Shirley Temple Accomplishments

Shirley Temple was one of the most liked actresses in the world after the Great Depression, lighting up everyone's faces once she appeared on screen. Shirley Temple used her fame as a childhood star to improve society by becoming an activist, an ambassador, and a diplomat for international affairs. Even though her life as an actress was over by the time she was a teenager, her early acting career led to bigger things as she grew into politics. Shirley Temple was born in Santa Monica, California on April 23, 1928 and she passed away on February 10, 2014 in Woodside, California. She was Hollywood’s essential childhood star during the 1930’s and the 1940’s. She was the youngest child of three. Her father was a bank teller and her mother was a homemaker. Later in life, Shirley Temple became the ambassador of Ghana then the ambassador of Czechoslovakia. During 1972 Shirley Temple survived breast cancer.

Her mom enrolled her in dance lessons at the age of three. Since her mom wanted to pursue her daughter’s film career, she would bring Temple around to many Hollywood studios. This was a very successful strategy because Temple’s first one-reel movie, ''Baby Burlesks”, led her to smaller roles in her later years. Just weeks after this film was released, her second film, Little Miss Marker, became a huge hit. In 1934, Fox studios was looking for a " tot” performer in a song-and-dance number for Stand-up and Cheer. This role got her earning $150 a