Person Details

Birthday: 1928-04-23 06:17:49

Death: 2014-02-10 06:17:49

Aliases: Shirley Jane Temple , Shirley Temple Black , Shirley Temple-Black

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Santa Monica, California, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 41

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

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

Most Famous Work

The Oscars
Average
7

The Oscars

(1953) Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Average
2
Fort Apache
Average
7

Fort Apache

(1948) Philadelphia Thursday
The Kennedy Center Honors
Average
7
Heidi
Average
7

Heidi

(1937) Heidi Kramer
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Average
7

Waking Sleeping Beauty

(2009) Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Kids
Average
7

Showbiz Kids

(2020) Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Average
5

Shirley Temple's Storybook

(1958) Narrator

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 N/A
2020 Self (archive footage)
2009 Self (archive footage)
2004 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1996 N/A
1995 N/A
1987 Self (archive footage)
1985 N/A
1984 (archive footage)
1983 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 Self
Self (archive footage)
1981 Archive Footage
1978 Self
1976 Self(archive footage)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1971 Self
1970 (archive footage)
1968 Self - Guest
1965 (archive footage)
1963 La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1961 Self
Self - Co-Hostess
Shirley Temple
1958 Narrator
1956 Self
1953 Self
1949 Corliss Archer
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Dinah Sheldon
Ellen Baker
1948 Self - Guest
Philadelphia Thursday
1947 Mary Hagen
Susan Turner
Barbara Olmstead
1945 Corliss Archer
1944 Barbara Marshall
Herself
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
1942 Annie Rooney
1941 Kathleen Davis
1940 Kit Ballantine
Self (archive footage)
Mytyl
1939 Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
Sara Crewe
1938 Penny Hale
Betsy Brown Shea
Rebecca Winstead
1937 Herself
Heidi Kramer
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1936 Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
Dimples Appleby
Barbara Barry
Helen 'Star' Mason
1935 Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Elizabeth Blair
Lloyd Sherman
Molly Middleton
1934 Shirley Blake
Self (uncredited)
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Shirley Ellison
Mary Doran
Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Shirley
Shirley Dugan
Mary Lou Rogers
Child
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
Mary Lou Rogers
1933 Mary Lou Rogers
Madame Cradlebait
Mary Lou Rogers
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
Shirley
Polly Tix
Shirley
Child
N/A
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1932 Shirley
Gloria Shelton
Charmaine
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2001 Book
Year Role Movie/Tv

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