She was so famous that even a cocktail named after her: Shirley Temple was the most popular child star of the thirties, when she was six, she won a special Oscar. Now the actress has died at the age of 85 years.
She danced and laughed and helped the U.S. through the Great Depression era: In the thirties, the child star Shirley Temple was incredibly popular. The actress was born in 1928, from 1935 to 1938 Hollywood zugkräftigster box office magnet. But chon in puberty began her star to fall. Now Temple has died in California. She was 85 years old.
55 golden curls it should have been, with whom Shirley Temple moviegoers mid thirties so ecstatic – and of course the golden smile on his round face. “As long as our country has Shirley Temple, all will be well!” President Roosevelt is quoted as saying.
1934 Shirley Temple received her first starring role in “Stand Up and Cheer” and sang – even before the film’s release of the 20th Century-Fox taken for seven years under contract – with the title “Baby Take a Bow” in the hearts of millions . From her very ambitious mother after this success systematically trimmed to be a child star, Temple occurred in the episode on in 24 films, which eventually grossed a gross profit of approximately $ 30 million for the studio.
From 1935 to 1938 Temple Hollywood was catchy POS Star . In 1937, she scored the seventh highest annual income in the United States . In addition, the use of its name in merchandising the family brought a tens of thousands of dollars. 1936 even a new skyscraper was named after her in New York : the ” Shirley Temple Building”.
Temples popularity did not survive the thirties. The main role in the hit movie ” The Wizard of Oz” took over Judy Garland. After completion of a contract with producer David O. Selznik tried Temple 1943 an official comeback. Six years later she ended the age of 21 after a few more – not very successful for them – films like ” Fort Apache” with John Wayne and Henry Fonda and “The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer ” her film career , left Hollywood and initially retired to Hawaii back . In American television, she appeared still as narrator and 1957-1960 also in series like in their own TV shows, then ended but finally her career in show business .
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