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Shirley Temple

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.

Shirley Temple
Temple in 1948
Born
Shirley Jane Temple

(1928-04-23)April 23, 1928
DiedFebruary 10, 2014(2014-02-10) (aged 85)
Resting placeAlta Mesa Memorial Park
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
  • diplomat
Years active1932–1965 (as actress)
1967–1992 (as public servant)
Spouses
(m. 1945; div. 1950)
(m. 1950; died 2005)
Children3, including Lori Black
27th United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
In office
August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byJulian Niemczyk
Succeeded byAdrian A. Basora
18th Chief of Protocol of the United States
In office
July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byHenry E. Catto Jr.
Succeeded byEvan Dobelle
9th United States Ambassador to Ghana
In office
December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byFred L. Hadsel
Succeeded byRobert P. Smith
President of the Commonwealth Club of California
In office
February 1984 – August 1984
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Websiteshirleytemple.com
Signature

Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and was well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, which was 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.[1] She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949.[2][3]

In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations called Shirley Temple's Storybook, which was very popular at the time. 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 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.[4] After her biography was published, she served as the 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. She is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.

Early years edit

 
Temple in Glad Rags to Riches (1933)

Shirley Jane Temple was born on April 23, 1928[5] at Santa Monica Hospital (now UCLA Medical Center) in Santa Monica, California,[6] the third child of homemaker Gertrude Temple and bank employee George Temple. The family was of Dutch, English, and German ancestry.[7][8] She had two brothers: John and George, Jr.[8][9][10] The family moved to Brentwood, Los Angeles.[11]

Temple's mother encouraged her to develop her singing, dancing, and acting talents.[12][13][14] At about this time, her mother began styling Temple's hair in ringlets.[15]

While at the dance school, Temple was spotted by Charles Lamont, who was a casting director for Educational Pictures. She hid behind a piano while he was in the studio. Lamont liked Temple and invited her to audition. He signed her to a contract in 1932. Educational Pictures launched its Baby Burlesks,[16][17][18][19] 10-minute comedy shorts satirizing recent films and events, using preschool children in every role. In 1933, Temple appeared in Glad Rags to Riches, a parody of the Mae West feature She Done Him Wrong, with Temple as a saloon singer. That same year, she appeared in Kid 'in' Africa as a child imperiled in the jungle and in Runt Page, a pastiche of the previous year's The Front Page. The younger players in the cast recited their lines phonetically.

Temple became the breakout star of this series, and Educational promoted her to 20-minute comedies in the Frolics of Youth series with Frank Coghlan Jr. Temple played Mary Lou Rogers, the baby sister in a contemporary suburban family.[20] Temple and her child costars modeled for breakfast cereals and other products to fund production costs.[21][22] She was lent to Tower Productions for a small role in the studio's first feature film, The Red-Haired Alibi (1932),[23][24] and in 1933 to Universal, Paramount and Warner Bros. Pictures for various parts,[25][26] including an uncredited role in To the Last Man (1933), starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston.

Film career edit

After viewing one of Temple's Frolics of Youth films, Fox Film Corporation songwriter Jay Gorney saw her dancing in the theater lobby. Recognizing her from the screen, Gorney arranged a screen test for Temple for the film Stand Up and Cheer! (1934). Temple auditioned on December 7, 1933 and won the part. She was signed to a $150-per-week contract that was guaranteed for two weeks by Fox. The role was a breakthrough performance for Temple. Her charm was evident to Fox executives, and she was ushered into corporate offices almost immediately after finishing "Baby, Take a Bow", a song-and-dance number that she performed with James Dunn.

Roles edit

 
Temple in 1938

Biographer John Kasson argues:

In almost all of these films, she played the role of emotional healer, mending rifts between erstwhile sweethearts, estranged family members, traditional and modern ways, and warring armies. Characteristically lacking one or both parents, she constituted new families of those most worthy to love and protect her. Producers delighted in contrasting her diminutive stature, sparkling eyes, dimpled smile, and 56 blond curls by casting her opposite strapping leading men, such as Gary Cooper, John Boles, Victor McLaglen, and Randolph Scott. Yet her favorite costar was the great African American tap dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, with whom she appeared in four films, beginning with The Little Colonel (1935), in which they performed the famous staircase dance.[27]

Biographer Anne Edwards wrote about the tone and tenor of Temple's films:

This was mid-Depression, and schemes proliferated for the care of the needy and the regeneration of the fallen. But they all required endless paperwork and demeaning, hours-long queues, at the end of which an exhausted, nettled social worker dealt with each person as a faceless number. Shirley offered a natural solution: to open one's heart.[28]

President Franklin D. Roosevelt praised her performances, saying, "It is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles."[29]

Finances edit

 
Publicity photo of Temple and James Dunn in Bright Eyes (1934)

On December 21, 1933, Temple's contract was extended to one year at the same $150 per week (equivalent to $3,391 in 2022) with a seven-year option, and her mother Gertrude was hired at $25 per week as her hairdresser and personal coach.[30] Released in May 1934, Stand Up and Cheer! became Shirley's breakthrough film.[31] She performed in a short skit in the film alongside popular Fox star James Dunn, singing and tap dancing. Fox executives rushed her into another film with Dunn, Baby Take a Bow (named after their song in Stand Up and Cheer!). Temple's third film, also with Dunn, was Bright Eyes (1934), a vehicle written especially for her.[32]

After the success of her first three films, Temple's parents realized that she was not being paid sufficiently. Her image also began to appear on numerous commercial products without her legal authorization and without compensation. To regain control over the use of her image and to negotiate with Fox, Temple's parents hired lawyer Lloyd Wright to represent them. On July 18, 1934, Temple's contractual salary was raised to $1,000 per week, and her mother's salary was raised to $250 per week, with an additional $15,000 bonus for each finished film.[33] Cease-and-desist letters were sent to many companies and the authorized corporate licenses began to be issued.[34]

Bright Eyes, written with her acting style in mind, was released in 1934[35][36] The film included the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop", which is considered to be her signature song. She was awarded a miniature Juvenile Oscar in 1935.[37][38][39]

1935–1937 edit

Temple's quota of films in each calendar year was increased from three to four in the contract that her parents signed in July 1934. Now and Forever starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard (with Temple billed third with her name above the title beneath Cooper's and Lombard's), The Little Colonel, Our Little Girl, Curly Top (with the signature song "Animal Crackers in My Soup") and The Littlest Rebel were released after the contract was signed. Curly Top was Temple's last film before the merger between 20th Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation.[40]

Temple's salary was $2,500 per week by the end of 1935.[41] Elaborate sets were built for the production at the famed Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, where a rock feature at the heavily filmed location ranch was eventually named Shirley Temple Rock.[42]

Heidi was the only other Temple film released in 1937.[43] Midway through shooting of the movie, the dream sequence was added to the script. Temple herself reportedly was behind the dream sequence and she had enthusiastically pushed for it, but in her autobiography, she vehemently denied this. Her contract gave neither her parents nor her any creative control over her movies. She saw this as Zanuck's refusal to make any serious attempt at building upon the success of her dramatic role in Wee Willie Winkie.[44]

One of the many examples of how Temple was permeating popular culture at the time is the references to her in the 1937 film Stand-In; newly minted film studio honcho Atterbury Dodd (played by Leslie Howard) has never heard of Temple, much to the shock and disbelief of former child star Lester Plum (played by Joan Blondell), who describes herself as "the Shirley Temple of my day", and performs "On the Good Ship Lollipop" for him.

1938–1940 edit

Temple in The Little Princess, her first color film

The Independent Theatre Owners Association paid for an advertisement in The Hollywood Reporter in May 1938 that included Temple on a list of actors who deserved their salaries while others' (including Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford) "box-office draw is nil".[45]

In 1939, she was the subject of the Salvador Dalí painting Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time, and she was animated with Donald Duck in The Autograph Hound.[46] In 1940, Lester Cowan, an independent film producer, bought the screen rights to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited for $80. Fitzgerald thought his screenwriting days were over, and with some hesitation, accepted Cowan's offer to write the screenplay titled "Cosmopolitan" based on the short story. After finishing the screenplay, Fitzgerald was told by Cowan that he would not do the film unless Temple starred in the lead role of the youngster Honoria. Fitzgerald objected, saying that at age 12, the actress was too worldly for the part and would detract from the aura of innocence otherwise framed by Honoria's character. After meeting Temple in July, Fitzgerald changed his mind, and tried to persuade her mother to let her star in the film. However, her mother demurred. In any case, the Cowan project was shelved by the producer. Fitzgerald was later credited with the use of the original story for The Last Time I Saw Paris starring Elizabeth Taylor.[47]

1941–1950: Final films and retirement edit

 
Temple in 1943

Shirley signed with MGM after leaving 20th Century-Fox. However, upon meeting with Arthur Freed for a preliminary interview, the MGM producer exposed his genitals to her. When this elicited nervous giggles in response, Freed threw her out and ended their contract before any films were produced.[48] The next idea was teaming her with Garland and Rooney for the musical Babes on Broadway. Fearing that either of the latter two could easily upstage Temple, MGM replaced her with Virginia Weidler. As a result, her only film for MGM was the relatively unsuccessful film Kathleen, released in 1941. Miss Annie Rooney followed for United Artists in 1942, but was unsuccessful. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer starring Cary Grant and Fort Apache starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda were two of her few hit films in the 1940s.[49] Her then-husband John Agar also appeared in Fort Apache. She and former US president Ronald Reagan were both in That Hagen Girl (1947). Both actors would go onto careers in politics or diplomacy.[note 1] She did not formally announce her retirement from full-length films until 1950.[50][51]

Radio career edit

Temple briefly had her own radio series on CBS. Junior Miss debuted March 4, 1942, in which she played the title role. The series was based on stories by Sally Benson. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble, Junior Miss was directed by Gordon Hughes, with David Rose as musical director.[52] The series ended on August 26, 1942. [53]

Merchandise and endorsements edit

 
Temple leaving the White House offices with her mother and bodyguard John Griffith, 1938

John Kasson states:

She was also the most popular celebrity to endorse merchandise for children and adults, rivaled only by Mickey Mouse. She transformed children's fashions, popularizing a toddler look for girls up to the age of 12, and by the mid-1930s, Ideal Novelty and Toy Company's line of Shirley Temple dolls accounted for almost a third of all dolls sold in the country.[27]

Successful Shirley Temple items included a line of girls' dresses and many other items.[54]

Alongside licensed merchandise came counterfeit items bearing Temple's likeness to capitalize on her fame, from dolls, clothing, and other accessories to even cigars with her face printed on the label.[55] Temple lamented in her memoirs that it "made no economic sense" to pursue litigation against those who made unlicensed goods under her name; a successful lawsuit was filed by Ideal Toy Company against a certain Lenora Doll Company, which manufactured and sold Shirley Temple dolls without authorization, with Temple herself cited as a co-plaintiff befitting her celebrity status.[56]

Myths and rumors edit

At the height of her popularity, Temple was the subject of many myths and rumors, with several being propagated by the Fox press department. Fox publicized her as a natural talent with no formal acting or dance training. As a way of explaining how she knew stylized buck-and-wing dancing, she was enrolled for two weeks in the Elisa Ryan School of Dancing.[57]

False claims circulated that Temple was not a child, but a 30-year-old dwarf, due in part to her stocky body type. The rumor was so prevalent, especially in Europe, that the Vatican dispatched Father Silvio Massante to investigate whether she was indeed a child. The fact that she never seemed to miss any teeth led some people to conclude that she had all her adult teeth. Temple was actually losing her primary teeth regularly through her days with Fox, for example during the sidewalk ceremony in front of Grauman's Theatre, where she took off her shoes and placed her bare feet in the concrete, taking attention away from her face. When acting, she wore dental plates and caps to hide the gaps in her teeth.[58] Another rumor said her teeth had been filed to make them appear like baby teeth.[59]

A rumor about Temple's trademark hair was that she wore a wig. On multiple occasions, fans yanked her hair to test the rumor. She later said she wished all she had to do was wear a wig. The nightly process she endured in the setting of her curls was tedious and grueling, with weekly vinegar rinses that stung her eyes.[60]

Rumors spread that her hair color was not naturally blonde. During the making of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, news spread that she was going to do extended scenes without her trademark curls. During production, she also caught a cold, which caused her to miss a couple of days. As a result, a false report originated in Britain that all of her hair had been cut off.[59]

Television career edit

 
Temple in 1965

In 1999, she hosted the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars awards show on CBS, and in 2001 served as a consultant on an ABC-TV production of her autobiography, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story.[61]

Diplomatic career edit

 
Shirley Temple with Richard Nixon and Brent Scowcroft on February 28, 1974

Temple became active in the California Republican Party. In 1967, she ran unsuccessfully in a special election in California's 11th congressional district after eight-term Republican J. Arthur Younger died of leukemia.[62][63] She ran in the open primary as a conservative Republican and came in second with 34,521 votes (22.44%), behind Republican law school professor Pete McCloskey, who placed first in the primary with 52,882 votes (34.37%) and advanced to the general election with Democrat Roy A. Archibald, who finished fourth with 15,069 votes (9.79%), but advanced as the highest-placed Democratic candidate. In the general election, McCloskey was elected with 63,850 votes (57.2%) to Archibald's 43,759 votes (39.2%). Temple received 3,938 votes (3.53%) as an independent write-in.[64][65]

 
Temple (far left) with First Lady Pat Nixon, and Chief Nana Osae Djan II, in Ghana, 1972

Temple was extensively involved with the Commonwealth Club of California, a public-affairs forum headquartered in San Francisco. She spoke at many meetings throughout the years, and was president for a period in 1984.[66][67]

Temple got her start in foreign service after her failed run for Congress in 1967, when Henry Kissinger overheard her talking about South West Africa at a party. He was surprised that she knew anything about it.[68] She was appointed as a delegate to the 24th United Nations General Assembly (September – December 1969) by President Richard M. Nixon[69][70][71] and United States Ambassador to Ghana (December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976) by President Gerald R. Ford.[72] She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States (July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977).[72][73]

She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992), having been appointed by President George H. W. Bush,[74] and was the first and only woman in this job. Temple bore witness to two crucial moments in the history of Czechoslovakia's fight against communism. She was in Prague in August 1968, as a representative of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, and was going to meet with Czechoslovakian party leader Alexander Dubček on the very day that Soviet-backed forces invaded the country. Dubček fell out of favor with the Soviets after a series of reforms, known as the Prague Spring. Temple, who was stranded at a hotel as the tanks rolled in, sought refuge on the roof of the hotel. She later reported that it was from there she saw an unarmed woman on the street gunned down by Soviet forces, the sight of which stayed with her for the rest of her life.[75]

Later, after she became ambassador to Czechoslovakia, she was present during the Velvet Revolution, which brought about the end of communism in Czechoslovakia. Temple openly sympathized with anti-communist dissidents and was ambassador when the United States established formal diplomatic relations with the newly elected government led by Václav Havel. She took the unusual step of personally accompanying Havel on his first official visit to Washington, travelling on the same plane.[68]

Personal life edit

 
Shirley Temple with her daughter Linda Susan (1948)

In 1943, 15-year-old Temple met 22-year-old John Agar, whom she married two years later in 1945, at age 17.[76][77][78] She gave birth to Linda Susan Agar in 1948.[76][79][80] Agar was reportedly an alcoholic, and had extramarital affairs. Temple divorced Agar in 1950 on the grounds of mental cruelty.[81]

Temple was married to Charles Alden Black from 1950 until his death on August 4, 2005.[82] They had a son, Charles Alden Black Jr. Their daughter Lori became a bassist for the rock band the Melvins.

Breast cancer edit

At age 44, in 1972, Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, cancer was typically discussed in hushed whispers, and Temple's public disclosure was a significant milestone in improving breast cancer awareness and reducing stigma around the disease.[83][84]

Death edit

Temple died at age 85 on February 10, 2014, at her home in Woodside, California.[85][86][84] The cause of death, according to her death certificate released on March 3, 2014, was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).[87] Temple was a lifelong cigarette smoker but avoided displaying her habit in public because she did not want to set a bad example for her fans.[88] She is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park.

Awards, honors, and legacy edit

 
Temple wearing the Kennedy Center Honors, 1998

On March 14, 1935, Shirley left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. She was the Grand Marshal of the New Year's Day Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, three times in 1939, 1989, and 1999. On February 8, 1960, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

In 1970, she received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.[89][90] In February 1980, Temple was honored by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.[91] In 1975, Temple was installed as an honorary deputy paramount chief of the Oguaa people of Ghana.[92]

Her name is further immortalized by the mocktail named after her, although Temple found the drink far too sweet for her palate.[93][94] In 1988, Temple brought a lawsuit to prevent a bottled soda version from using her name.[95][96]

On June 9, 2021, Temple was featured on that day's Google Doodle in celebration of the opening anniversary of "Love, Shirley Temple” a special exhibit featuring a collection of her rare memorabilia at Santa Monica History Museum.[97]

Filmography edit

See also edit

Notes edit

References edit

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  3. ^ Windeler 26
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  11. ^ A look at the late Shirley Temple's very first home December 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Yahoo!. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
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  15. ^ Edwards 26
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  29. ^ Edwards 75–76
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  33. ^ "Measuring Worth – Results". measuringworth.com. from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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  • Kasson, John F. (2015) "Black, Shirley Temple" American National Biography (2015) online May 14, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  • Hatch, Kristen. (2015) Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood (Rutgers University Press, 2015) x, 173 pp.
  • "Tempest Over Temple: Shirley sips liquor and the W.C.T.U. protests". Life. Vol. 21, no. 12. September 16, 1946. p. 140.
  • Thomas, Andy; Scheftel, Jeff (1996). Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star. Biography. A&E Television Networks. ISBN 978-0-7670-8495-6.
  • Windeler, Robert (1992) [1978]. The Films of Shirley Temple. Carol Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8065-0725-5.
  • Zipes, Jack, ed. (2000). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-9653635-7-0.

Further reading edit

  • Basinger, Jeanine (1993). A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke to Women, 1930–1960. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 262ff. ISBN 978-0-394-56351-0.
  • Best, Marc (1971). Those Endearing Young Charms: Child Performers of the Screen. South Brunswick and New York: Barnes & Co. pp. 251–255.
  • Bogle, Donald (2001) [1974]. Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films. The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc. pp. 45–52. ISBN 978-0-8264-1267-6.
  • Cook, James W.; Glickman, Lawrence B.; O'Malley, Michael (2008). The Cultural Turn in U.S. History: Past, Present, and Future. University of Chicago Press. pp. 186ff. ISBN 978-0-226-11506-1.
  • Dye, David (1988). Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., pp. 227–228.
  • Everett, Charles (2004) [1974]. "Shirley Temple and the House of Rockefeller". Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media (2): 1, 17–20. from the original on August 3, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  • Kasson, John F. The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression: Shirley Temple and 1930s America (2014) Excerpt March 16, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  • Minott, Rodney G. The Sinking of the Lollipop: Shirley Temple vs. Pete McCloskey (1968).
  • Thomson, Rosemarie Garland, ed. (1996). Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body. New York University Press. pp. 185–203. ISBN 978-0-8147-8217-0.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Shirley Temple at IMDb
  • Shirley Temple at Find a Grave
  • Wee Willie Winkie at the Iverson Movie Ranch
  • Norwood, Arlisha. "Shirley Temple". National Women's History Museum. 2017.

shirley, temple, drink, named, after, drink, black, born, shirley, jane, temple, april, 1928, february, 2014, american, actress, singer, dancer, diplomat, hollywood, number, office, draw, child, actress, from, 1934, 1938, later, named, united, states, ambassad. For the drink named after her see Shirley Temple drink 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 Shirley TempleTemple in 1948BornShirley Jane Temple 1928 04 23 April 23 1928Santa Monica California U S DiedFebruary 10 2014 2014 02 10 aged 85 Woodside California U S Resting placeAlta Mesa Memorial ParkOccupationsActresssingerdancerdiplomatYears active1932 1965 as actress 1967 1992 as public servant SpousesJohn Agar m 1945 div 1950 wbr Charles Alden Black m 1950 died 2005 wbr Children3 including Lori Black27th United States Ambassador to CzechoslovakiaIn office August 23 1989 July 12 1992PresidentGeorge H W BushPreceded byJulian NiemczykSucceeded byAdrian A Basora18th Chief of Protocol of the United StatesIn office July 1 1976 January 21 1977PresidentGerald FordPreceded byHenry E Catto Jr Succeeded byEvan Dobelle9th United States Ambassador to GhanaIn office December 6 1974 July 13 1976PresidentGerald FordPreceded byFred L HadselSucceeded byRobert P SmithPresident of the Commonwealth Club of CaliforniaIn office February 1984 August 1984Personal detailsPolitical partyRepublicanWebsiteshirleytemple wbr comSignatureTemple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and was well known for her performance in Bright Eyes which was 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 1 She appeared in her last film A Kiss for Corliss in 1949 2 3 In 1958 Temple returned to show business with a two season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations called Shirley Temple s Storybook which was very popular at the time 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 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 4 After her biography was published she served as the 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 She is 18th on the American Film Institute s list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema Contents 1 Early years 2 Film career 2 1 Roles 2 2 Finances 2 3 1935 1937 2 4 1938 1940 2 5 1941 1950 Final films and retirement 3 Radio career 4 Merchandise and endorsements 5 Myths and rumors 6 Television career 7 Diplomatic career 8 Personal life 8 1 Breast cancer 9 Death 10 Awards honors and legacy 11 Filmography 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 14 1 Bibliography 15 Further reading 16 External linksEarly years edit nbsp Temple in Glad Rags to Riches 1933 Shirley Jane Temple was born on April 23 1928 5 at Santa Monica Hospital now UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica California 6 the third child of homemaker Gertrude Temple and bank employee George Temple The family was of Dutch English and German ancestry 7 8 She had two brothers John and George Jr 8 9 10 The family moved to Brentwood Los Angeles 11 Temple s mother encouraged her to develop her singing dancing and acting talents 12 13 14 At about this time her mother began styling Temple s hair in ringlets 15 While at the dance school Temple was spotted by Charles Lamont who was a casting director for Educational Pictures She hid behind a piano while he was in the studio Lamont liked Temple and invited her to audition He signed her to a contract in 1932 Educational Pictures launched its Baby Burlesks 16 17 18 19 10 minute comedy shorts satirizing recent films and events using preschool children in every role In 1933 Temple appeared in Glad Rags to Riches a parody of the Mae West feature She Done Him Wrong with Temple as a saloon singer That same year she appeared in Kid in Africa as a child imperiled in the jungle and in Runt Page a pastiche of the previous year s The Front Page The younger players in the cast recited their lines phonetically Temple became the breakout star of this series and Educational promoted her to 20 minute comedies in the Frolics of Youth series with Frank Coghlan Jr Temple played Mary Lou Rogers the baby sister in a contemporary suburban family 20 Temple and her child costars modeled for breakfast cereals and other products to fund production costs 21 22 She was lent to Tower Productions for a small role in the studio s first feature film The Red Haired Alibi 1932 23 24 and in 1933 to Universal Paramount and Warner Bros Pictures for various parts 25 26 including an uncredited role in To the Last Man 1933 starring Randolph Scott and Esther Ralston Film career editAfter viewing one of Temple s Frolics of Youth films Fox Film Corporation songwriter Jay Gorney saw her dancing in the theater lobby Recognizing her from the screen Gorney arranged a screen test for Temple for the film Stand Up and Cheer 1934 Temple auditioned on December 7 1933 and won the part She was signed to a 150 per week contract that was guaranteed for two weeks by Fox The role was a breakthrough performance for Temple Her charm was evident to Fox executives and she was ushered into corporate offices almost immediately after finishing Baby Take a Bow a song and dance number that she performed with James Dunn Roles edit nbsp Temple in 1938Biographer John Kasson argues In almost all of these films she played the role of emotional healer mending rifts between erstwhile sweethearts estranged family members traditional and modern ways and warring armies Characteristically lacking one or both parents she constituted new families of those most worthy to love and protect her Producers delighted in contrasting her diminutive stature sparkling eyes dimpled smile and 56 blond curls by casting her opposite strapping leading men such as Gary Cooper John Boles Victor McLaglen and Randolph Scott Yet her favorite costar was the great African American tap dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson with whom she appeared in four films beginning with The Little Colonel 1935 in which they performed the famous staircase dance 27 Biographer Anne Edwards wrote about the tone and tenor of Temple s films This was mid Depression and schemes proliferated for the care of the needy and the regeneration of the fallen But they all required endless paperwork and demeaning hours long queues at the end of which an exhausted nettled social worker dealt with each person as a faceless number Shirley offered a natural solution to open one s heart 28 President Franklin D Roosevelt praised her performances saying It is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles 29 Finances edit nbsp Publicity photo of Temple and James Dunn in Bright Eyes 1934 On December 21 1933 Temple s contract was extended to one year at the same 150 per week equivalent to 3 391 in 2022 with a seven year option and her mother Gertrude was hired at 25 per week as her hairdresser and personal coach 30 Released in May 1934 Stand Up and Cheer became Shirley s breakthrough film 31 She performed in a short skit in the film alongside popular Fox star James Dunn singing and tap dancing Fox executives rushed her into another film with Dunn Baby Take a Bow named after their song in Stand Up and Cheer Temple s third film also with Dunn was Bright Eyes 1934 a vehicle written especially for her 32 After the success of her first three films Temple s parents realized that she was not being paid sufficiently Her image also began to appear on numerous commercial products without her legal authorization and without compensation To regain control over the use of her image and to negotiate with Fox Temple s parents hired lawyer Lloyd Wright to represent them On July 18 1934 Temple s contractual salary was raised to 1 000 per week and her mother s salary was raised to 250 per week with an additional 15 000 bonus for each finished film 33 Cease and desist letters were sent to many companies and the authorized corporate licenses began to be issued 34 Bright Eyes written with her acting style in mind was released in 1934 35 36 The film included the song On the Good Ship Lollipop which is considered to be her signature song She was awarded a miniature Juvenile Oscar in 1935 37 38 39 1935 1937 edit Temple s quota of films in each calendar year was increased from three to four in the contract that her parents signed in July 1934 Now and Forever starring Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard with Temple billed third with her name above the title beneath Cooper s and Lombard s The Little Colonel Our Little Girl Curly Top with the signature song Animal Crackers in My Soup and The Littlest Rebel were released after the contract was signed Curly Top was Temple s last film before the merger between 20th Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation 40 Temple s salary was 2 500 per week by the end of 1935 41 Elaborate sets were built for the production at the famed Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth where a rock feature at the heavily filmed location ranch was eventually named Shirley Temple Rock 42 Heidi was the only other Temple film released in 1937 43 Midway through shooting of the movie the dream sequence was added to the script Temple herself reportedly was behind the dream sequence and she had enthusiastically pushed for it but in her autobiography she vehemently denied this Her contract gave neither her parents nor her any creative control over her movies She saw this as Zanuck s refusal to make any serious attempt at building upon the success of her dramatic role in Wee Willie Winkie 44 One of the many examples of how Temple was permeating popular culture at the time is the references to her in the 1937 film Stand In newly minted film studio honcho Atterbury Dodd played by Leslie Howard has never heard of Temple much to the shock and disbelief of former child star Lester Plum played by Joan Blondell who describes herself as the Shirley Temple of my day and performs On the Good Ship Lollipop for him 1938 1940 edit source source source source source source source Temple in The Little Princess her first color filmThe Independent Theatre Owners Association paid for an advertisement in The Hollywood Reporter in May 1938 that included Temple on a list of actors who deserved their salaries while others including Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford box office draw is nil 45 In 1939 she was the subject of the Salvador Dali painting Shirley Temple The Youngest Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time and she was animated with Donald Duck in The Autograph Hound 46 In 1940 Lester Cowan an independent film producer bought the screen rights to F Scott Fitzgerald s Babylon Revisited for 80 Fitzgerald thought his screenwriting days were over and with some hesitation accepted Cowan s offer to write the screenplay titled Cosmopolitan based on the short story After finishing the screenplay Fitzgerald was told by Cowan that he would not do the film unless Temple starred in the lead role of the youngster Honoria Fitzgerald objected saying that at age 12 the actress was too worldly for the part and would detract from the aura of innocence otherwise framed by Honoria s character After meeting Temple in July Fitzgerald changed his mind and tried to persuade her mother to let her star in the film However her mother demurred In any case the Cowan project was shelved by the producer Fitzgerald was later credited with the use of the original story for The Last Time I Saw Paris starring Elizabeth Taylor 47 1941 1950 Final films and retirement edit nbsp Temple in 1943Shirley signed with MGM after leaving 20th Century Fox However upon meeting with Arthur Freed for a preliminary interview the MGM producer exposed his genitals to her When this elicited nervous giggles in response Freed threw her out and ended their contract before any films were produced 48 The next idea was teaming her with Garland and Rooney for the musical Babes on Broadway Fearing that either of the latter two could easily upstage Temple MGM replaced her with Virginia Weidler As a result her only film for MGM was the relatively unsuccessful film Kathleen released in 1941 Miss Annie Rooney followed for United Artists in 1942 but was unsuccessful The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer starring Cary Grant and Fort Apache starring John Wayne and Henry Fonda were two of her few hit films in the 1940s 49 Her then husband John Agar also appeared in Fort Apache She and former US president Ronald Reagan were both in That Hagen Girl 1947 Both actors would go onto careers in politics or diplomacy note 1 She did not formally announce her retirement from full length films until 1950 50 51 Radio career editTemple briefly had her own radio series on CBS Junior Miss debuted March 4 1942 in which she played the title role The series was based on stories by Sally Benson Sponsored by Procter amp Gamble Junior Miss was directed by Gordon Hughes with David Rose as musical director 52 The series ended on August 26 1942 53 Merchandise and endorsements edit nbsp Temple leaving the White House offices with her mother and bodyguard John Griffith 1938John Kasson states She was also the most popular celebrity to endorse merchandise for children and adults rivaled only by Mickey Mouse She transformed children s fashions popularizing a toddler look for girls up to the age of 12 and by the mid 1930s Ideal Novelty and Toy Company s line of Shirley Temple dolls accounted for almost a third of all dolls sold in the country 27 Successful Shirley Temple items included a line of girls dresses and many other items 54 Alongside licensed merchandise came counterfeit items bearing Temple s likeness to capitalize on her fame from dolls clothing and other accessories to even cigars with her face printed on the label 55 Temple lamented in her memoirs that it made no economic sense to pursue litigation against those who made unlicensed goods under her name a successful lawsuit was filed by Ideal Toy Company against a certain Lenora Doll Company which manufactured and sold Shirley Temple dolls without authorization with Temple herself cited as a co plaintiff befitting her celebrity status 56 Myths and rumors editAt the height of her popularity Temple was the subject of many myths and rumors with several being propagated by the Fox press department Fox publicized her as a natural talent with no formal acting or dance training As a way of explaining how she knew stylized buck and wing dancing she was enrolled for two weeks in the Elisa Ryan School of Dancing 57 False claims circulated that Temple was not a child but a 30 year old dwarf due in part to her stocky body type The rumor was so prevalent especially in Europe that the Vatican dispatched Father Silvio Massante to investigate whether she was indeed a child The fact that she never seemed to miss any teeth led some people to conclude that she had all her adult teeth Temple was actually losing her primary teeth regularly through her days with Fox for example during the sidewalk ceremony in front of Grauman s Theatre where she took off her shoes and placed her bare feet in the concrete taking attention away from her face When acting she wore dental plates and caps to hide the gaps in her teeth 58 Another rumor said her teeth had been filed to make them appear like baby teeth 59 A rumor about Temple s trademark hair was that she wore a wig On multiple occasions fans yanked her hair to test the rumor She later said she wished all she had to do was wear a wig The nightly process she endured in the setting of her curls was tedious and grueling with weekly vinegar rinses that stung her eyes 60 Rumors spread that her hair color was not naturally blonde During the making of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm news spread that she was going to do extended scenes without her trademark curls During production she also caught a cold which caused her to miss a couple of days As a result a false report originated in Britain that all of her hair had been cut off 59 Television career edit nbsp Temple in 1965In 1999 she hosted the AFI s 100 Years 100 Stars awards show on CBS and in 2001 served as a consultant on an ABC TV production of her autobiography Child Star The Shirley Temple Story 61 Diplomatic career edit nbsp Shirley Temple with Richard Nixon and Brent Scowcroft on February 28 1974Temple became active in the California Republican Party In 1967 she ran unsuccessfully in a special election in California s 11th congressional district after eight term Republican J Arthur Younger died of leukemia 62 63 She ran in the open primary as a conservative Republican and came in second with 34 521 votes 22 44 behind Republican law school professor Pete McCloskey who placed first in the primary with 52 882 votes 34 37 and advanced to the general election with Democrat Roy A Archibald who finished fourth with 15 069 votes 9 79 but advanced as the highest placed Democratic candidate In the general election McCloskey was elected with 63 850 votes 57 2 to Archibald s 43 759 votes 39 2 Temple received 3 938 votes 3 53 as an independent write in 64 65 nbsp Temple far left with First Lady Pat Nixon and Chief Nana Osae Djan II in Ghana 1972Temple was extensively involved with the Commonwealth Club of California a public affairs forum headquartered in San Francisco She spoke at many meetings throughout the years and was president for a period in 1984 66 67 Temple got her start in foreign service after her failed run for Congress in 1967 when Henry Kissinger overheard her talking about South West Africa at a party He was surprised that she knew anything about it 68 She was appointed as a delegate to the 24th United Nations General Assembly September December 1969 by President Richard M Nixon 69 70 71 and United States Ambassador to Ghana December 6 1974 July 13 1976 by President Gerald R Ford 72 She was appointed first female Chief of Protocol of the United States July 1 1976 January 21 1977 72 73 She served as the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia August 23 1989 July 12 1992 having been appointed by President George H W Bush 74 and was the first and only woman in this job Temple bore witness to two crucial moments in the history of Czechoslovakia s fight against communism She was in Prague in August 1968 as a representative of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies and was going to meet with Czechoslovakian party leader Alexander Dubcek on the very day that Soviet backed forces invaded the country Dubcek fell out of favor with the Soviets after a series of reforms known as the Prague Spring Temple who was stranded at a hotel as the tanks rolled in sought refuge on the roof of the hotel She later reported that it was from there she saw an unarmed woman on the street gunned down by Soviet forces the sight of which stayed with her for the rest of her life 75 Later after she became ambassador to Czechoslovakia she was present during the Velvet Revolution which brought about the end of communism in Czechoslovakia Temple openly sympathized with anti communist dissidents and was ambassador when the United States established formal diplomatic relations with the newly elected government led by Vaclav Havel She took the unusual step of personally accompanying Havel on his first official visit to Washington travelling on the same plane 68 Personal life edit nbsp Shirley Temple with her daughter Linda Susan 1948 In 1943 15 year old Temple met 22 year old John Agar whom she married two years later in 1945 at age 17 76 77 78 She gave birth to Linda Susan Agar in 1948 76 79 80 Agar was reportedly an alcoholic and had extramarital affairs Temple divorced Agar in 1950 on the grounds of mental cruelty 81 Temple was married to Charles Alden Black from 1950 until his death on August 4 2005 82 They had a son Charles Alden Black Jr Their daughter Lori became a bassist for the rock band the Melvins Breast cancer edit At age 44 in 1972 Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer At the time cancer was typically discussed in hushed whispers and Temple s public disclosure was a significant milestone in improving breast cancer awareness and reducing stigma around the disease 83 84 Death editTemple died at age 85 on February 10 2014 at her home in Woodside California 85 86 84 The cause of death according to her death certificate released on March 3 2014 was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD 87 Temple was a lifelong cigarette smoker but avoided displaying her habit in public because she did not want to set a bad example for her fans 88 She is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park Awards honors and legacy edit nbsp Temple wearing the Kennedy Center Honors 1998On March 14 1935 Shirley left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at the forecourt of Grauman s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood She was the Grand Marshal of the New Year s Day Rose Parade in Pasadena California three times in 1939 1989 and 1999 On February 8 1960 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame In 1970 she received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement 89 90 In February 1980 Temple was honored by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge Pennsylvania 91 In 1975 Temple was installed as an honorary deputy paramount chief of the Oguaa people of Ghana 92 Her name is further immortalized by the mocktail named after her although Temple found the drink far too sweet for her palate 93 94 In 1988 Temple brought a lawsuit to prevent a bottled soda version from using her name 95 96 On June 9 2021 Temple was featured on that day s Google Doodle in celebration of the opening anniversary of Love Shirley Temple a special exhibit featuring a collection of her rare memorabilia at Santa Monica History Museum 97 Filmography editMain article Shirley Temple filmographySee also edit nbsp Film portal nbsp Politics portalList of former child actors from the United States List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nomineesNotes edit See Diplomatic career References edit Shirley Temple biography com Archived from the original on April 13 2019 Retrieved August 15 2012 Balio 227 Windeler 26 Child Star McGraw Hill 1998 ISBN 978 0 07 005532 2 The Birth of Shirley Temple California Birth Index Archived 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71 Black 479 481 Shirley Temple in Title Role Of Junior Miss Radio Drama Harrisburg Telegraph February 28 1942 p 22 Archived from the original on April 2 2015 Retrieved March 28 2015 via Newspapers com nbsp Radio News and Programs Atlantic City Press Union August 15 1942 p 14 Black 85 86 Black 86 Black 105 Black Shirley Temple 1988 Child Star An Autobiography New York McGraw Hill pp 39 41 ISBN 978 0 07 005532 2 Black Shirley Temple 1988 Child Star An Autobiography New York McGraw Hill pp 72 73 ISBN 978 0 07 005532 2 a b Lindeman Edith The Real Miss Temple Richmond Times Dispatch Archived from the original on March 7 2015 Retrieved May 15 2014 Black Shirley Temple 1988 Child Star An Autobiography New York McGraw Hill pp 68 69 ISBN 978 0 07 005532 2 Child Star The Shirley Temple Story 2001 Rotten Tomatoes June 5 2005 Archived from the original on July 9 2013 Retrieved August 15 2012 Edwards 243ff Windeler 80ff Sean Howell July 1 2009 Documentary salutes Pete McCloskey The Almanac Online Embarcadero Publishing Co Archived from the original on March 3 2016 Retrieved February 12 2014 Romney Lee June 11 2012 Between two public servants Purple Heart felt admiration Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on June 15 2012 Retrieved February 11 2014 Commonwealth Club Radio Program Collection Archived from the original on March 6 2014 Retrieved March 5 2014 In Memoriam Shirley Temple Black commonwealthclub org Archived from the original on March 9 2014 Retrieved November 13 2014 a b Joshua Keating Shirley Temple Black s Unlikely Diplomatic Career Including an Encounter with Frank Zappa Archived May 5 2014 at the Wayback Machine Slate February 11 2014 Edwards 356 Windeler 85 Aljean Harmetz Shirley Temple Black Hollywood s Biggest Little Star Dies at 85 The New York Times February 11 2014 Archived August 16 2017 at the Wayback Machine a b Edwards 357 Windeler 105 Thomas Scheftel Whitney Craig R September 11 1989 Prague Journal Shirley Temple Black Unpacks a Bag of Memories The New York Times Archived from the original on August 16 2017 a b Edwards 355 Edwards 169 Windeler 54 Black 419 421 Windeler 68 Though She Suffered Abuse Shirley Temple s Story Is A Model Of Child Star Resilience Dawicki 2005 Olson James Stuart 2002 Bathsheba s Breast Women Cancer and History Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press pp 124 144 ISBN 978 0 8018 6936 5 OCLC 186453370 Archived from the original on August 19 2020 Retrieved March 12 2019 a b Levy Claudia February 11 2014 Shirley Temple Black actress and diplomat dies at 85 The Washington Post Retrieved December 15 2021 Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies BBC News Archived from the original on February 11 2014 Retrieved February 11 2014 Shirley Temple former Hollywood child star dies at 85 Reuters February 11 2014 Archived from the original on April 11 2019 Retrieved February 11 2014 Dicker Chris Shirley Temple Biography The Perfect Life of the Child Star Shirley Temple During the Great Depression Chris Dicker Archived from 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Temple February 11 2014 nprchives Interview Interviewed by Simon Scott tumblr com Archived from the original on May 21 2020 Retrieved January 30 2017 Rothman Lily Inside the Shirley Temple How Did the Mocktail Get Its Name Time Archived from the original on October 20 2020 Retrieved February 9 2020 Bishop Katherine October 28 1988 THE LAW Shirley Temple Celebrity or Generic Term The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on September 18 2020 Retrieved February 9 2020 Shirley Temple Google Doodle Celebrates American Actor Singer Dancer and Diplomat Shirley Little Miss Miracle Temple with Creative Animation LatestLY LatestLY June 9 2021 Archived from the original on June 8 2021 Retrieved June 8 2021 Bibliography edit Balio Tino 1995 1993 Grand Design Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise 1930 1939 University of California Press ISBN 978 0 520 20334 1 Barrios Richard 1995 A Song in the Dark The Birth of the Musical Film Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 508810 6 Black Shirley Temple 1989 1988 Child Star An Autobiography Warner Books Inc ISBN 978 0 446 35792 0 primary source Burdick Loraine 2003 The Shirley Temple Scrapbook Jonathan David Publishers Inc ISBN 978 0 8246 0449 3 Dawicki Shelley August 10 2005 In Memoriam Charles A Black Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Archived from the original on October 23 2018 Retrieved February 10 2011 Edwards Anne 1988 Shirley Temple American Princess William Morrow and Company Inc ISBN 978 0 688 06051 0 Kasson John F 2015 Black Shirley Temple American National Biography 2015 online Archived May 14 2020 at the Wayback Machine Hatch Kristen 2015 Shirley Temple and the Performance of Girlhood Rutgers University Press 2015 x 173 pp Tempest Over Temple Shirley sips liquor and the W C T U protests Life Vol 21 no 12 September 16 1946 p 140 Thomas Andy Scheftel Jeff 1996 Shirley Temple The Biggest Little Star Biography A amp E Television Networks ISBN 978 0 7670 8495 6 Windeler Robert 1992 1978 The Films of Shirley Temple Carol Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 8065 0725 5 Zipes Jack ed 2000 The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 9653635 7 0 Further reading editBasinger Jeanine 1993 A Woman s View How Hollywood Spoke to Women 1930 1960 Wesleyan University Press pp 262ff ISBN 978 0 394 56351 0 Best Marc 1971 Those Endearing Young Charms Child Performers of the Screen South Brunswick and New York Barnes amp Co pp 251 255 Bogle Donald 2001 1974 Toms Coons Mulattoes Mammies and Bucks An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc pp 45 52 ISBN 978 0 8264 1267 6 Cook James W Glickman Lawrence B O Malley Michael 2008 The Cultural Turn in U S History Past Present and Future University of Chicago Press pp 186ff ISBN 978 0 226 11506 1 Dye David 1988 Child and Youth Actors Filmography of Their Entire Careers 1914 1985 Jefferson NC McFarland amp Co pp 227 228 Everett Charles 2004 1974 Shirley Temple and the House of Rockefeller Jump Cut A Review of Contemporary Media 2 1 17 20 Archived from the original on August 3 2019 Retrieved November 18 2009 Kasson John F The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression Shirley Temple and 1930s America 2014 Excerpt Archived March 16 2016 at the Wayback Machine Minott Rodney G The Sinking of the Lollipop Shirley Temple vs Pete McCloskey 1968 Thomson Rosemarie Garland ed 1996 Freakery Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body New York University Press pp 185 203 ISBN 978 0 8147 8217 0 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shirley Temple nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Shirley Temple Official website Shirley Temple at IMDb Shirley Temple at Find a Grave Wee Willie Winkie at the Iverson Movie Ranch Norwood Arlisha Shirley Temple National Women s History Museum 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shirley Temple amp oldid 1188817167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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