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Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, politician, 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 to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.

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entertainment · American actress and diplomat (1928–2014) · actor · film actor · singer · diplomat · child actor · dancer · television actor · politician · ambassador · also Shirley Temple, Shirley Temple Black, Shirley Jane Temple, Shirley Agar, Shirley Jane Black, Shirley Black

Born 23 April 1928 · Died 10 February 2014 · Q182580

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Jun 2006Award
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2006).
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1998).
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2026· 1 entry

May 27, 2026Documented record75% confidence

Public attention spiked: 15,291 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 3,909, with 0 article edits.

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2025· 1 entry

Oct 30, 2025Documented record70% confidence

The Temple family estate announced that veteran producer Marty Tudor acquired the film, television and stage rights to produce works based on Shirley's life and career

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2021· 1 entry

Jun 9, 2021Documented record70% confidence

Temple was featured on that day's Google Doodle in celebration of the opening anniversary of "Love, Shirley Temple" a special exhibit featuring a collection of her rare memorabilia at Santa Monica History Museum

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2018· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2018Documented record76% confidence

Released album “30 Original Recordings”.

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2015· 1 entry

Jul 11, 2015Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple's belongings set for auction in Kansas City

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2014· 21 entries

Mar 3, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: Academy pays tribute at 2014 Oscars

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Mar 3, 2014Documented record66% confidence

Was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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Feb 12, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple v Justin Bieber? It's just not a fair comparison | Emma Brockes

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Feb 12, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple – readers pay tribute

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple dies aged 85 - video

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple silenced critics with successful roles in US diplomacy

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: Hollywood pays tribute to 'one of a kind' child star

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple – a picture from the past

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Share your memories of Shirley Temple

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: Hollywood's little miracle who grew up a real person

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: a career in movie clips

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple Black- a life in pictures

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: Hollywood's original child star dies aged 85

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Feb 11, 2014Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple Black obituary

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Feb 10, 2014Documented record86% confidence

Died 2014-02-10.

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c. 2014Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote67% confidence

“Politicians are actors too, don't you think?”

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“I think we all learn from the past. I just feel we shouldn't live there. We shouldn't live in the past. I live for today, and to me, the most important moment is now.”

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“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”

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“Macho attitudes usually fall victim to hard work, timely humor, and an absence of resentment.”

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“Sunnybrook Farm is now a parking lot; the petticoats are in the garbage can, where they belong in the modern world; and I detest censorship.”

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“I have no trouble being taken seriously as a woman and a diplomat here. My only problems have been with Americans who, in the beginning, refused to believe I had grown up since my movies.”

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2009· 1 entry

Nov 22, 2009Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Shirley Temple: Philip French's screen legends

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2008· 1 entry

Apr 23, 2008Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Happy Birthday, Shirley Temple

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2006· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2006Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2006).

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2003· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2003Documented record76% confidence

Released album “Animal Crackers”.

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2001· 1 entry

2001Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple served as a consultant on an ABC-TV film production of her autobiography, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story

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1999· 1 entry

1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema

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1998· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1998).

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1998Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received the Kennedy Center Honor for her achievement in film

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1990· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1990Documented record84% confidence

Awarded honorary citizen of Plzeň (1990).

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1989· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1989Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989–1992).

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1988· 2 entries

1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Published her autobiography, Child Star

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1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple brought a lawsuit to prevent a bottled soda version from using her name

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1987· 1 entry

1987Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

George Shultz appointed her as an Honorary Foreign Service Officer, the first in the State Department's history

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1979· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1979Documented record76% confidence

Released album “On the Good Ship Lollipop”.

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1976· 2 entries

1976Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple was considered a potential running mate to Gerald Ford in that year's presidential election

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Jan 1, 1976Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: Chief of Protocol of the United States (1976–1977).

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1975· 1 entry

1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple was installed as an honorary deputy paramount chief of the Oguaa people of Ghana

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1974· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1974Documented record84% confidence

Career landmark: United States Ambassador to Ghana (1974–1976).

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1972· 2 entries

1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

At age 44 in 1972, Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer.

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1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer

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1970· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1970Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Plate Award (1970).

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1970Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement

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1969· 1 entry

1969Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When she was appointed to represent the U

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1967· 2 entries

1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When Henry Kissinger overheard her talking about South West Africa at a party

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1967Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Ran unsuccessfully in a special election in California's 11th congressional district after eight-term Republican J

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1960· 3 entries

Sep 18, 1960Documented record70% confidence

The series moved to NBC, where it was broadcast under the title of The Shirley Temple Show

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Jun 15, 1960Documented record84% confidence

Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960).

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Feb 8, 1960Documented record66% confidence

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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1959· 2 entries

1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The series began airing every third Monday night, alternating with Cheyenne

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1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And shortly thereafter began a new chapter of public service, perhaps using a combination of her stardom and her leadership training to advocate for important causes

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1950· 4 entries

1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Temple was married to Black from 1950 until his death on August 4, 2005.

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

In 1950, in Hawaii, Temple met Charles Alden Black at a cocktail party.

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Temple divorced Agar in 1950 on the grounds of mental cruelty.

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1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

In Hawaii, Temple met Charles Alden Black at a cocktail party

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1948· 1 entry

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

She gave birth to Linda Susan Agar in 1948.

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1943· 2 entries

1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

In 1943, 15-year-old Temple met 22-year-old John Agar, whom she married two years later in 1945, at age 17.

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1943Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

15-year-old Temple met 22-year-old John Agar, whom she married two years later in 1945, at age 17

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1940· 1 entry

1940Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Lester Cowan, an independent film producer, bought the screen rights to F

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1939· 1 entry

1939Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Was the subject of the Salvador Dalí painting Shirley Temple, The Youngest, Most Sacred Monster of the Cinema in Her Time, and she was animated with Donald Duck in The Autograph Hound

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1935· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1935Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Academy Juvenile Award (1935).

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Mar 14, 1935Documented record66% confidence

Shirley left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood

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1934· 2 entries

Jul 18, 1934Documented record70% confidence

Temple's contractual salary was raised to $1,000 per week (equivalent to $24,067 in 2025), and her mother's salary was raised to $250 per week (equivalent to $6,017 in 2025), with an additional $15,000 (equivalent to $36

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1934Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

The film included the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop", which is considered to be her signature song

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1933· 2 entries

Dec 21, 1933Documented record70% confidence

Temple's contract was extended to one year at the same $150 per week (equivalent to $3,731 in 2025) with a seven-year option, and her mother Gertrude was hired at $25 per week (equivalent to $622 in 2025) as her hairdres

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1933Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Temple appeared in Glad Rags to Riches, a parody of the Mae West feature She Done Him Wrong, with Temple as a saloon singer

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1931· 1 entry

1931Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When she was three years old and became well known for her performance in Bright Eyes, released in 1934

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1928· 2 entries

Apr 23, 1928Documented record70% confidence

At Santa Monica Hospital in Santa Monica, California, the third child of homemaker Gertrude Amelia Temple (née Krieger) and bank employee George Francis Temple

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Apr 23, 1928Documented record86% confidence

Born 1928-04-23.

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