Biographie

At age six she became the first recipient of the juvenile Academy Award. To this day she is the youngest person ever to receive an Academy Award. After receiving her award from actor/writer Irvin S. Cobb, she politely thanked him, then turned to her mother and asked, "Mommy, can I go home now?" Many years later, in an appearance on the 1984 Oscar show, Temple explained what had happened. At the 1935 Oscar banquet, her special award was one of the last to be presented that evening. She had been forced to sit through the entire awards ceremony, watching all the other awards being handed out. By the time she got her award, at about 10:00 p.m., she was exhausted and ready to go home to bed.

Her mother, Gertrude Temple, did her hair in pin curls for each movie. Every hairstyle had exactly 56 curls.

Shirley Jones and Shirley MacLaine were both named after her.

In 1989 was appointed United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

Bill Robinson (aka "Bojangles Robinson") was her idol when she was a child, and she got to work with him on four pictures.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. "Mr X", I said, "I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor".

Shirley Temple doesn't hurt Shirley Temple Black. Shirley Temple helps Shirley Temple Black. She is thought of as a friend--which I am!

I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for Scandale en Floride (1947), which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.

Le Massacre de Fort-Apache (1948) - $110,000

Depuis ton départ (1948) - $2,200 (per week)

Le ministère des amusements (1935) - $75 /week

Pardon My Pups (1935) - $1,000 /wk+$35,000 bonus at the end of each film to be held in trust until contract is over+$250/wk for her mother

Kid in Hollywood (1933) - $150 /week