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Best Shirley Temple Movies Ranked

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Shirley Temple Acting Filmography (83)

Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe
2022
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015·(archive footage)
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009·Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009·Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland: By Myself
2004·Self (archive footage)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends
1999
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997·Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997·Self (Archival Footage)
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star
1996·Archival Footage
The Our Gang Story
1994·Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993·Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Uncensored
1987·Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing!
1985
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
1982·Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981·Self (archive footage)
The Biggest Little Star of the 30's
1976·Self(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976·Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Blue
1970·(archive footage)
The Sound of Laughter
1963·La Belle Diaperina (Saloon Singer)
Pippi Longstocking
1961·Shirley Temple
The Story of Seabiscuit
1949·Margaret O'Hara / Knowles
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949·Ellen Baker
A Kiss for Corliss
1949·Corliss Archer
Adventure in Baltimore
1949·Dinah Sheldon
Fort Apache
1948·Philadelphia Thursday
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947·Susan Turner
That Hagen Girl
1947·Mary Hagen
Honeymoon
1947·Barbara Olmstead
Kiss and Tell
1945·Corliss Archer
I'll Be Seeing You
1944·Barbara Marshall
Since You Went Away
1944·Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Take It or Leave It
1944·(archive footage) (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney
1942·Annie Rooney
Kathleen
1941·Kathleen Davis
The Blue Bird
1940·Mytyl
Young People
1940·Wendy Ballantine
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940·Self (archive footage)
The Little Princess
1939·Sara Crewe
Susannah of the Mounties
1939·Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
Just Around the Corner
1938·Penny Hale
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938·Rebecca Winstead
Little Miss Broadway
1938·Betsy Brown Shea
Heidi
1937·Heïdi Kramer
Wee Willie Winkie
1937·Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937·Herself
Dimples
1936·Dimples Appleby
Stowaway
1936·Barbara 'Ching-Ching' Stewart
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936·Barbara Barry
Captain January
1936·Helen 'Star' Mason
Curly Top
1935·Elizabeth Blair
The Little Colonel
1935·Lloyd Sherman
Our Little Girl
1935·Molly Middleton
The Littlest Rebel
1935·Virginia 'Virgie' Cary
Baby Take a Bow
1934·Shirley Ellison
Bright Eyes
1934·Shirley Blake
Little Miss Marker
1934·Marthy Jane aka 'Marky'
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934·Shirley Dugan
Now and Forever
1934·Penelope 'Pennie' Day
Now I'll Tell
1934·Mary Doran
Pardon My Pups
1934·Mary Lou Rogers
Managed Money
1934·Mary Lou Rogers
As the Earth Turns
1934·Child
Change of Heart
1934·Shirley
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934·Self (uncredited)
Carolina
1934·Joan Connelly (uncredited)
Mandalay
1934·Betty Shaw (uncredited)
Glad Rags to Riches
1933·Nell / La Belle Diaperina
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
1933·Shirley
Kid in Hollywood
1933
The Kid's Last Fight
1933·Shirley
Polly Tix in Washington
1933·Polly Tix
Kid 'in' Africa
1933·Madame Cradlebait
Merrily Yours
1933·Mary Lou Rogers
What's to Do?
1933·Mary Lou Rogers
To the Last Man
1933·Mary Stanley (uncredited)
Out All Night
1933·Child
The Pie-Covered Wagon
1932·Shirley
Runt Page
1932·Lulu Parsnips (uncredited)
War Babies
1932·Charmaine
Red Haired Alibi
1932·Gloria Shelton