People named Shirley Temple

Born to Gertrude Temple (homemaker) and bank employee George Temple, Shirley was the youngest of 3 children. She had 2 older brothers , John and George Jr. A classic stage mother, Gertrude encouraged Shirley to learn singing, dancing, and acting and in 1931, enrolled her in Meglin's Dance School in Los Angeles. This is when her Gertrude started styling Shirley's hair in ringlets. Her first contract was in 1932 with Educational Pictures. They made "Baby Burlesks", featuring pre-schoolers as the actors. Some of Shirley's roles were in "She Done Him Wrong" (a parody of the Mae West film), "Kid 'n' Africa", and "The Runt Page" (kids' version of The Front Page). She was so popular that she was promoted to a 20 minute comedies series called "Frolics Of Youth". And then, she was loaned out to Universal Studios , Paramount, and Warner Bros for various parts. Her first movie was Stand Up and Cheer! in 1934 - her contract was $150/wk , guaranteed for 2 weeks. (Remember, this was in the Depression!) Then she filmed "Baby, Take a Bow". This was followed by "Curly Top" "Dimples" "The Little Colonel" and "The Littlest Rebel. (and more)" Her films all incorporated traditional values: good over meanness and evil, wealth over poverty, marriage over divorce, a booming economy over a depressed one. FDR, the US President during her childhood years once said: "It is a splendid thing that for just fifteen cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles." Her biographer Anne Edwards put it this way: "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." After her booming childhood success, her teen year films were less influential. Two of her movies in 1940 were flops. She moved from 20th Century Fox to MGM to United Artists - none of these moves resulted in a successful return to films. Moving in 1944 to a collaboration with David O. Selznick, she had 6 hits in the next few years but none of them rivalled the successes in her childhood career. A radio career (brief), merchandise endorsements (everything from dresses to Shirley Temple dolls to cigars with her face on the label), to persistent rumors (that she was a 30 yr old midget, that adjustments to her teeth made her look younger), to a tv career in the late 50s and early '60s followed. After a short marriage to actor John Agar (1945 - 1950), Shirley married Charles Aiden Black in 1950 and took the name Shirley Temple Black. They had 3 children and they remained married until she died. A new career began when she was appointed to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, From 1989 - 1992, she was US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, from 1974 - 1976, she was US Ambassador to Ghana and from 1976 - 1977 she was the Chief of Protocol of the United States.

Shirley B Temple of Englewood, Bergen County, NJ was born on June 13, 1935, and died at age 64 years old on August 1, 1999. Shirley Temple was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section 2X Site 3717 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny.

Shirley A Temple of Yuba City, Sutter County, CA was born on August 15, 1946, and died at age 58 years old on July 30, 2005.

Shirley A Temple was born on July 27, 1936, and died at age 57 years old on January 28, 1994. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley A Temple.

Shirley J Temple of Astoria, Clatsop County, OR was born on April 11, 1934, and died at age 69 years old on December 7, 2003.

Shirley R Temple of Pendleton, Umatilla County, OR was born on October 17, 1907, and died at age 85 years old in February 1993.

Shirley J Temple of Soap Lake, Grant County, WA was born on January 23, 1926, and died at age 79 years old on February 7, 2005.

Shirley K Temple of Waynesburg, Greene County, PA was born on July 31, 1923, and died at age 72 years old on August 16, 1995.

Shirley Temple was born on December 31, 1949, and died at age 19 years old in March 1969. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley Temple.

Shirley A Temple of Guthrie, Logan County, OK was born on July 4, 1943, and died at age 62 years old on August 28, 2005.

Shirley C Temple of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, LA was born on September 12, 1913, and died at age 91 years old on January 28, 2005.

Shirley Temple of Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL was born on October 30, 1937, and died at age 67 years old on December 19, 2004.

Shirley R Temple of Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA was born on June 11, 1949, and died at age 60 years old on August 27, 2009.

Shirley Ann Temple of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia was born on December 4, 1936, and died at age 73 years old on April 2, 2010.

Shirley M Temple of Saint Cloud, Osceola County, FL was born on February 13, 1941, and died at age 65 years old on February 1, 2007.

Shirley Temple of Romulus, Wayne County, MI was born on September 23, 1924, and died at age 80 years old on January 15, 2005.

Shirley J Temple of Rochester, Oakland County, MI was born on October 4, 1928, and died at age 79 years old on October 8, 2007.

Shirley J Temple of Charleston, Charleston County, SC was born on December 21, 1932, and died at age 78 years old on March 13, 2011.

Shirley A Temple of Madison, Jefferson County, IN was born on October 17, 1940, and died at age 59 years old on November 29, 1999.

Shirley Mae Temple of North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana was born on June 10, 1950, and died at age 58 years old on February 13, 2009.

Shirley H Temple of Bellaire, Belmont County, OH was born on August 12, 1932, and died at age 74 years old on August 15, 2006.

Shirley L Temple of Sidney, Shelby County, OH was born on January 5, 1929, and died at age 72 years old on January 27, 2001.

Shirley R Temple of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC was born on May 5, 1932, and died at age 70 years old on March 31, 2003.

Shirley M Temple of West Point, King William County, VA was born on August 5, 1923, and died at age 72 years old on October 6, 1995.

Shirley Temple of Muncy, Lycoming County, PA was born on April 27, 1931, and died at age 47 years old in May 1978.

Shirley Temple of Albany, Albany County, NY was born on December 22, 1948, and died at age 50 years old on August 19, 1999.

Shirley D Temple of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on September 1, 1936, and died at age 74 years old on September 18, 2010.

Shirley W Temple of Stamford, Fairfield County, CT was born on December 14, 1921, and died at age 78 years old on February 4, 2000.

Shirley K Temple was born on February 13, 1912, and died at age 89 years old on March 24, 2001. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Shirley K Temple.