America’s Little Darling Dies at 85
Shirley Temple needs no introduction. Her name instantly summons her adorable dimples and curls and unforgettable songs like “On the Good Ship Lollipop” and “Animal Crackers in My Soup”.
She was the star of 23 motion pictures and her sparkling personality and sunny optimism lifted spirits and made her famous around the world.
A Few Things You May Know …
- From 1935 to 1939 she was the most popular movie star in America
- She received more mail than Greta Garbo
- She was photographed more often than President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- She won an honorary Academy Award at the age of 6!
- She earned $3 million before puberty
- She received the Life Achievement Award in 2006
… and a Few You May Not
- She was appointed a delegate to the United Nations by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969
- She was the United States ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976
- She was President Gerald R. Ford’s chief of protocol in 1976 and 1977
- She became President George H. W. Bush’s ambassador to Czechoslovakia in 1989
3 Shirley Temple Believe It or Not’s!
1. The child star received 135,000 gifts on her 8th birthday!
2. In 1936 (at the age of 7) she received over 60,000 letters a month!
3. She always had EXACTLY 56 curls in her hair.
Robert Ripley himself knew the child star and was photographed, at least once, with the sparkling Ms. Temple. Ripley was considered, at the time, the most popular man in the U.S.A., overshadowing even President Roosevelt himself. Shirley Temple was featured in several Ripley’s Believe It or Not! syndicated cartoons.
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