Shirley Temple

Biography

born: 23-04-1928
birth place: California, USA

Shirley Temple began taking singing and dancing lessons when she was just two years old and, when she was three and a half, she became an actress.

She was the most popular motion picture star for five years straight, appearing in movies like 'Little Miss Money Marker', 'Poor Little Rich Girl', 'The Little Princess', 'Rebecca of Stoneybrook Farm', 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', and many others.

In 1934, Shirley was named "the outstanding personality of 1934" by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Then in 1935, Shirley became the youngest actor to win an Academy Award (as well as the first child to win one).

However, as Shirley grew up, she became less and less popular with the public. A TV show called 'Shirley Temple' appeared in the 1940s, but was so unpopular that it had to be taken off the air.

In 1945, Shirley married John Agar, and they had a daughter together. However, they divorced four years after the birth of their daughter. Later, she married Charles A. Black and they had two children.

In 1974, Shirley served as the US Ambassador for Ghana in Africa for two years, and was also the first woman to serve as chief protocol. She wrote her own autobiography, 'Child Star', which won a number of awards.