SHIRLEY
TEMPLE!!!
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California. At age three Shirley Temple began taking dancing lessons. In 1932 she appeared in a series of one-reel films in which she imitated leading ladies in parodies of popular films. In 1934 she attracted attention in a song-and-dance number she performed in Stand Up and Cheer which led to a screen contract for child lead roles, and within months she was a star. At the end of her first year as a star, she received a special Academy Award for her performances throughout 1934. by 1938 she was the top box-office attraction and a whole industry had developed around her: Shirley Temple dolls, coloring books, clothes, etc. However, as she got older her popularity declined. She retired from the screen at age 21. In 1968, she was appointed as a U.S. representative to the United Nations. From 1974-76 she was U.S. ambassador to Ghana, then became U.S. Chief of protocol. In 1989 she became ambassador to Czechoslovakia. She was
married from 1945-49 to actor John Agar and in 1960 she married TV executive Charles Black and has been known as Shirley Temple Black ever since. Here are five of Shirley Temple's most famous films: Bright Eyes (1934), Curly Top (1935), The Little Colonel (1935), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), and The Little Princess (1939).
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