Iconic motion-picture legend Shirley Temple Black (whom we all knew and loved as Shirley Temple), who charmed countless millions of moviegoers during the depths of the Great Depression with her singing and tap dancing while at the same time lifting the spirits of many a film fan, passed way on Monday night at her Woodside, California home at age 85.
Mrs. Black would, in the 1960s, embark on another career, this time as a diplomat, eventually becoming US ambassador to Ghana (1974-76) and Czechoslovakia (1989-92).
But Shirley, with those golden blonde hairlocks, who was one of the last remaining surviving major figures from Hollywood's Golden Age, will always be remembered and beloved for bringing that sunny optimism to many a Depression-era cinema patron.
From 1935 to 1939, she was America's most popular movie star and was the most popular star of motion pictures of the 1930s.
She retired from making movies (23 of them) at age 22.
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