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Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in her... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (61 titles)
1963 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Debutante
Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing (1963) … Debutante
 
1958-1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Christopher Robin's Mother / Emily Winters / Floretta / …
Onawandah (1961) … Emily Winters
The Terrible Clockman (1961) … Gerande
Babes in Toyland (1960) … Floretta/Herself
 
1949 Adventure in Baltimore
Dinah Sheldon
 
1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Ellen Baker
 
1947 That Hagen Girl
Mary Hagen
 
1947 Honeymoon
Barbara Olmstead
 
1944 I'll Be Seeing You
Barbara Marshall
 
1944 Since You Went Away
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
 
1942 Miss Annie Rooney
Annie Rooney
 
1941 Kathleen
Kathleen Davis
 
1940 Young People
Wendy
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah Sheldon
 
1938 Just Around the Corner
Penny
 
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca Winstead
 
1937 Heidi
Heidi
 
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
Shirley Temple - at Fictional Premiere (uncredited)
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie
Priscilla Williams
 
1936 Stowaway
Ching-Ching
 
1936 Dimples
Dimples Appleby
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl
Barbara Barry
 
1936 Captain January
Star
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel
Virgie Cary
 
1935 Curly Top
Elizabeth Blair
 
1935 Our Little Girl
Molly Middleton
 
1935 The Little Colonel
Lloyd Sherman
 
1934 Now and Forever
Penelope 'Penny' Day
 
1934 Baby Take a Bow
Shirley
 
1934 Now I'll Tell
Mary Doran
 
1934 Change of Heart
Shirley
 
1934 Stand Up and Cheer!
Shirley Dugan
 
1934 Managed Money (short)
Mary Lou Rogers
 
1934 As the Earth Turns
Child (uncredited)
 
1934 Mandalay
Betty Shaw (scenes deleted)
 
1934 Carolina
Joan Connelly (uncredited)
 
1933 What's to Do? (short)
Mary Lou Rogers
 
1933 Merrily Yours (short)
Mary Lou Rogers
 
1933 Kid 'in' Africa (short)
Madame Cradlebait
 
1933 To the Last Man
Mary Stanley (uncredited)
 
1933 Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (short)
Shirley
 
1933 Polly Tix in Washington (short)
Polly Tix
 
1933 The Kid's Last Fight (short)
Shirley
 
1933 Out All Night
Child (as Shirley Jane Temple)
 
1933 Kid in Hollywood (short)
Morelegs Sweettrick
 
1933 Glad Rags to Riches (short)
Nell/La Belle Diaperina
 
1933 New Deal Rhythm (short)
Girl who dislikes spinach (uncredited)
 
1932 The Pie-Covered Wagon (short)
Shirley
 
1932 Red Haired Alibi
Gloria Shelton
 
1932 War Babies (short)
Charmaine
 
1932 Runt Page (short)
Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
 
1932 Kid's Last Stand
Girl
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (34 titles)
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "Wot Cher!" - uncredited)
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary) (performer: "Wot Cher!" - uncredited)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary) (performer: "At the Codfish Ball" - uncredited, "On the Good Ship Lollipop" - uncredited, "Animal Crackers in My Soup" - uncredited, "Hop, Skip, Jump and Slide")
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (performer: "Organ Grinder's Swing")
 
1970 Myra Breckinridge (performer: "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E to Be H-A-Double-P-Y", "On the Good Ship Lollipop")
 
1960 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Babes in Toyland (1960) (performer: "Toyland", "Floretta")
 
1947 Honeymoon (performer: "VEN AQUI", "I LOVE GERANIUMS")
 
1944 Since You Went Away (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited)
 
1941 Kathleen (performer: "Around the Corner" 1941, "Row, Row, Your Boat" or "The Old Log Hut" 1852)
 
1940 Young People (performer: "Fifth Avenue" 1940 - uncredited, "Tra-La-La-La" 1940 - uncredited, "Young People" 1940 - uncredited, "On the Beach at Waikiki" 1915 - uncredited, "Baby Take a Bow" 1934 - uncredited / "I Wouldn't Take A Million" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1940 The Blue Bird (performer: "Lay Dee O" - uncredited)
 
1939 The Little Princess (performer: "The Fantasy" 1939, "Wot Cher!" 1891 - uncredited)
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (performer: "I'll Teach You to Waltz", "I'll Teach You to Waltz" - uncredited)
 
1938 Little Miss Broadway (performer: "Be Optimistic" 1938 - uncredited, "How Can I Thank You?" 1938 - uncredited, "We Should Be Together" 1938 - uncredited, "Swing Me an Old Fashioned Song" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Just Around the Corner (performer: "This Is a Happy Little Ditty" 1938 - uncredited, "I Love to Walk in the Rain" 1938 - uncredited)
 
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (performer: "An Old Straw Hat", "Come and Get Your Happiness", "On the Good Ship Lollipop", "Animal Crackers in My Soup", "When I'm with You", "Oh My Goodness", "Goodnight, My Love", "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers")
 
1937 Heidi (performer: "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" 1937 - uncredited, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name" 1774 - uncredited, "Silent Night" 1818 - uncredited)
 
1937 Stand-In (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" 1788 - uncredited)
 
1936 Stowaway (performer: "Goodnight, My Love" 1936, "You Gotta S-M-I-L-E To Be H-A-Double-P-Y" 1936, "That's What I Want for Christmas" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl (performer: "When I'm with You" 1936 - uncredited, "Oh My Goodness" 1936 - uncredited, "You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach, Baby" 1936 - uncredited, "But Definitely" 1936 - uncredited, "Buy a Bar of Barry's" 1936 - uncredited, "Military Man" 1936 - uncredited, "Peck's Theme" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Dimples (performer: "The Gospel Train" - uncredited, "Hey, What Did the Blue Jay Say?" 1936 - uncredited, "He Was a Dandy" 1936 - uncredited, "Picture Me Without You" 1936 - uncredited, "Dixie-anna" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Captain January (lyrics: "Chi mi freno in tal momento?" 1835 - uncredited / performer: "At the Codfish Ball" 1936, "The Right Somebody to Love" 1936, "Early Bird" 1936, "Asleep in the Deep" 1897 - uncredited, "Chi mi freno in tal momento?" 1835 - uncredited)
 
1935 Our Little Girl (performer: "Lullaby to a Doll" 1935 - uncredited, "Oh! Susanna" 1848 - uncredited)
 
1935 Curly Top (performer: "Animal Crackers in My Soup" 1935 - uncredited, "When I Grow Up" 1935 - uncredited, "Curly Top" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Littlest Rebel (music: "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" 1808 - uncredited / performer: "Polly Wolly Doodle" 1880 - uncredited, "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" 1808 - uncredited, " I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land" 1860 - uncredited / "Polly Wolly Doodle" 1880 - uncredited)
 
1935 The Little Colonel (performer: "Love's Young Dream" - uncredited, "My Old Kentucky Home" 1853 - uncredited)
 
1934 Stand Up and Cheer! (performer: "Baby, Take a Bow" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Little Miss Marker (performer: "Laugh You Son of a Gun" 1934)
 
1934 Bright Eyes (performer: "On the Good Ship Lollipop" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Baby Take a Bow (performer: "On Account-a I Love You" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Now and Forever (performer: "The World Owes Me a Living" - uncredited)
 
1933 Kid in Hollywood (short) (performer: "We Just Couldn't Say Good-Bye")
 
1933 Glad Rags to Riches (short) (performer: "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
2001 Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (TV movie) (book / as Shirley Temple Black)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 1 a Minute (acknowlegment: Breast Cancer Survivor - as Shirley Temple Black)
 
Show ShowSelf (30 titles)
2006 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Lifetime Achievement Award
 
2001 Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple (video documentary)
Herself
 
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1998 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV documentary)
Herself - Honoree
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Past Winner (uncredited)
 
1996 Marisa Tomei's Salute to Shirley Temple (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 May 1989 (1989) … Herself
 
1989 The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 Tournament of Roses Parade (TV movie)
Herself - Grand Marshal (as Shirley Temple-Black)
 
1988 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 October 1988 (1988) … Herself
 
1988 The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie)
Herself
 
1976 Donahue (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1976 (1976) … Herself (as Shirley Temple Black)
 
1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #5.3 (1975) … Herself (as Shirley Temple-Black)
 
1972 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.8 (1972) … Herself
 
1972 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself - Co-Host
Episode dated 8 May 1972 (1972) … Herself - Co-Host
 
1969 Shirley Temple v Praze (documentary short)
 
1958-1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Herself - Narrator / Herself - Hostess / Herself - Host / …
Two for the Road (1961) … Herself - Narrator
The Return of Long John Silver (1961) … Herself - Narrator
The Fawn (1961) … Herself - Narrator
Rebel Gun (1961) … Herself - Narrator
King Midas (1961) … Herself - Narrator
 
1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Juvenile Award to Hayley Mills
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1958-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.22 (1959) … Herself
Episode #3.11 (1958) … Herself
Episode #2.27 (1958) … Herself
 
1954 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.1 (1954) … Herself
 
1946 American Creed (short)
Herself
 
1942 Our Girl Shirley (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (documentary short)
Herself - Oscar Presenter
 
1934 The Hollywood Gad-About (documentary short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (50 titles)
2011 Shooting the Hollywood Stars (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Animation Lookback (TV series documentary)
 
2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (video documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Private Screenings (TV series)
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
 
1996-2005 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1997-2004 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2003 Christmas from Hollywood (video documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2000 72nd Annual Academy Awards Pre-Show (TV special)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Fox Studios Australia: The Grand Opening (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1993 Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (TV movie)
Herself
 
1991 60 Minutes: The Entertainers (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 Hollywood on Parade (video documentary)
Herself
 
1988 Moonlighting (TV series)
 
1988 Muppet Babies (TV series)
 
1988 The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself - with Eddie Cantor
 
1985 America Censored (TV documentary)
Elizabeth Blair
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Herself (clip from "The Little Colonel")
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1982 Hollywood's Children (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
Herself - Canada-Hollywood Dinner (uncredited)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Herself
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Shirley Blake
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Herself
 
1975 M*A*S*H (TV series)
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Herself
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 The Walt Disney Story (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1968 Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed (TV documentary)
Herself/Various Roles (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1963 The Sound of Laughter (documentary)
La Belle Diaperina, saloon singer
 
1963 The Victors
Herself (uncredited)
 
1962 Days of Infamy (documentary short)
Herself - Visits RCAF Base
 
1960 Project XX (TV series documentary)
 
1944 Take It or Leave It
Herself: Clip from 'Stand Up and Cheer' (uncredited)
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Herself
 

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Publicity Listings:

3 Biographical Movies  | 5 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 5 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Shirley Temple Black | Shirley Jane Temple | Shirley Temple-Black

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Personal Quote:

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle. See more »

Trivia:

Aunt of Marina Black. See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus