Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Blackwas an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant, most famous as Hollywood's number one box-office star from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, as a United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth23 April 1928
CountryUnited States of America
children drs former
Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child.
ghana people actresses
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
thinking people shy
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.
awards advice achievement
I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award: Start early!
mother thinking mind
I guess I was an early method actress. I would go to a quiet part of the sound stage with my mother. I wouldn't think of anything sad, I would just make my mind a blank. In a minute I could cry.
bossy
I've always been bossy.
people old-friends
Many people consider me an old friend.
mother careers two
I've led three lives: the acting part, wife and mother - which is a career - and international relations. I'm proud of my career, the first one, and I'm proud of the other two, too.
girl proud chance
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
please audience performers
When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.
running blue campaigns
[Campaign sign when running for Congress in 1967:] Vote for me or I will hold my breath until I turn blue.
memories past nostalgia
Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.
ghana drs kissinger
Dr. Kissinger was surprised that I knew where Ghana was.
movie weapons firsts
Delay and indecision are first weapons in the armory of moviemakers.