On February 11, 2014, Beijing time, Xiulan Temple died peacefully at her home near San Francisco, AT the age of 86.
She has an angelic delicate, sweet, innocent, cute face, with a beautiful voice, a good-looking dance posture, a messy smile, interesting movements, and a clever, lively, naughty, cheerful look, she can sing and dance, can talk and laugh, good at imitation, performing Tiancheng, she is a little elf who landed on earth, she is the most famous and greatest child star in the history of world cinema, she is the youngest Oscar winner, she is an unprecedented legend created in the history of Hollywood in the United States, an immortal myth, The famous film company "20th Century Fox", which was on the verge of bankruptcy, relied on her to be able to come back to life, so that she could not turn into an adult role when she grew up, because hundreds of millions of viewers did not accept it, and they only thought that the "bright eyes", "curly hair", "little rebel", "little princess", "little Angel", "little rebel", "little colonel", "little dimple", "little lover" who seemed to never grow up.
She's Shulan Temple. In the history of Hollywood in the United States, there are many superstars and handsome people, but the most impressive to me, except for a few beautiful women and handsome men like Audrey Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Gregory Parker, Clark Gable, etc., is an old and a small, a man and a woman, the old man is Charlie Chaplin, and the small and female is Shulan Temple.
Shirley Temple (also known as Sally Tambo) was a famous American girl actress in the 1930s. Born on April 23, 1928 in Santa Monica, California, his father George was an ordinary cashier at a los Angeles bank, his mother Gertrudis was the daughter of a Jeweler in Chicago, and Xiulan had two brothers. She developed a keen interest in music from an early age, and at the age of 3 was trained at the Migrin Toddler Dance School, a frequent place for Hollywood scouts. The mother was desperate for her daughter to play an important role, and the opportunity appeared in front of a theater in Santa Monica in 1934. In April of that year, when the lyricist Jay Goni was writing the patriotic song and dance film "Stand Up and Cheer", his eyes were suddenly attracted by Xiulan, who was humming and jumping on the steps waiting for her mother. As a result, at the age of 6, she starred in the song and dance film "Stand Up and Cheer" and was a great success.
During that year, Xiulan Temple starred in the famous 20th Century Fox Company, including "New Qunfang Conference", "Little Angel", "Little Lover", "Bright Eyes" and other 8 movies. In particular, Bright Eyes, a film tailored for her, her name appeared in the title for the first time. For her outstanding performances in these films, she became one of the top ten stars in the United States, and also won the 7th Academy Awards, as well as the "Most Outstanding Individual of 1934" by the American Film Science Association, and she was the youngest of them, the only child star. She also contributed to the popularity and advancement of American tap dancing in the 1930s and 1940s.
In 1935, Xiulan Temple starred in three more hit films, including Little Rebel, which showed her carrying a gun to war. Her fame was so great that even President Roosevelt invited her to the White House, but she mischievously threw the small pebbles she had brought on the back of the First Lady. "Look I can still shoot accurately!" She warned everyone. This year, the childish Xiulan also left a footprint on the cement floor and a sentence at the entrance of the China Grand Theatre (a famous theater on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where the Oscars were awarded between 1944 and 1946): "I love you all!" ”
In 1937, Xiulan Temple starred in the film "Little Princess" that matched her personality. The following year, when Xiulan was 10 years old, she was already the most appealing star at the Box Office in the United States. Her singing, dancing and bright smile have captivated countless people, and the "Xiulan Doll" toy is an integral part of every girl's childhood life. In 1939, she was paid more than $120,000 and had another $200,000 in dividends, compared to 15 cents. Around this period, her major works include Heidi, Curly Hair, Little Colonel, Little Rebel, Ripple (Little Dimple), Poor Rich Girl, Blue Mockingbird, Captain January, Miss Broadway, and so on.
In the 1930s, during the unprecedented Great Depression in the United States, this little girl with curly hair and a doll brought joy to countless people. The films she starred in were very high-grossing, and her box office record was still unmatched by any child star, and even big stars such as Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, and Joan Crawford had to bow down. 20th Century Fox was on the verge of bankruptcy, but with Xiulan and her films, the company was able to come back to life.
Unfortunately, due to the unsuccessful transformation, Xiulan Temple soon disappeared. He soon met Charles Blake, a graduate of Stanford and Harvard, in Hawaii. She was relieved that Charles had never seen the movie she starred in. Out of prudence, she also asked her old friend, FBI Director Hoover, to conduct an investigation on her behalf. "I don't want to take another hit." "Luckily, they said Charles was as free of impurities as applesauce," she said. She had been married once before, in 1945 to Sergeant Jack Agar, but the marriage lasted only 4 years and they divorced in 1949. On December 16, 1950, she married Charles, and from then on completely quit the show business, and the two grew old together. Two marriages, with two sons and a daughter.
By the 1950s, Shulan Temple had hosted a number of memoirs about her and her films; in the 1960s, Xiulan made a comeback as a Republican speaker, entering politics and becoming an active politician. She ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1968 and served as a representative of the U.S. mission to the United Nations the following year and as U.S. ambassador to Ghana in 1974. That time, she recalls, was the happiest time of her life. Two years later, she became President Ford's Director of Protocol and became the first female Director of Protocol in U.S. history. In April 1977, Xiulan came to China for a friendly visit. In 1988, he published his autobiography "Child Star". In 1989, President Bush appointed her U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He was also said to have suffered from breast cancer, but was later cured.
Since then, Xiulan Temple, who has spent her later years, loves gardening, raising horses, riding horses, raising a group of cats and dogs, playing golf, collecting souvenirs and videos about her life, etc., which have become her pastimes to pass the time. In 1999, she was selected by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest actress in a hundred years, the first among all child stars. In 2006, the Film and Television Actors Guild of America awarded her a Lifetime Achievement Award. "As a child, I was able to become a Hollywood 'superstar', and I still have fond memories of this vivid experience. I think I am a happy woman with great achievements, and naturally I am also a lucky woman. "Xiulan has always been proud of her past. Even a few years ago, she told reporters who came to interview: "If I can live again, I will not make any changes to my life." ”
