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Shirley Temple passed away
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OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather
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There's no such thing as too soon.
My mind was blown when I found out that Rose Marie from the Dick Van Dyke show is still around, and she was a child star in the 20s. Her first credit was a pre-code film with W.C. Fields.
sssstententen
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joeyjoejoeshabadoo
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They've been selling that collection for years even before DVDs were a thing. I remember when it was a VHS set.
I don't think it's unfair to say that Shirley Temple was the greatest child actor of all time.
As a kid, she got it. She really understood acting, starting at an incredible age of 5. Not just adorable but really talented too. Song and dance, emotional acting, she could do it all. There hasn't been a kid able to take the lead role for so many movies and do so well.
I don't think there's another child actor that comes close.
RIP
As a kid, she got it. She really understood acting, starting at an incredible age of 5. Not just adorable but really talented too. Song and dance, emotional acting, she could do it all. There hasn't been a kid able to take the lead role for so many movies and do so well.
I don't think there's another child actor that comes close.
RIP
Well she was so young when she started that her name has been in the public conscience for nearly a century.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Rip.
perfectchaos007
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When I heard the news this morning, my first reaction was "I didn't know she was still alive!" I honestly assumed she was deceased long ago because in my 25 years I can't recall seeing her make an appearance on television. She must have taken a Johnny Carson approach to retirement, and avoided all cameras completely. I know she retired from acting after childhood to focus on politics, but she really must have avoided all media after that.
She got out of show business by age 12. Became a diplomat and a mother. You probably won't find all that much.
FlashbladeGAF
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Not true; she quit much later than that. There were a few movies here and there after she got older but what really happened was she didn't have the look for being a non child actress and good parts dried up.
RIP
eudaemonic
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On Sunday I was in a restroom that had a huge picture of her hanging up on the wall and was thinking fondly of all the films of hers I watched as a kid because my mom always had on American Movie Classics. Realized it had been a while since I had watched any of them and wondered if we would ever really see another like her again.
WhereAreMahDragonz
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Wow. RIP.
phosphor112
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I'm not old, but I remember watching her shows as a kid.
RIP
RIP
Ninja Scooter
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Shocked she was still alive too. This led me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole and fuck me sideways Mickey Rooney is still alive too
I Stalk Alone
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My mother is named after her. My grandpa will be sad, he really loved shirley temple's films.
She led a very good life.
She led a very good life.
Poltergust
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Odd, for some reason I thought that she died when she was a child star.
Where did I get that idea from, I wonder?
Where did I get that idea from, I wonder?
thezerofire
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ooh what is that?
alfredofroylan
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RatskyWatsky
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RIP to a true legend.
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is one of my favorite movies.
TCM Remembers
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is one of my favorite movies.
TCM Remembers
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I remember at least two films she did as an adult - one with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy whose title I can't remember and Mr. Belvedere Goes to College with Clifton Webb.
RatskyWatsky
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She retired at the age of 21/22.
That makes you one of the rare few people on the internet who doesn't think the "Power of Hoodoo" routine comes from Labyrinth.
El_Presidente
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Weren't her and Arnold Scwarzenegger predicted to be married? Im almost positive it was a very well known and revered seer.
See You Next Wednesday
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Wow great way to be a jerk on someones death.
HarryDemeanor
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I had no idea she was still alive. Wow.
RIP
RIP
As mentioned earlier... That film with Cary Grant was "The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer"...funnily enough, I saw it again recently on TCM...
RIP
RatskyWatsky
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Ugh Labyrinth :/
Choppasmith
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Hours Left
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I have very fond memories of watching her movies with my mom as a kid.
RIP
RIP
hodayathink
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Child actor for her age, I'll buy, because how good she was for how young she was was pretty amazing. As far as child actresses in general, Jodie Foster very good even before Taxi Driver, and I was always really impressed by Dakota Fanning.
And Rest in Peace, of course.
teruterubozu
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Some interesting trivia hitting the web...
Shirley Temples daughter used to play bass for The Melvins
Hey, it's Kurt!
Shirley Temples daughter used to play bass for The Melvins
Hey, it's Kurt!
R.I.P. Shirley Temple Black
Weird seeing Ronald Reagan that young, too.
RIP. Loved watching Shirley Temple movies when I was a kid. Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer was probably my favorite
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