Shirley Jane Temple was born on April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California and by the time she was five years old, she was a movie star who could do it all – act, sing and dance! Her favorite dancing partner was
Bill Robinson (Bojangles Robinson) and they appeared in four films together. Movie fans loved her – her bouncy curls (56 of them), her upbeat and cheerful personality. They would buy anything that had her likeness on them – dolls, phonograph records, mugs, clothing, hats, dresses or anything that had her likeness on it. She made millions for the studios and vendors.

By the time she was 11 years old her star was waning. As an adult, she worked for the State Department, in 1969 was named a delegate to the United Nations and in the 1970s she was appointed Ambassador to Ghana and then Czechoslovakia. She was married first to John Agar (five years, one child, divorced) and then to Charles Black from1950 to his death in 2005 – 2 children. Shirley died February 10, 2014 in Woodside, California from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1932 Runt Page (Short) – Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)

1932 War Babies (Short) – Charmaine

1932 Red-Haired Alibi – Gloria Shelton

1932 The Pie-Covered Wagon (Short) – Shirley

1932 Kid’s Last Stand – Girl

1933 Glad Rags to Riches (Short) – Nell / La Belle Diaperina

1933 Kid in Hollywood (Short) – Morelegs Sweettrick

1933 Out All Night – Child (as Shirley Jane Temple)

1933 The Kid’s Last Fight (Short) – Shirley

1933 Polly Tix in Washington (Short) – Polly Tix

1933 Dora’s Dunking Doughnuts (Short) – Shirley

1933 To the Last Man – Mary Stanley (uncredited)

1933 Merrily Yours (Short) – Mary Lou Rogers

1933 Kid in Africa (Short) – Madame Cradlebait

1933 What’s to Do? (Short) – Mary Lou Rogers

1934 Pardon My Pups (Short) – Mary Lou Rogers

1934 Carolina – Joan Connelly (uncredited)

1934 Mandalay – Betty Shaw (scenes deleted)

1934 As the Earth Turns – Child (uncredited)

1934 Managed Money (Short) – Mary Lou Rogers

1934 Stand Up and Cheer! – Shirley Dugan

1934 Change of Heart – Shirley

1934Little Miss Marker – Martha ‘Marky’ Jane

1934 Now I’ll Tell – Mary Doran

1934 Baby Take a Bow – Shirley

1934 Now and Forever – Penelope ‘Penny” Day

1934 Bright Eyes – Shirley Blake

1935 The Little Colonel – Lloyd Sherman

1935 Our Little Girl – Molly Middleton

1935 Curly Top – Elizabeth Blair

1935 The Littlest Rebel – Virgie Cary

1936 Captain January – Star

1936 Poor Little Rich Girl – Barbara Barry

1936 Dimples – Dimples Appleby

1936 Stowaway – Ching-Ching

1937 Wee Willie Winkie – Priscilla Williams

1937 Heidi – Heidi

1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town – Shirley Temple – at Fictional Premiere (uncredited)

1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm – Rebecca Winstead

1938 Little Miss Broadway – Betsy Brown

1938 Just Around the Corner – Penny

1939 The Little Princess – Sara Crewe

1939 Susannah of the Mounties – Susannah Sheldon

1940 The Blue Bird – Mytyl

1940 Young People – Wendy

1941 Kathleen – Kathleen Davis

1942 Miss Annie Rooney – Annie Rooney

1944 Since You Went Away – Bridget ‘Brig’ Hilton

1944 I’ll Be Seeing You – Barbara Marshall

1945 Kiss and Tell – Corliss Archer

1947 Honeymoon – Barbara Olmstead

1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer – Susan

1947 That Hagen Girl – Mary Hagen

1948 Fort Apache – Philadelphia Thursday

1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College – Ellen Baker

1949 Adventure in Baltimore – Dinah Sheldon

1949 The Story of Seabiscuit – Margaret O’Hara / Knowles

1949 A Kiss for Corliss – Corliss Archer

Academy Awards, USA
1935 Won – Juvenile Award: In grateful recognition of her outstanding contribution to screen entertainment during the year 1934.

National Board of Review, USA
1992 Won – Career Achievement Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards
2006 Won – Lifetime Achievement Award

Walk of Fame
1960 Won – Star on the Walk of Fame