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Shirley Temple

1928 - 2014

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Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was named United States Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career in 1931 when she was three years old and was well-known for her performance in Bright Eyes, which was released in 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Temple has received more than 18,455,781 page views. Her biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Shirley Temple is the 248th most popular actor (down from 211th in 2019), the 477th most popular biography from United States (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Actor.

Shirley Temple is most famous for being a child actress who was very popular in the 1930s.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shirley Temple ranks 248 out of 13,578. Before her are Jayne Mansfield, Jodie Foster, Ian McShane, Raffaella Carrà, Paul Walker, and Kevin Spacey. After her are Gal Gadot, John Malkovich, Sidney Poitier, Malcolm McDowell, Mads Mikkelsen, and Nick Nolte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Shirley Temple ranks 26. Before her are Didi, Jeanne Moreau, Yves Klein, Alexander Grothendieck, Jean-Marie Le Pen, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser. After her are James Coburn, Kim Yong-nam, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Martin Cooper, and Queen Fabiola of Belgium. Among people deceased in 2014, Shirley Temple ranks 20. Before her are Alexander Grothendieck, Nadine Gordimer, Maximilian Schell, Jacques Le Goff, Paco de Lucía, and Lauren Bacall. After her are Virna Lisi, Alain Resnais, Bob Hoskins, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Richard Attenborough, and H. R. Giger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shirley Temple ranks 477 out of 20,380. Before her are Lou Reed (1942), Jodie Foster (1962), John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Paul Walker (1973), and Kevin Spacey (1959). After her are Paul Ekman (1934), John Kerry (1943), Chuck Jones (1912), Jerome Bruner (1915), Gwen Stefani (1969), and David Duke (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shirley Temple ranks 121. Before her are Danny Trejo (1944), Bryan Cranston (1956), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Jodie Foster (1962), Paul Walker (1973), and Kevin Spacey (1959). After her are John Malkovich (1953), Sidney Poitier (1927), Nick Nolte (1941), Faye Dunaway (1941), Reese Witherspoon (1976), and James Coburn (1928).

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Television and Movie Roles

Fort Apache
Philadelphia Thursday
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Jun 14th 19487 / 10
The Little Princess
Sara Crewe
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
Mar 17th 19396.696 / 10
Heidi
Heidi Kramer
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.
Oct 15th 19376.84 / 10