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Shirley Temple | |
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 Temple in 1948 | |
| 27th United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia | |
| In office August 23, 1989 – July 12, 1992 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Julian Niemczyk |
| Succeeded by | Adrian A. Basora |
| 18th Chief of Protocol of the United States | |
| In office July 1, 1976 – January 21, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Henry E. Catto Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Evan Dobelle |
| 9th United States Ambassador to Ghana | |
| In office December 6, 1974 – July 13, 1976 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Fred L. Hadsel |
| Succeeded by | Robert P. Smith |
| President of the Commonwealth Club of California | |
| In office February 1984 – August 1984 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shirley Jane Temple April 23, 1928 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 2014 (aged 85) Woodside, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Alta Mesa Memorial Park |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | John Agar
(m. 1945; div. 1950)Charles Alden Black
(m. 1950; died 2005) |
| Children | 3, including Lori Black |
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| Website | shirleytemple |
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Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, 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 Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and was well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, which was released in 1934. She won a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer in motion pictures during 1934 and continued to appear in popular films through the remainder of the 1930s, although her subsequent films became less popular as she grew older.[1] She appeared in her last film, A Kiss for Corliss, in 1949.[2][3]
She began her diplomatic career in 1969, when she was appointed to represent the U.S. at a session of the United Nations General Assembly, where she worked at the U.S. Mission under Ambassador Charles Yost. Later, she was named U.S. Ambassador to Ghana, and also served as the first female U.S. Chief of Protocol. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star.[4] After her biography was published, she served as the U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1989–1992).
Temple was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. She is 18th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest female American screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
- ^ "Shirley Temple". biography.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
- ^ Balio 227
- ^ Windeler 26
- ^ Child Star. McGraw-Hill. 1998. ISBN 978-0-07-005532-2.