Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple Black was a former child actress and United States diplomat.

Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American film actress and diplomat who is considered by many to be the most famous child actress in history.

One of her first film roles was in Bright Eyes, for which she won a special Academy Award. It was in that film that she sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; though she often sang in her films, that was probably her most famous song. She subsequently starred in many films including Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Susannah of the Mounties. By the late 1930s she was the biggest box-office attraction in motion pictures, and the success of her films may have saved more than one major studio from bankruptcy during the Great Depression.

The role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, played by Judy Garland, was originally intended for her.

Temple retired from film acting in her early twenties. Later appearances on television did not prove as popular as her films.

Temple married the California businessman Charles Black in 1950; she may have looked favorably on his admission while dating that he had never seen any of her films. She subsequently became involved in Republican Party politics under her married name, entering a Congressional race in 1967. She went on to hold several diplomatic posts, representing the United States in the United Nations in 1969-70 and serving as American ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1989). She received Kennedy Center Honors in 1998.


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She received Kennedy Center Honors in 1998. She is married to theater director Jim Simpson (of The Flea Theater), and has one child, Charlotte. She went on to hold several diplomatic posts, representing the United States in the United Nations in 1969-70 and serving as American ambassador to Ghana (1974) and Czechoslovakia (1989). She is the daughter of NBC television executive Pat Weaver and niece of comedian and actor Doodles Weaver. She subsequently became involved in Republican Party politics under her married name, entering a Congressional race in 1967. Many of her roles since have been in knowing reference to the tough character of Ripley. Temple married the California businessman Charles Black in 1950; she may have looked favorably on his admission while dating that he had never seen any of her films. Her part in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien as the sole survivor, Lieutenant Ripley, ensured her role in the sequels Aliens, Alien3 and Alien: Resurrection.

Later appearances on television did not prove as popular as her films. During the 1970s Weaver studied theater at Yale University, where she appeared in original plays by friend and classmate Christopher Durang. Temple retired from film acting in her early twenties. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, played by Judy Garland, was originally intended for her. She began using the name Sigourney in 1963, after a character in F. By the late 1930s she was the biggest box-office attraction in motion pictures, and the success of her films may have saved more than one major studio from bankruptcy during the Great Depression. Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress perhaps best remembered for her portrayal of Ripley in Alien (1979) and its sequels.

She subsequently starred in many films including Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Susannah of the Mounties. 2003: Holes. It was in that film that she sang "On the Good Ship Lollipop"; though she often sang in her films, that was probably her most famous song. 2002: Tadpole. One of her first film roles was in Bright Eyes, for which she won a special Academy Award. 2001: Heartbreakers. Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California), later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American film actress and diplomat who is considered by many to be the most famous child actress in history. 1999: Galaxy Quest.

1997: The Ice Storm. 1997: Alien: Resurrection. 1995: Jeffrey. 1995: Copycat.

1994: Death And The Maiden. 1993: Dave. 1992: 1492: Conquest of Paradise. 1992: Alien3.

1989: Ghostbusters II. 1988: Working Girl. 1988: Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey. 1986: Aliens.

1986: Half Moon Street. 1985: Une femme ou deux. 1984: Ghostbusters. 1982: The Year of Living Dangerously.

1981: Eyewitness. 1979: Alien. 1977: Annie Hall.