We lost a legend last week. Shirley Temple Black passed away. She gave the world a reason to smile. She lit up the screen with her curly hair and wonderful smile. And she really did a great job. I remember in New York there was a TV station that would always run her movies. My Mom would watch with me. Mom and she are contemporaries, the same age. Years later I sat with my daughter and watched the movies. They never grew old. She could make you laugh and make you cry all within the span of one movie. She was what we call today a triple threat. She could act, dance and sing. Oh my goodness!
During the peak of her success, she was making four pictures a year. She was a very busy little girl. When her popularity began to wan after all child stars grow up, she moved on. She got married and raised a family. But she did more. She simply did not fade into oblivion. Under the Nixon administration she became the ambassador to Ghana. Then under the senior Bush administration she became the ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Not too shabby.
She will be missed.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/chi-shirley-temple-black-appreciation,0,3833749.column
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