Cast & creator
Shirley Temple
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The Dick Cavett Show
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) 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 at the age of three in 1931. Two years later, she achieved international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film produced especially for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934. Film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid- to late 1930s. Temple capitalized on licensed merchandise that featured her wholesome image; the merchandise included dolls, dishes, and clothing. Her box-office popularity waned as she reached adolescence. She appeared in 29 films from the ages of 3 to 10, but in only 14 films from the ages of 14 to 21. Temple retired from film in 1950 at the age of 22. In 1958, Temple returned to show business with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances on television shows in the early 1960s and filmed a sitcom pilot that was never released. She sat on the boards of corporations and organizations, including the Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation. She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles W. Yost. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. 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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Also known as: Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Temple-Black, Shirley Jane Temple, شرلی تمپل
86
film credits
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television credits
103
1932–2024 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (104)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Wogan
Self
1982
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Oscars
Self
1953
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Katrina Van Tassel
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Polly Baker
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Princess Ozma / Tip
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Christopher Robin's Mother
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Harem Spy
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Jo March Bhaer
1958
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
Fort Apache
Philadelphia Thursday
1948
Andy Warhol's America
archive footage
2022
Miss Annie Rooney
Annie Rooney
1942
Since You Went Away
Bridget Hilton
1944
The Little Princess
Sara Crewe
1939
Hollywood Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
1987
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Susan
1947
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Self (archive footage)
2009
Walt Disney: Behind the Magic
Self (archive footage)
2024
Young People
Wendy Ballantine
1940
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
Self (archive footage)
2009
The Story of Seabiscuit
Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
1949
Heidi
Heïdi
1937
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Winstead
1938
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self (archive footage)
1997
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Little Colonel
Lloyd Sherman
1935
That's Dancing!
1985
Baby Take a Bow
Shirley Ellison
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!
Shirley Dugan
1934
The Blue Bird
Mytyl
1940
The Littlest Rebel
Virgie Cary
1935
I'll Be Seeing You
Barbara Marshall
1944
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Herself
1937
Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah Sheldon
1939
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
Self (archive footage)
2015
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Ellen Baker
1949
Judy Garland: By Myself
Self (archive footage)
2004
Now I'll Tell
Mary Doran
1934
Poor Little Rich Girl
Barbara Barry
1936
Carolina
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
1934
The Sound of Laughter
La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
1963
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Merrily Yours
Mary Lou Rogers
1933
The Our Gang Story
Self (archive footage)
1994
Curly Top
Elizabeth Blair
1935
Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story
Book
2001
To the Last Man
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
1933
Bright Eyes
Shirley Blake
1934
A Kiss for Corliss
Corliss Archer
1949
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
Self (archive footage)
1993
Our Little Girl
Molly Middleton
1935
Little Miss Broadway
Betsy Brown
1938
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
Self (Archival Footage)
1997
Pippi Longstocking
Shirley Temple
1961
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self (archive footage)
1940
Little Miss Marker
Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
1934
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self (archive footage)
1981
Wee Willie Winkie
Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
1937
That Hagen Girl
Mary Hagen
1947
Captain January
Star
1936
The Hollywood Gad-About
Self (uncredited)
1934
Just Around the Corner
Penny Hale
1938Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
Archival Footage
1996
Andy Warhol's America
2022
Polly Tix in Washington
Polly Tix
1933
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Kathleen
Kathleen Davis
1941
Adventure in Baltimore
Dinah Sheldon
1949
Stowaway
Ching-Ching
1936
The Kid's Last Fight
Shirley
1933
As the Earth Turns
Child
1934
Dimples
Dimples Appleby
1936
The Pie-Covered Wagon
Shirley
1932
Kiss and Tell
Corliss Archer
1945
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Shirley
1933
What's to Do?
Mary Lou Rogers
1933
Mandalay
Betty Shaw (uncredited)
1934The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
Self(archive footage)
1976
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1999
Change of Heart
Shirley
1934
Out All Night
Child
1933
Honeymoon
Barbara Olmstead
1947
Pardon My Pups
Mary Lou Rogers
1934
Now and Forever
Penelope 'Pennie' Day
1934
Glad Rags to Riches
Nell / La Belle Diaperina
1933
Hollywood Blue
(archive footage)
1970
Red Haired Alibi
Gloria Shelton
1932
Kid in Hollywood
1933
Kid 'in' Africa
Madame Cradlebait
1933
War Babies
Charmaine
1932
Runt Page
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
1932Shirley Temple' Storybook The Reluctant Dragon
Managed Money
Mary Lou Rogers
1934