Shirley Temple reading a collection of fan mail in her los angeles home, 1944
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Shirley Temple reading a collection of fan mail in her los angeles home, 1944
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Smoked like a chimney her whole life….but so many did.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a picture of her where she was older. She’s absolutely lovely.
I wrote to her in her later years!
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That carpet looks like a nightmare to vacuum.
Cute outfit.
Is this the lady that the drink was named after?
She seemed like a decent person. Stardom has to be absolutely crazy and tough to deal with mentally and emotionally. The idea that tens of thousands of people adore you or hate you because you can sing, or have some other talent. There are plenty of positive aspects of stardom too, obviously.
It’s strange and kind of beautiful to remember there was a time when fan letters were physical things people carefully wrote, mailed, and waited weeks to send.
Shirley went to a private girls school in LA as a teen. One of her classmates was June Lockhart.
Animal crackers in my soup..
When you see her in her grown-up pictures, you can still tell it is her – she was beautiful all her life.
Her daughter Lori (Lorax) went on to be the bass player in legendary punk/alt/grunge/sludge band the MELVINS.
It’s crazy but I never even thought about her bowing older than 10 … her and my entire life!🤣😂 in my mind she was always 10! 🤦🏾♂️
It is wild seeing her as a teenager here instead of the little curly haired child
The cute little girl grew up to be a beautiful young lady.
It’s weird seeing her older. She looks almost like the same person she was when she was 6. Crazy how she had ringlets in her hair as a little kid, but when she was 16, they mysteriously disappeared. I guess her hair wasn’t originally curly like that
She would have had a good career as an adult actress if she chose her roles right. We’ll never know…
I am I am I am I said I wanna get close to you
This is a really cool pic. Is it just me or does her face remind anyone else of Ashley Judd?
She was so beautiful!!
her standing ovation at one of the awards shows is something I’ll never forget. I think it was at a Oscar show or something honoring legends like her and they showed faces on the screen and when it came to her the crowd really showed her some well earned respect.
My uncle always said we’re related to her in some capacity, always wondered if we’d ever to be to figure it out.
She reminds me of Judy Garland in this pic