--- name: "Shirley Temple" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shirley-temple" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 April 1928" died: "10 February 2014" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T01:15:47.300520+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Shirley Temple Actor. Born 23 April 1928 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Died 10 February 2014. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 April 1928, Santa Monica, California, USA - **Died:** 10 February 2014 - **Also known as:** Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple-Black, Shirley Jane Temple, شرلی تمپل - **SAG Awards:** 1 SAG Award (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182580, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000073/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95624 ## Biography Shirley Temple was an American actress who began her film career as a child in 1932. She achieved international fame with *Bright Eyes* (1934) and starred in a series of popular musicals including *Curly Top* (1935), *Heidi* (1937) and *The Little Princess* (1939). She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1935 for her contribution to motion pictures. Temple continued acting into her teens and early twenties, appearing in films such as *Since You Went Away* (1944) as Bridget Hilton, *The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer* (1947) and *Fort Apache* (1948). She retired from feature films in 1950. Later, under her married name Shirley Temple Black, she served as a United States diplomat, including as ambassador to Ghana (1974–1976) and to Czechoslovakia (1989–1992), and as Chief of Protocol of the United States (1976–1977). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, biography.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Since You Went Away* (1944), Fi1m 63, as Bridget Hilton — [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md) ## Complete filmography (68) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Andy Warhol's America* (2022), Actor - *Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story* (2001), Book - *AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends* (1999), Actor - *Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star* (1996), as Archival Footage - *That's Dancing!* (1985), Actor - *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage) - *Hollywood Blue* (1970), as (archive footage) - *The Sound of Laughter* (1963), as La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer) - *Pippi Longstocking* (1961), as Shirley Temple - *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Katrina Van Tassel, Polly Baker, Princess Ozma / Tip, Narrator (voice) / Christopher Robin's Mother, Narrator (voice) / Harem Spy, Narrator (voice) / Jo March Bhaer - *A Kiss for Corliss* (1949), as Corliss Archer - *The Story of Seabiscuit* (1949), as Margaret O'Hara / Knowles - *Adventure in Baltimore* (1949), as Dinah Sheldon - *Mr. Belvedere Goes to College* (1949), as Ellen Baker - *Fort Apache* (1948), as Philadelphia Thursday - *That Hagen Girl* (1947), as Mary Hagen - *The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer* (1947), as Susan - *Honeymoon* (1947), as Barbara Olmstead - *Kiss and Tell* (1945), as Corliss Archer - *I'll Be Seeing You* (1944), as Barbara Marshall - *Take It or Leave It* (1944), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Since You Went Away* (1944), as Bridget Hilton — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md) - *Miss Annie Rooney* (1942), as Annie Rooney - *Kathleen* (1941), as Kathleen Davis - *Young People* (1940), as Wendy Ballantine - *The Blue Bird* (1940), as Mytyl - *Susannah of the Mounties* (1939), as Susannah Sheldon - *The Little Princess* (1939), as Sara Crewe - *Just Around the Corner* (1938), as Penny Hale - *Little Miss Broadway* (1938), as Betsy Brown - *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), as Rebecca Winstead - *Heidi* (1937), as Heïdi - *Wee Willie Winkie* (1937), as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams - *Stowaway* (1936), as Ching-Ching - *Dimples* (1936), as Dimples Appleby - *Poor Little Rich Girl* (1936), as Barbara Barry - *Captain January* (1936), as Star - *The Littlest Rebel* (1935), as Virgie Cary - *Curly Top* (1935), as Elizabeth Blair - *Our Little Girl* (1935), as Molly Middleton - *The Little Colonel* (1935), as Lloyd Sherman - *Bright Eyes* (1934), as Shirley Blake - *Now and Forever* (1934), as Penelope 'Pennie' Day - *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), as Shirley Ellison - *Now I'll Tell* (1934), as Mary Doran - *Little Miss Marker* (1934), as Marthy Jane aka 'Marky' - *Change of Heart* (1934), as Shirley - *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), as Shirley Dugan - *Managed Money* (1934), as Mary Lou Rogers - *As the Earth Turns* (1934), as Child - *Mandalay* (1934), as Betty Shaw (uncredited) - *Carolina* (1934), as Joan Connelly (uncredited) - *Pardon My Pups* (1934), as Mary Lou Rogers - *What's to Do?* (1933), as Mary Lou Rogers - *Merrily Yours* (1933), as Mary Lou Rogers - *Kid 'in' Africa* (1933), as Madame Cradlebait - *To the Last Man* (1933), as Mary Stanley (uncredited) - *Dora's Dunking Doughnuts* (1933), as Shirley - *Polly Tix in Washington* (1933), as Polly Tix - *The Kid's Last Fight* (1933), as Shirley - *Out All Night* (1933), as Child - *Kid in Hollywood* (1933), Actor - *Glad Rags to Riches* (1933), as Nell / La Belle Diaperina - *The Pie-Covered Wagon* (1932), as Shirley - *Red Haired Alibi* (1932), as Gloria Shelton - *War Babies* (1932), as Charmaine - *Runt Page* (1932), as Lulu Parsnips (uncredited) - *Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Shirley Temple](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-63a73885b66f.jpg) Shirley Temple — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Shirleytemple.jpg/1280px-Shirleytemple.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Wash D.C. Kennedy center honors](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-fa0e0fe19f5e.jpg) Wash D.C. Kennedy center honors — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Shirley_Temple_%2846604500574%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Amb Black, Shirley Temple 1-1977 Kaiser](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-1023bfaf9abd.jpg) Amb Black, Shirley Temple 1-1977 Kaiser — United States Government. Department of State. Bureau of Administration. Office of Facilities Management and Support Services. General Services Division. Technical Services Branch. (1988 - 1995), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Ambassador_Shirley_Temple_Black_1977.jpg/1280px-Ambassador_Shirley_Temple_Black_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shirley Temple Black in Prague in 1990, Czechoslovakia.](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-ffa370ea5c04.jpg) Shirley Temple Black in Prague in 1990, Czechoslovakia. — David S. Nolan, U.S. Air Force, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Shirley_Temple_in_1990.jpg/1280px-Shirley_Temple_in_1990.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shirley Temple](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-35c46e3e767c.jpg) Shirley Temple — Image via TMDB - ![Shirley Temple Black signing autographs for children in Los Angeles Original caption: "SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS—Youngsters happily crowd around to get a prized autograp (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-246218a6744c.jpg) Shirley Temple Black signing autographs for children in Los Angeles Original caption: "SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS—Youngsters happily crowd around to get a prized autograp (1967) — Don Cormier, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Shirley_Temple_Black_signing_autographs%2C_1967.jpg/1280px-Shirley_Temple_Black_signing_autographs%2C_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Shirley Temple](https://film.one/media/person/1234601/gallery-ce1d90c3b538.jpg) Shirley Temple — President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Photographic Office. 1981-1989, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/President_Ronald_Reagan_Shaking_Hands_with_Shirley_Temple_Black_for_Dinner_for_The_State_Visit_of_Prime_Minister_Lee_Kuan_Yew_of_Singapore_-_DPLA_-_827e7bdd0c693c965ec40129c23750a2.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### SAG Awards — 1 won - 2006: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (won) ### Other awards — 5 won - Kennedy Center Honors 1998: Kennedy Center Honors (won) - honorary citizen of Plzeň 1990: honorary citizen of Plzeň (won) - Golden Plate Award 1970: Golden Plate Award (won) - star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won) - Academy Juvenile Award 1935: Academy Juvenile Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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