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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. American actress and diplomat (1928–2014) For the drink named after her, see Shirley Temple (drink). Shirley Temple Temple in 1948 27th United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia In office August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992 President George H. W. Bush Preceded by Julian Niemczyk ...
He is famous for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s, and for starring in the musical Stormy Weather (1943), loosely based on his own life and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. He used his popularity to challenge and overcome numerous racial barriers.
Five-year-old Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her widowed mother Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the wealthy and mean-spirited Smythe family: Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), their spoiled seven-year-old daughter Joy (Jane Withers), and cantankerous wheelchair-using Uncle Ned (Charles Sellon).
WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Shirley Temple, the dimpled, curly-haired child star who sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of Depression-era moviegoers, has died, according to ...
Shirley Temple Black passed away at the age of 85 at her home in Woodside, Calif. on Monday, but her films will always live on in our hearts. The adorable, dimple-faced child star brought joy into ...
Her father was the businessman Charles Alden Black and her mother was Shirley Temple, the popular 1930s child actress who became a diplomat in adulthood. Early life
Agar's sister was a schoolmate of Shirley Temple. In 1944 Agar escorted Temple to a party held by her boss at the time, David O. Selznick. The two were married in 1945. [9] [11] Agar and Temple had a daughter together, Linda Susan Agar, born 1948 (who was later known as Susan Black, taking the surname of her stepfather, Charles Alden Black ...
In addition to loads of memorable films and an impressive political career, Shirley Temple's legacy will always include her eponymous drink. Nowadays, alcohol-free "mocktails" are pretty commonplace.