Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her films and they ultimately bought millions of dollars worth of products that had her likeness on them. Dolls, phonograph records, mugs, hats, dresses, whatever it was, if it had her picture on there they bought it. Shirley was box-office champion for the consecutive years 1935-36-37-38, beating out such great grown-up stars as Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Gary Cooper and Joan Crawford. By 1939, her popularity declined. Although she starred in some very good movies like Since You Went Away (1944) and the The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), her career was nearing its end. Later, she served as an ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. It was once guessed that she had more than 50 golden curls on her head. Her mother, Gertrude Temple, did her hair in pin curls for each movie. Every hairstyle had exactly 56 curls. Date of Death 10 February 2014, Woodside, California
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- Born:
- Apr 23, 1928 In Santa Monica, California, United States
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 71
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Runt Page 1932-04-11
- Latest Project:
- Movie Child Star 2024-09-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Child Star | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-09-17 |
| Movie | Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-14 |
| Movie | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Herself (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 |
| Movie | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | 2008-10-14 | |
| Movie | Judy Garland: By Myself | Self (archive footage) | 2004-02-25 |
| Movie | Frank Capra's American Dream | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self (archive footage) | 1993-08-31 |
| Movie | Hollywood Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 1987-12-01 |
| Movie | That's Dancing! | 1985-01-18 | |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Series | The Kennedy Center Honors | Unknown | 1978-12-28 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | 1968-08-31 | |
| Series | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Narrator | 1958-01-12 |
| Movie | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Ellen Baker | 1949-04-15 |
| Movie | A Kiss for Corliss | Corliss Archer | 1949-11-25 |
| Movie | Adventure in Baltimore | Dinah Sheldon | 1949-04-19 |
| Movie | Fort Apache | Philadelphia Thursday | 1948-06-14 |
| Movie | That Hagen Girl | Mary Hagen | 1947-11-01 |
| Movie | Honeymoon | Barbara Olmstead | 1947-05-17 |
| Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Susan Turner | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | Kiss and Tell | Corliss Archer | 1945-10-04 |
| Movie | Since You Went Away | Bridget 'Brig' Hilton | 1944-06-30 |
| Movie | I'll Be Seeing You | Barbara Marshall | 1944-12-31 |
| Movie | Miss Annie Rooney | Annie Rooney | 1942-05-29 |
| Movie | Kathleen | Kathleen Davis | 1941-12-18 |
| Movie | The Blue Bird | Mytyl | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | Young People | Wendy Ballantine | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 |
| Movie | The Little Princess | Sara Crewe | 1939-03-17 |
| Movie | Susannah of the Mounties | Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon | 1939-06-13 |
| Movie | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Rebecca Winstead | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | Just Around the Corner | Penny Hale | 1938-11-11 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Betsy Brown Shea | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Wee Willie Winkie | Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams | 1937-07-30 |
| Movie | Heidi | Heidi Kramer | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | Ali Baba Goes to Town | Herself | 1937-10-29 |
| Movie | Captain January | Helen 'Star' Mason | 1936-04-17 |
| Movie | Dimples | Dimples Appleby | 1936-10-09 |
| Movie | Stowaway | Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart | 1936-12-25 |
| Movie | Our Little Girl | Molly Middleton | 1935-01-01 |
| Movie | The Little Colonel | Lloyd Sherman | 1935-02-22 |
| Movie | The Littlest Rebel | Virginia 'Virgie' Cary | 1935-12-27 |
| Movie | Curly Top | Elizabeth Blair | 1935-07-26 |
| Movie | Managed Money | Mary Lou Rogers | 1934-02-22 |
| Movie | Stand Up and Cheer! | Shirley Dugan | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | Carolina | Joan Connelly (uncredited) | 1934-02-02 |
| Movie | Pardon My Pups | Mary Lou Rogers | 1934-01-25 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Shirley | 1934-05-18 |
| Movie | As the Earth Turns | Child | 1934-02-14 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Gad-About | Self (uncredited) | 1934-10-04 |
| Movie | Little Miss Marker | Marthy Jane aka 'Marky' | 1934-06-01 |
| Movie | Now and Forever | Penelope 'Pennie' Day | 1934-08-31 |
| Movie | Bright Eyes | Shirley Blake | 1934-12-28 |
| Movie | Baby Take a Bow | Shirley Ellison | 1934-06-30 |
| Movie | Now I'll Tell | Mary Doran | 1934-06-07 |
| Movie | Out All Night | Child | 1933-04-08 |
| Movie | New Deal Rhythm | Supposed bit | 1933-04-13 |
| Movie | Kid in Hollywood | 1933-03-13 | |
| Movie | The Kid's Last Fight | Shirley | 1933-04-22 |
| Movie | Glad Rags to Riches | Nell / La Belle Diaperina | 1933-02-04 |
| Movie | Dora's Dunking Doughnuts | Shirley | 1933-09-01 |
| Movie | Polly Tix in Washington | Polly Tix | 1933-06-02 |
| Movie | Merrily Yours | Mary Lou Rogers | 1933-10-05 |
| Movie | What's to Do? | Mary Lou Rogers | 1933-11-23 |
| Movie | Kid 'in' Africa | Madame Cradlebait | 1933-10-05 |
| Movie | To the Last Man | Mary Stanley (uncredited) | 1933-09-15 |
| Movie | Runt Page | Lulu Parsnips (uncredited) | 1932-04-11 |
| Movie | War Babies | Charmaine | 1932-09-11 |
| Movie | The Pie-Covered Wagon | Shirley | 1932-10-30 |
| Movie | Red Haired Alibi | Gloria Shelton | 1932-10-21 |