Where is shirley temple today

Temple was born to a banker and a housewife with two older children, on April 23, , in Santa Monica, California. When Temple was just 3 years old, she landed a contract with Educational Pictures, making her acting debut in a string of low-budget movies dubbed "Baby Burlesques. Her father became her agent and financial adviser. When the budding actress was 6 years old, she appeared in her first Hollywood feature film, Carolina.

When off-set, she attended the Westlake School for Girls. The young actress, singer and dancer with the bouncing golden corkscrew curls and infectious optimism proved to be an overnight sensation and a top earner for the studio. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Temple "Little Miss Miracle" for raising the public's morale during times of economic hardship, even going so far as to say, "As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.

When Temple began to mature, her popularity with audiences waned. As an adolescent, she appeared in The Blue Bird , which performed poorly at the box office.

Though the film received critical praise, audiences struggled to accept that their "Little Miss Miracle" was growing up. Lori eventually got sober and now works as a freelance photographer thanks to her mother's continued support, per the Daily Mail.

Charles Alden Black Jr. She was an amazing person," he told Closer Weekly. We had dinner at the table every night all together. Sadly, this isn't an uncommon experience for child stars. HuffPost also reports that laws designed to protect the income of these actors still leaves 85 percent of it up for grabs. With only a fraction of her earnings left to her devices, Temple was largely forced to make her own way for the next 60 years of her life.

Linda Susan Agar appears to keep quite a low profile, aside from doing the occasional interview to talk about her mother. Lori Black was a musician in her younger years who sometimes went by the name of Lorax. She has played bass with the bands Clown Alley and The Melvins. According to the Daily Mail , Black battled a drug addiction for years but eventually got sober with her mother's help.