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Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928), later
known as Shirley Temple Black, was an United
States|American film child actor|child actress
(considered by many to be the most famous child
actor in history) and diplomat.

== Film career ==

Born in Santa Monica, California, she starred in
over 40 films during the 1930s.  Even at the age
of five, the hallmark of her acting work was her
professionalism: lines memorized and dance steps
prepared.  Her innate talent, her ability to
convincingly cry on-cue and this professionalism,
as well as the quality and optimism of her early
output, lead to an astounding overall output
throughout the 1930's.  For her performance in
Bright Eyes (movie)|Bright Eyes, she won a special
Academy Award in 1935 and it is noted in the
Guinness Book of Records, citing her as the
youngest person ever to do so. It was in that film
that she sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop". By
then, she was a top box-office attraction and a
household name, and even now, enjoys the
continuing popularity of many of her films,
especially among young girls.

The role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939
movie)|The Wizard of Oz, played by Judy Garland,
was originally intended for her.

Temple retired from film acting in her early
twenties after appearing in successful films such
as Since You Went Away, Fort Apache (with her
then-husband, John Agar, in the cast), and The
Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.  She also appeared
occasionally on television.

== Family and career as Shirley Temple Black ==

Temple was married first to actor John Agar in
1945; she was then 17 and they had one daughter,
Linda Agar.  They divorced in 1950 and later that
year she married the California|Californian
businessman Charles Alden Black|Charles Black
(1919-2005) and took his name.  She may have
looked favourably on his admission during their
courtship that he had never seen any of her films.
Together, they had two children; Lori Black|Lori
and Charlie Black. They remained married until his
death from myelodysplastic syndrome on August 4,
2005, aged 86.

Black subsequently became involved in United
States Republican Party|Republican Party politics,
unsuccessfully entering a United States House of
Representatives|Congressional race in 1967 on an
anti-war platform. She went on to hold several
diplomatic posts, representing the United States
in the United Nations (1969-1970|70) and as
America's delegate to many international
conferences and summits.  She was appointed
American Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador to
Ghana (1974-1976|76).  In 1976, she became the
first female Chief of Protocol of the United
States which put in her charge of all State
Department ceremonies, visits, gifts to foreign
leaders and co-ordination of protocol issues with
all US embassies and consultates.  She was
ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989-1992|92) and
witnessed the Velvet Revolution, about which she
comments: "That was the best job I ever had."

Black appeared on the cover of People magazine in
1998 with the title "Picture Perfect" and again
later that year as part of their special report
"Surviving Breast Cancer." She appeared at the
1998 Academy Awards and also in that same year
received Kennedy Center Honors.



Black served on the board of directors of some
large enterprises including The Walt Disney
Company (1974–1975|75), Del Monte, Bancal
Tri-State and Fireman's Fund Insurance.  Black's
nonprofit board appointments included the
Institute for International Studies at Stanford
University, the Council on Foreign Relations, the
Council of American Ambassadors, the World Affairs
Council, the United States Commission for UNESCO,
the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations,
the United Nations Association and the U.S.
Citizen's Space TaskForce.

Black received honorary doctorates from Santa
Clara University and Lehigh University, a
Fellowship from College of Notre Dame, and a Chubb
Fellowship from Yale University.

Black now lives in Woodside, California.

== Books ==
* Child Star: An Autobiography (1988) ISBN
0446357928

== Filmography ==
See Shirley Temple Filmography

== Trivia ==
At least two cocktails have been named for Temple.
 A Shirley Temple cocktail|Shirley Temple is also
a non-alcoholic cocktail named for the child
actress.  It was invented at the Royal Hawaiian
Hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii, where she often stayed. 
Alcoholic variations on the recipe exist, called
"Shirley Temple Black" and "Dirty Shirley".

==External links==
*http://www.shirleytemple.com/ Official website
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