Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple

Late-life

• She died on February 10, 2014, at the age of 85.
• She became deeply involved in Republican politics.
• In 1967 she ran for congress against California Representative Pete McCloskey, on a platform defending America's involvement in the Vietnam War.
• She battled breast cancer in 1972 and survived.
• There was no cause to her death.

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Interesting facts

• She became equally as famous for her hairstyle, which is today referred to as Shirley Temple Curls,
• During her film career she was not allowed to swim since it might harm her trademark curly hair-there were always exactly 56 curls- and by contract, only her mother was permitted to touch her hair
• She was also known for her enchanting dimples.
• She spent more time working for the U.S. government, than she did making films.

• She published two autobiographies, My young life and Child Star
• To learn her lines, Shirley essentially memorized the script as her mother, Gertrude temple, read it aloud
• History's most famous child movie star during the Depression era
• McGraw Hill paid her a $300,000 advance on her autobiography.

"In 1969, she was appointed to serve as a representative to the United Nations, a multinational organization aimed at world peace"

("Shirley Temple Black Biography").

"In 2005, she recieved a Lifetime Acheivment Award from the Screen Actors Guild"

("Shirley Temple, Later Recognition").

Early life

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" She worked daily and was not allowed to play with other children, for fear she would catch an illness"

("American History Online").

"Temple was a cultural symbol" (Mordden 196).

• Born on April 23, 1923
• Birthplace: Santa Monica, California
• grew up with two older siblings
• Her mother began taking her to dancing classes when she was about three and a half years old
• Her father was a bank teller.
• She began her movie career at age 4
• She made more than 40 movies before she turned 12.

Mid-life

• She made eight films just in 1934!
• They named a sweet non-alcoholic beverage after her, colored with grenadine and topped with a maraschino cherry
• By the time she was 6 years old, Temple had made no fewer than 20 films.

• By the age of 17, she had rebelled against her parents, marrying Jack Agar, a former U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant.
• They had a daughter, Susan, before divorcing in 1949.
• At the age of 21, she met a California businessman Charles Alden Black, who became her second husband in 1950.
• They would then have two children.
• They would spend the next 55 years together.

• She saved 20th Century Fox studios from bankruptcy.

• She served as the first woman chief of protcol in the Ford White House.

By: Hailey Chavis and Ashley Hamm