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Shirley Temple 1928-2014
Shirley Temple died of natural causes Feb. 10, 2014
at the age of 85. She will be greatly
missed by millions of TV viewers who grew up with her timeless movies. She is considered to be the first child
actress and the one who paved the path for other child actors. Temple’s uplifting
family movies gave hope to people in the Great Depression. Her corkscrew curls and dimples were the envy
of little girls from the 1930’s to the 1970”s. She was a breath of fresh air and
was the top box-office star four year in a row from 1935-1938. Temple’s first film debut was in 1932 in the film
short “Baby Burlesks.” She made more than 40 feature films, 14 short films, and
25 storybook movies before her retirement at the young age of 21.
Temple did not
let the fact that she was not desired as an adult actress stop her from being a
success person. She married Charles Black in 1950 after a failed marriage to
actor John Agar Jr. and became Shirley Temple Black. She became a foreign
diplomat with the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from 1960 to 1974, the U.S. ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976, and U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia
from 1989 to 1992. She was also a mother
to three children which she adored.
Even with all
of her fame, Temple said that her greatest accomplishment was being a wife and mother.
She is an inspiration and someone to admire and look up to. Temple will be
remembered for her great contributions to society for years to come.
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