Shirley Temple dies aged 85
Iconic Hollywood star Shirley Temple has died at the age of 85, her family said today.
The actress found fame as a child star in films like Bright Eyes, Stand Up and Cheer and Curly Top.
With her ringlets, dimples and precocious talent, America's 'Little Princess', charmed audiences during the 1930s Depression.
For four years, she was Hollywood's biggest box-office star representing the kind of sweet, innocent girl everyone wanted as their daughter.
Tributes are paid from around the world to Shirley Temple:
Her box office potential was obvious and at the age of six she was earning £1,000 a week; more than £13,000 at today's values.
Her income from her films was doubled by sales of merchandise including Shirley Temple dolls and a host of girls clothes and accessories.
She died at her home in Woodside, California, from natural causes. "She was surrounded by her family and caregivers," a statement said.
"We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother."
She began her film career in 1932 at the age of three, and in 1934, found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents.
She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer to motion pictures during 1934.
To this day, she is still the youngest person to receive an Oscar and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s.
Her box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence, and she left the film industry in her teens. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950
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