Shirley Temple

Born in 1928， Shirley Temple is an American film and television actress, and perhaps the most famous child actress in history. To make her seem even more precocious （早熟的）, her mother subtracted （減去） a year from Temple's age, and until she was 13 Temple thought she had been born in 1929. She began her screen career in 1932 at the age of four， and in 1934,skyrocketed to superstardom in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents.She received a special Academy Juvenile Award in February 1935, and blockbusting super hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid to late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes and clothing. From 1936 to 1938, Temple earned more than any other Hollywood star, starring in films that offered an hour and a half of optimism at the height of the Depression. Her movies were credited with restoring the Fox studio to profitability（盈利） when it had been on the point of going bankrupt.

Temple appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid to late teens. As she lost her curls and began to grow curvy （有曲線的），she continued appearing in adult roles, with diminishing box office success, and stopped acting after her first divorce at 21. At 39, she remained active in Republican politics, and was named by President Nixon to serve as a US representative in the United Nations. In 1967, she ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress. In 1988, she published her autobiography, Child Star. Temple is the recipient of many awards and honors including Kennedy Center Honors and a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

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秀蘭·鄧波兒

秀蘭·鄧波兒生于1928年，美國電影、電視明星，或許是電影史上最著名的童星。 為了讓她看上去更加的少年老成，她的母親刻意把鄧波兒的年齡報小了一歲，直到她13歲時，她都以為她是1929年出生的。1932年， 剛剛4歲的她就開始了電影生涯，更憑借1934年的電影《亮眼睛》迅速成為超級巨星，這部劇情片就是專門為她量身打造的。 1935年2月， 她獲得奧斯卡青少年獎，之后一直到30年代末，她年年都參演電影，如《卷毛頭》和《海蒂》，很多電影轟動一時。 無數(shù)特許經(jīng)營商品利用她的形象大賺特賺，玩偶、美食和服裝應有盡有。 從1936年到1938年，鄧波兒賺的錢比好萊塢任何明星都要多，她主演的電影總能在一個半小時的時間段內(nèi)，讓身處經(jīng)濟大蕭條危急時刻的觀眾感受到一些樂觀，更是讓當時瀕臨破產(chǎn)的福克斯電影公司重新盈利。

鄧波兒在青少年時期，參演了幾部質(zhì)量參差不齊的電影。 隨著她的漂亮卷發(fā)逐漸舒展開和身材的開始發(fā)育，她開始出演成年人的角色，但票房卻日漸縮減。 在21歲的時候，結束了第一次婚姻的她完全終止演藝生涯。 39歲時，她一如既往地為民主政治多方奔走，當時的尼克松總統(tǒng)還指派她作為美國在聯(lián)合國的代表。1967年， 她競選美國國會議員失敗。1988年，她出版了自傳《童星》。鄧波兒曾獲得很多獎項和榮譽，其中有肯尼迪中心榮譽獎和銀幕演員協(xié)會終身成就獎。