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[[eo:Shirley TEMPLE]]'''Shirley Jane Temple''' (born [[April 23]], [[1928]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[actress]] and [[diplomat]], considered by many to be the most famous [[Child actor|child actress]] in history.

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One of her first [[film]] roles was in ''[[Bright Eyes (movie)|Bright Eyes]]'', for which she won a special [[Academy Award]]. It was in that film that she sang "[[On the Good Ship Lollipop]]".  Though she often sang in her films, that was probably her most famous song. She subsequently starred in many films including ''[[Heidi (film)|Heidi]]'', ''[[Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (film)|Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm]]'' and ''[[Susannah of the Mounties]]''.

The role of Dorothy in ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'', eventually taken by [[Judy Garland]], was originally intended for her.

Temple retired from film acting in her early twenties. Later appearances on television did not prove as popular as her films.

Temple married the [[California]] businessman Charles Black in [[1950]], and subsequently became involved in [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] [[politics]] under the name Shirley Temple Black. She held several diplomatic posts, representing the [[United States]] in the [[United Nations]] in [[1969]]-[[1970|70]] and serving as American ambassador to [[Ghana]] and [[Czechoslovakia]].

==External Link==
* A [http://www.shirleytempledolls.com/info.html more complete biography] of Shirley Temple
* The Song "Get on board" probably known from the Playstation advertising, as a short extrakt: [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/8038/1onboard.htm]
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A '''[[Shirley Temple cocktail|Shirley Temple]]''' is also a non-alcoholic [[cocktail]] named for the child actress.

====References====
* Adapted from the [[Wikipedia]] article, "Shirley Temple" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple