1928- . US actress who became the most
successful child star of the 1930s. Her films
include Bright Eyes 1934 (Academy Award), in
which she sang `On the Good Ship Lollipop'.
Her other films include Curly Top 1935 and
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938. Her career
as a film star was virtually at an end by the
time she was 12. As Shirley Temple Black, she
became active in the Republican Party and was
US chief of protocol 1976-77. She was
appointed US ambassador to Czechoslovakia in
1989. Her autobiography is Child Star 1988.