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Shirley Temple

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Shirley Temple Famous memorial

Birth
Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
10 Feb 2014 (aged 85)
Woodside, San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.3968004, Longitude: -122.1292958
Plot
Adobe Creek Mausoleum, Building #3, Redwood Grove Section, Tier 2
Memorial ID
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Actress, United States Diplomat. She is considered an icon of American cinema. She is arguably the most successful child film star in motion picture history. She started taking dancing lessons at the age of three, and had her first experience in motion pictures when she was chosen to appear in a series of films called "Baby Burlesks", in which she was to imitate the top female stars of the time. She caught the attention of movie audiences with a dance number called "Baby Take a Bow" in the picture "Stand Up and Cheer" (1934). She soon became a source of relief for Americans during the Great Depression, and received a special juvenile Academy Award for her contributions to films that year. Four-years later, she found herself at the top of the box-office attractions with immense public popularity while signed to 20th Century-Fox. Among the classic pictures that were yielded during this period include "Little Miss Marker" (1934), "Curly Top" (1935), "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1936), "Dimples" (1936), "Wee Willie Winkie" (1937), "Heidi" (1937), "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938), "The Little Princess" (1939), "Susannah of the Mounties" (1939) and "The Blue Bird" (1940). She sang what maybe was her trademark song "Good Ship Lollipop" in the 1934 film "Bright Eyes" and would later perform highly-memorable dance routines with such stars as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Buddy Ebsen. In 1945 at the age of seventeen, she married actor John Agar and their union, which lasted until 1950, produced their daughter. She graduated to adult roles during the late 1940s and appeared in several pictures including: "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947, with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), "Fort Apache" (1948, with John Agar), "The Story of Seabiscuit" (1949, with Barry Fitzgerald) and "A Kiss for Corliss" (1949). However, her popularity soon waned. She hosted and narrated a television series called "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958 to 1961) and left the entertainment industry. In 1950, she married television executive Charles Alden Black, becoming known as Shirley Temple Black, and remained with him until his death in 2005. Their union produced a son and a daughter. During the 1960s, she became active as a Republican in the political arena and ran an unsuccessful campaign for election to the United States Congress. She was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon to represent the United States at the United Nations and from 1974 until 1976, she served as United States Ambassador to Ghana. From 1989 until 1992, she served as United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. She was honored by the Kennedy Center in 1998 and received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Actress, United States Diplomat. She is considered an icon of American cinema. She is arguably the most successful child film star in motion picture history. She started taking dancing lessons at the age of three, and had her first experience in motion pictures when she was chosen to appear in a series of films called "Baby Burlesks", in which she was to imitate the top female stars of the time. She caught the attention of movie audiences with a dance number called "Baby Take a Bow" in the picture "Stand Up and Cheer" (1934). She soon became a source of relief for Americans during the Great Depression, and received a special juvenile Academy Award for her contributions to films that year. Four-years later, she found herself at the top of the box-office attractions with immense public popularity while signed to 20th Century-Fox. Among the classic pictures that were yielded during this period include "Little Miss Marker" (1934), "Curly Top" (1935), "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1936), "Dimples" (1936), "Wee Willie Winkie" (1937), "Heidi" (1937), "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" (1938), "The Little Princess" (1939), "Susannah of the Mounties" (1939) and "The Blue Bird" (1940). She sang what maybe was her trademark song "Good Ship Lollipop" in the 1934 film "Bright Eyes" and would later perform highly-memorable dance routines with such stars as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Buddy Ebsen. In 1945 at the age of seventeen, she married actor John Agar and their union, which lasted until 1950, produced their daughter. She graduated to adult roles during the late 1940s and appeared in several pictures including: "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer" (1947, with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy), "Fort Apache" (1948, with John Agar), "The Story of Seabiscuit" (1949, with Barry Fitzgerald) and "A Kiss for Corliss" (1949). However, her popularity soon waned. She hosted and narrated a television series called "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958 to 1961) and left the entertainment industry. In 1950, she married television executive Charles Alden Black, becoming known as Shirley Temple Black, and remained with him until his death in 2005. Their union produced a son and a daughter. During the 1960s, she became active as a Republican in the political arena and ran an unsuccessful campaign for election to the United States Congress. She was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon to represent the United States at the United Nations and from 1974 until 1976, she served as United States Ambassador to Ghana. From 1989 until 1992, she served as United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. She was honored by the Kennedy Center in 1998 and received a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

Bio by: C.S.


Inscription

BELOVED WIFE AND MOTHER
GRANDMOTHER
GREAT-GRANDMOTHER

Gravesite Details

Her crypt is on the back outside area of the larger mausoleum on the western edge.



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: C.S.
  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124923538/shirley-temple: accessed ), memorial page for Shirley Temple (23 Apr 1928–10 Feb 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124923538, citing Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.