Billy ‘Bojangles’ Robinson and Shirley Temple together. Getty Images. Temple was credited with helping save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy with films such as “Curly Top” and “The ...

Shirley Temple's deal with 20th Century Fox not only made her career, it saved the studio. U.S. ... BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES. By Newsweek Special Edition . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member.

The child actor Shirley Temple, who has died aged 85, rose to stardom in the Thirties, before retiring from Hollywood in favour of a career in politics Picture: Everett Collection/Rex Features ...

Shirley Temple circa 1928 Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sotheby’s says Temple’s father bought the cushion-cut stone for her around her 12th birthday in 1940 for $7,210. She wore it throughout ...