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Shirley Jane TEMPLE #81380
23 APR 1928 - 10 FEB 2014
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 23 APR 1928, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, USA
- DEATH: 10 FEB 2014, Woodside, San Mateo, California, USA
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Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple) 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.
Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and became well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, 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. She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949.
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. 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.
Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and became well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, 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. She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949.
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. 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.
Parents
Father: George Francis TEMPLE Sr. #81378
Mother: Gertrude Amelia KRIEGER #81379
_Reuben Smith Brown TEMPLE _
| (1821 - 1893)
_Francis Marion TEMPLE _|
| (1850 - 1896) |
| |_Jane Wheeler DUNHAM _______+
| (1820 - 1896)
_George Francis TEMPLE Sr._|
| (1888 - 1980) |
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| |_Cynthia Fell YEAGER ___|
| (1854 - 1923) |
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|--Shirley Jane TEMPLE
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|_Gertrude Amelia KRIEGER __|
(1893 - 1977) |
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