Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
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During the Depression in the 1930s, Americans turned to the motion pictures for escape and inspiration. One of the decades biggest stars was a cute little tyke with curly blonde hair and a slightly sing-song voice named Shirley Temple. It is easy to overlook just how good an actress she was, without peer in her ability to portray sentiment without losing a childlike quality. Temple could hold her own with the strongest actors and proved to be a genuine talent, one who could sing and tap dance as well as emote.Goaded by her mother, Temple began her career at age three appearing in shorts
