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Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Birth Name
Shirley Jane Temple
Born
Monday, 23 April 1928
Died
Monday, 10 February 2014
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe | Self | 2022 |
| Canaan Land | Self | 2020 |
| Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| America in Color | Self | 2017 |
| Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Self | 2015 |
| Walt Disney | Self | 2015 |
| The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self (In Memoriam) | 2014 |
| The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond | Self | 2009 |
| Christmas from Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self | 2001 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe | Self | 2022 |
| Canaan Land | Self | 2020 |
| Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| America in Color | Self | 2017 |
| Behind the Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Self | 2015 |
| Walt Disney | Self | 2015 |
| The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self (In Memoriam) | 2014 |
| The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond | Self | 2009 |
| Christmas from Hollywood | Self | 2003 |
| Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self | 2001 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends | Self | 1999 |
| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Self - Honoree | 1998 |
| Classified X | Self | 1998 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Past Winner | 1998 |
| Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults | Self | 1997 |
| The Wonderful World of Disney | Self | 1997 |
| Great Romances of the 20th Century | Self | 1997 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Self | 1997 |
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Shirley Temple: Hollywood's Biggest Little Superstar | Self | 1996 |
| Inside the Dream Factory | Self | 1995 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| The Our Gang Story | Self / Morelegs Sweettrick / Annie Rooney / Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling | Self | 1993 |
| The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones | Self - with Eddie Cantor | 1988 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood Uncensored | Herself (archive footage) | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self / (archive footage) | 1986 |
| The 58th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Audience Member | 1986 |
| Moonlighting | Self | 1985 |
| That's Dancing! | 1985 | |
| Muppet Babies | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| The 56th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 1984 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Hollywood's Children | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1982 |
| No Maps on My Taps | Self | 1979 |
| America at the Movies | Shirley Blake | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| M*A*S*H | Virginia Cary | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self - Guest | 1971 |
| 60 Minutes | Herself (archive footage) | 1968 |
| Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed | Self / Various Roles | 1968 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| The Sound of Laughter | La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer) | 1963 |
| The Victors | Self | 1963 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress (as Shirley Temple Black) / Herself - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Sing Along with Mitch | Self | 1961 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Self - Narrator / Narrator / Self - Hostess / Self - Host / Christopher Robin's Mother / Self - Storyteller / Emily Winters / Floretta / Self / Gerande / Gillian Potter / Jo March Bhaer / Katrina Van Tassel / Phoebe Pyncheon / Polly Baker / Princess Irene / Princess Ozma / Tip / The Little Mermaid | 1958 |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self - Guest | 1956 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Debutante | 1951 |
| A Kiss for Corliss | Corliss Archer | 1949 |
| The Story of Seabiscuit | Knowles / Margaret O'Hara | 1949 |
| Adventure in Baltimore | Dinah Sheldon | 1949 |
| Mr. Belvedere Goes to College | Ellen Baker / Ellen Baker Ashley | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Guest | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Philadelphia Thursday | 1948 |
| That Hagen Girl | Mary Hagen | 1947 |
| The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Susan Turner | 1947 |
| Honeymoon | Barbara Olmstead | 1947 |
| Kiss and Tell | Corliss Archer | 1945 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Barbara Marshall | 1945 |
| Take It or Leave It | Shirley Dugan: Clip from 'Stand Up and Cheer' / Herself | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Brig Hilton / Bridget 'Brig' Hilton | 1944 |
| Miss Annie Rooney | Annie Rooney | 1942 |
| Our Girl Shirley | Mary Lou Rogers | 1942 |
| Kathleen | Kathleen Davis | 1941 |
| Young People | Wendy / Kit Ballantine | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self / (archive footage) | 1940 |
| The Blue Bird | Mytyl | 1940 |
| Susannah of the Mounties | Susannah Sheldon / Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon | 1939 |
| The Little Princess | Sara Crewe | 1939 |
| Just Around the Corner | Penny Hale | 1938 |
| Little Miss Broadway | Betsy Brown / Betsy Brown Shea | 1938 |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Rebecca Winstead | 1938 |
| Ali Baba Goes to Town | Shirley Temple - at Fictional Premiere / Herself | 1937 |
| Heidi | Heidi / Heidi Kramer | 1937 |
| Wee Willie Winkie | Priscilla Williams / Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams | 1937 |
| Stowaway | Ching-Ching aka Barbara Stewart / Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart | 1936 |
| Dimples | Dimples Appleby | 1936 |
| Poor Little Rich Girl | Barbara Barry | 1936 |
| Captain January | Helen / Helen 'Star' Mason | 1936 |
| The Littlest Rebel | Virgie Cary / Virginia 'Virgie' Cary | 1935 |
| Curly Top | Elizabeth Blair | 1935 |
| Our Little Girl | Molly Middleton | 1935 |
| The Little Colonel | Lloyd Sherman | 1935 |
| Bright Eyes | Shirley Blake | 1934 |
| The Hollywood Gad-About | Self | 1934 |
| Now and Forever | Penelope 'Penny' Day / Penelope 'Pennie' Day | 1934 |
| Baby, Take a Bow | Shirley / Shirley Ellison | 1934 |
| Now I'll Tell | Mary Doran | 1934 |
| Little Miss Marker | Marthy 'Marky' Jane | 1934 |
| Change of Heart | Shirley | 1934 |
| Stand Up and Cheer! | Shirley Dugan | 1934 |
| Managed Money | Mary Lou Rogers | 1934 |
| As the Earth Turns | Child | 1934 |
| Mandalay | Betty Shaw | 1934 |
| Carolina | Joan Connelly | 1934 |
| Pardon My Pups | Mary Lou Rogers | 1934 |
| What's to Do? | Mary Lou Rogers | 1933 |
| Kid 'in' Africa | Madame Cradlebait | 1933 |
| Merrily Yours | Mary Lou Rogers | 1933 |
| To the Last Man | Mary Stanley | 1933 |
| Polly Tix in Washington | Polly Tix | 1933 |
| The Kid's Last Fight | Shirley | 1933 |
| Out All Night | Child | 1933 |
| Kid in Hollywood | Morelegs Sweettrick | 1933 |
| Glad Rags to Riches | La Belle Diaperina / Nell | 1933 |
| The Pie-Covered Wagon | Shirley | 1932 |
| Red-Haired Alibi | Gloria Shelton | 1932 |
| War Babies | Charmaine | 1932 |
| Runt Page | Lulu Parsnips | 1932 |
