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Shirley Temple

Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 23, 1928Died February 10, 2014 (85 years)
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]

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Little Princess
  • To the Last Man
  • Miss Annie Rooney

Known For

  • The Little Princess
  • Fort Apache
  • Heidi
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
  • Bright Eyes
  • Curly Top
  • The Blue Bird
  • Wee Willie Winkie
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
  • The Little Colonel
  • The Littlest Rebel
  • Poor Little Rich Girl
  • Captain January
  • Stowaway
  • Little Miss Marker
  • Since You Went Away
  • Baby, Take a Bow
  • Susannah of the Mounties
  • Dimples
  • Little Miss Broadway
  • The Story of Seabiscuit
  • I'll Be Seeing You
  • Just Around the Corner
  • Miss Annie Rooney

Filmography

1999
1999
1995
1985
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage)
1976
America at the Movies · as Shirley Blake
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Bobo Barclay - Debutante
1949
A Kiss for Corliss · as Corliss Archer
1949
The Story of Seabiscuit · as Margaret O'hara / Knowles
1949
Adventure in Baltimore · as Dinah Sheldon
1949
1948
Fort Apache · as Philadelphia Thursday
1947
That Hagen Girl · as Mary Hagen
1947
1947
Honeymoon · as Barbara Olmstead
1945
Kiss and Tell · as Corliss Archer
1944
I'll Be Seeing You · as Barbara Marshall
1944
Since You Went Away · as Bridget 'brig' Hilton
1942
Miss Annie Rooney · as Annie Rooney
1941
Kathleen · as Kathleen Davis
1940
Young People · as Wendy Ballantine
1940
The Blue Bird · as Mytyl
1939
Susannah of the Mounties · as Susannah 'sue' Sheldon
1939
1938
Just Around the Corner · as Penny Hale
1938
Little Miss Broadway · as Betsy Brown Shea
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · as Rebecca Winstead
1937
Heidi · as Heidi Kramer
1937
Wee Willie Winkie · as Priscilla 'winkie' Williams
1936
Stowaway · as Barbara 'ching-Ching' Stewart
1936
Dimples · as Dimples Appleby
1936
Poor Little Rich Girl · as Barbara Barry
1936
Captain January · as Helen 'star' Mason
1935
The Littlest Rebel · as Virginia 'virgie' Cary
1935
Curly Top · as Elizabeth Blair
1935
Our Little Girl · as Molly Middleton
1935
The Little Colonel · as Lloyd Sherman
1934
Bright Eyes · as Shirley Blake
1934
Now and Forever · as Penelope 'pennie' Day
1934
Baby, Take a Bow · as Shirley Ellison
1934
Now I'll Tell · as Mary Doran
1934
Little Miss Marker · as Marthy Jane Aka 'marky'
1934
Change of Heart · as Shirley
1934
Stand Up and Cheer! · as Shirley Dugan
1934
Managed Money · as Mary Lou Rogers
1934
As the Earth Turns · as Child
1934
Mandalay · as Betty Shaw
1934
Carolina · as Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934
Pardon My Pups · as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
What's to Do? · as Mary Lou Rogers
1933
To the Last Man · as Mary Stanley (uncredited)
1933
1933
Polly Tix in Washington · as Polly Tix
1933
Out All Night · as Child
1933
1933
Glad Rags to Riches · as Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1932
The Pie-Covered Wagon · as Shirley
1932
Red-Haired Alibi · as Gloria Shelton
1932
War Babies · as Charmaine
1932
Kid's Last Stand · as Girl

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