(Reuters) - Before she was Ambassador Shirley Temple Black in Czechoslovakia and Ghana, she was little Shirley Temple, the precocious dimpled child actress whose movies helped Americans temporarily ...

As historian Kasson eloquently points out in this often repetitive but useful survey of Temple’s role in Depression America, the young star entertained America at one of its lowest points, winning the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Marty Tudor has been working with the family estate of Shirley Temple and will have access to the rights of the child actress-turned Ghana and Czechoslovakia ambassador across streaming, ...

Temple’s mother, Gertrude Temple, started taking her daughter to dance classes at Meglin’s Dance School in Los Angeles when she was just two years old. From Meglin’s, the curly-haired performer was ...

I learned only yesterday that Shirley Temple, the iconic child actress, died earlier this week at age 85. Reports on her death were easy to miss. I went through my usual headline glimpses of various ...

Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California as the third child of Gertrude and George Temple. In 1931, Shirley was enrolled in Meglin’s Dance School in Los Angeles and was ...

Shirley Temple Black, who lifted America's spirits as a bright-eyed, dimpled child movie star during the Great Depression and later became a U.S. diplomat, died late Monday evening at the age of 85, ...

The curly haired moppet sang and danced her way into our hearts before transitioning to a career in public service. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since ...

Smile like Roosevelt -- Such a happy little face! -- Dancing along the color line -- The most adored child in the world -- Keeping Shirley's star aloft -- What's a private life? -- Epilogue: Shirley ...