Shirley temple where is she now 2011

She was a formidable presence in the history of American film. Indeed, by some calculations, she was the biggest star of the s.

A decade later, she retired from movies as a decrepit year-old. She once compared herself to Rin Tin Tin. That was a little unfair. She was a gifted juvenile actor.

Rin Tin Tin was just some dog or other. There was, however, some smidgeon of insight to her self-deprecating quip.

The dog and the girl were usually the victim of high-end stunt casting. The great Busby Berkeley musicals filled cinemas with hectic, beautifully organised escapism. But to end her second career as US ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution is some sort of achievement. It seems unlikely that Macaulay Culkin or Lindsay Lohan will ever head in a similar direction. It is still often suggested — and equally often disputed — that Fox refused to loan her to MGM for the version of The Wizard of Oz.

Roosevelt called Temple "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's morale during times of economic hardship, even going so far as to say, "As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right. When Temple began to mature, her popularity with audiences waned.

As an adolescent, she appeared in The Blue Bird , which performed poorly at the box office. Though the film received critical praise, audiences struggled to accept that their "Little Miss Miracle" was growing up. Following her appearance opposite John Wayne in Fort Apache , Temple found it increasingly difficult to land major roles. During the s and early '60s, she made scattered appearances on the small screen, but her career as a popular film star had ended at an earlier age than most entertainers' had begun.

As Temple's entertainment work petered out, she refocused her efforts on a career in public service. In , she ran unsuccessfully for a U. From to '70, she served as U. Temple was appointed ambassador to Ghana in Two years later, she became chief of protocol of the United States, a position that she would hold until In , Temple became the only person to date to achieve the rank of honorary U. Foreign Service officer. From to '92, she entered into yet another public service role, this time as ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

Temple married actor John Agar Jr. The marriage yielded one child, a daughter named Linda Susan, before ending in divorce in Temple remarried the following year, to California businessman Charles Alden Black; she added her husband's last name to hers, becoming Shirley Temple Black.

The couple had two children: a son, Charles, and a daughter, Lori. Shirley and the elder Charles would remain married until his death from complications of a bone marrow disease in Temple died on February 10, , at her home near San Francisco, California. She was 85 years old. In March , her death certificate cited the cause of her death as pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD.

Following her death, Temple's family and caregivers issued a statement that read: "We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and adored wife of 55 years.