Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple
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 Jimmy Carter
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 (1928-04-23)April 23, 1928 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2014(2014-02-10) (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
Occupation	Actress singer dancer diplomat
Signature
Website	shirleytemple.com
Years active	1932–1965 (as actress) 1967–1992 (as public servant)

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.