Google Doodle honors Hollywood iconic Shirley Temple
The curly haired moppet sang and danced her way into our hearts before transitioning to a career in public service.
Shirley Temple sang and danced and helped lift the spirits of millions of Americans suffering from economic hardship during the Great Depression, to become one of the most popular child actors of all time. As a child, she topped the box office for several years in the mid-1930s, before becoming a diplomat.
Google celebrated the iconic child star with an animated doodle on Wednesday, marking the anniversary of the 2015 date that the Historical Museum in her hometown of Santa Monica, Calif., opened a special exhibit featuring Love, Shirley Temple, featuring her rare memorabilia. It was a collection of objects.
Born in 1928, Temple was encouraged by her mother to dance, sing and act at a young age. She began dance training when she was barely 3 years old and gained international fame two years later for her performance in Bright Eyes, a film which featured her singing the soon-to-be hit On the Good Ship lollipop.
The dimple and curly-haired moppet was cast as the cheerful Fix-It Girl in the musical-comedy-drama written especially for her. Recognizing his popularity, Hollywood gave Temple a short, honorary Academy Award at the age of 6.
She went on to make over 40 films, singing and tap-dancing with many famous partners, before the age of 12. His most successful partnership was with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, a black entertainer 50 years older than him. Together, they made four films, including the 1935 Civil War saga The Littlest Rebel and 1935's The Little Colonel, which featured the pair's famous stair tap dance scene with temple matching Robinson step for step.
She continued making films towards the end of her teen years, including the 1945 Kiss, and Tell and the 1947 films The Bachelor and Bobby Soxer, in which her character becomes infatuated with Cary Grant. But her success as a child artist did not continue as she developed into a young adult, film audiences were unwilling to accept her in more mature roles, and she retired from the business at the age of 22. took.
She returned to the limelight in 1950 after marrying businessman Charles Black, becoming a prominent Republican fund-raiser after taking her new name of Shirley Temple Black. Her interest in politics ignited when her husband rejoined the military during the Korean War, working as an intelligence officer in Washington.
After an unsuccessful run for Congress in 1967, Temple was appointed as a representative to the United Nations two years later by President Richard Nixon. She will go on to serve as the US ambassador to Ghana, President Gerald Ford's chief of protocol, and President George HW Bush's ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
For his service to government and entertainment, Temple has received numerous awards and honors, including the Kennedy Center Honors and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.