Temple’s acting career waned as she became a teenager. Shirley Temple married her first husband, Sgt. John Agar Jr., on Sept. 19, 1945, in Hollywood. The couple was married for only four years ...

ALAMY; ALAIN NOGUES In the 1930s, Shirley Temple had served as America’s antidote to the Great Depression in such films as The Little Colonel and Bright Eyes, appearing on-screen for the first ...