The legendary child star Shirley Temple is dead at age 85. The incomparable Hollywood icon of the Depression Era 1930s has left behind a one of a kind cinematic legacy. Relieve it as America’s Sweetheart is remembered.
Shirley Temple’s death was confirmed by her publicist. The family issued a statement in tribute to “salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.”
Known later in life by her married name, Shirley Temple Black, she left Hollywood, retiring at age 22 and went on to pursue yet another trailblazing career as a diplomat and a U.S. Ambassador. Others remember her with admiration as a breast cancer survivor who is heralded for her bravery in going public with details of her cancer battle in the early 1970s when it was still virtually a taboo subject.
But most of all, we remember Shirley Temple as the eternal child who sang such iconic songs as ‘On the Good Ship Lollipop’ and danced so beautifully notably alongside black actor and tap dancing legend Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, which in the Jim Crow era was a bit daring.
Her movies brought much needed hopefulness as well as escape during the arduous years of the Great Depression. Some of the most popular of these were ‘Curly Top,’ ‘Little Colonel,’ ‘Bright Eyes,’ ‘Little Miss Marker,’ ‘Curly Top’ and ‘The Littlest Rebel.’ For someone who retired from film at an age when many just getting started, she left behind a staggering number of movies, more than 50.
But far beyond the borders of the U.S. Shirley Temple was an international star, indeed a superstar. She was also a pop cultural icon. Yes, all of this without the benefit of cable television, let alone the Internet and social media. Her immense talent touched lives. Her movies from the 1930s remain classics. Her career was on an ascendancy as talkies became popular, and a novelty after the silent film era, which, of course was called such in retrospective.
Shirley Temple’s death provoked an enormous outpouring of tributes and reactions on Twitter and elsewhere; you can see a roundup of what has been said about her here.
Relieve some of the magic of Shirley Temple. Thanks to YouTube, we can watch several of her classic movies in their entirety. Watch video below.
‘Curly Top’ (1935)
‘The Littlest Rebel’
‘Little Princess’ (1939)
‘Poor Little Rich Girl’ (1936)
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