance in Bright Eyes, released in 1934. She won a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934 and continued to appear in popular films through the remainder of the 1930s, although her subsequent films became less popular as she grew older. She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949. Temple joined the Junior League of Palo Alto, California, in 1959 and shortly thereafter began a new chapter of public service, perhaps using a combination of her stardom and her leadership training to advocate for important causes. She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the U.S. at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles Yost. Later, she was named U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and also served as the first female U.S. Chief of Protocol. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. After her biography was published, she served as the penultimate U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989–1992). Temple was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 1999, Temple is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

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Quotes

“I think we all learn from the past. I just feel we shouldn't live there. We shouldn't live in the past. I live for today, and to me, the most important moment is now.”

— Quoted in: "Madam Ambassador - Sixty Minutes" CBS, 1975.

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

— Quoted in The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations by Robert Andrews

“Sunnybrook Farm is now a parking lot; the petticoats are in the garbage can, where they belong in the modern world; and I detest censorship.”

— Quoted in Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women by Bill Adler, p. 94

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Photos

Shirley Temple

John Decker (1895-1947): Wilshire Bowl Restaurant mural design – study/sketch 1941 (part 4 of 4) Caricatures of Hollywood actors 1920s-1930s. Original from Smithsonian Institution. Persons depicted: Bob Hope Joe E. Brown Charles Winninger Charles Boyer Greta Garbo Clark Gable Shirley Temple Humphrey Bogart William Claude Fields Mae West Roland Keith Young Caricature murals by the famous Hollywood set designer, painter, and caricaturist John Decker (1895–1947), formerly known as Leopold von der Decken. The charateur murals depicting famous actors and actresses were installed at the Wilshire Bowl night club in September 1941 to promote the cabaret show “The Silver Screen”, a production about the golden age of cinema. Rawpixel have digitally enhanced these illustrations into high resolution quality, and they are downloadable under the CC0 license: https://www.rawpixel.com/board/1292898/wilshire-bowl-mural-studies-free-cc0-public-domain-artworks Free download under CC Attribution (CC BY 4.0). Please credit the artist and rawpixel.com.

Shirley Temple Black signing autographs for children in Los Angeles Original caption: " SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS—Youngsters happily crowd around to get a prized autograph from congressional candidate Shirley Temple Black. "

Backdrop from the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. Taken in the Beatles Museum in Liverpool UK.

Title: Home of Shirley Temple, "The Darling of the Movies," California Subjects: Houses Places: California Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_009457

Dress, girl's, fine cotton printed in alternating vertical rows of pink and blue flowers defined by black lines, square neckline edged in cream cotton lace with blue silk grosgrain ribbon insertion, short puffed sleeves edged in self frill, high waist with skirt pleated into bodice, placket to neck at centre back with two shell buttons and one clip closure, narrow blue silk grosgrain ribbon belt; probably purchased in Canada for donor by family friend Margaret Milne, a school teacher in Toronto

Signature of Shirley Temple Black, American film actress

Scope and content: Full caption reads as follows: Harmony Community, Putnam County, Georgia. These pictures show another tenant's place. There is an organ here too. (This image] is interesting - Shirley Temple surrounded by the friends and relatives of the residents.

Back view of press photograph for "The Blue Bird", 1940 film

Shirley Temple "Virginia Cary" green plaid period dress with jacket from "The Littlest Rebel" at the Debbie Reynolds Auction Breaks Up Historic Hollywood Collection (The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA).