Shirley Temple

Full Name: Shirley Temple Black
Profession: Actress and Diplomat

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Biography: Shirley Temple was Hollywood's most famous child star. In films such as "Bright Eyes" (1934), "Curly Top" (1935) and "Heidi" (1937) she dominated the box office in the 1930s. From 1935-1938 she was the leading Hollywood star.

Other films followed included "The Little Colonel" the first of four films with famed tap dancer Bill Robinson. Their famous staircase dance made them Hollywood's first interracial dance duo.

Temple retired from films aged 22. As an adult she developed a television career before becoming active in the Republican Party. Temple became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana, and later to Czechoslovakia.

She also served as the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States and was in charge of arrangements for President Jimmy Carter's inauguration.

Temple is also remembered as one of the first women to speak publicly about breast cancer, calling a press conference from her hospital bed and writing about it in "McCall's" Magazine.

Born: April 23, 1928
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Sign: Taurus

Died: February 10, 2014 (aged 85)
Cause of Death: Natural causes