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Shirley Temple Black

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Actress

The Resume

    (April 23, 1928-February 10, 2014)
    Star of 'Curly Top,' 'Dimples,' 'Now and Forever, 'Our Little Girl,' 'Little Miss Marker,' 'Kid in Hollywood,' 'Pardon My Pups,' 'Mr. Belvedere Goes to College,' 'Bright Eyes,' 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,' 'The Story of Seabiscuit,' 'Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer,' 'Heidi,' 'Kiss and Tell,' 'Honeymoon' and 'Babes in Toyland'
    Logo on Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Syrup
    Box office leader (1936, 37 and 38)
    U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia
    US delegate to the UN (1969)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her hairstyle had exactly 52 curls.
    Her insurance policy stipulated that no benefits would be paid if injury or death came while intoxicated (she was 7).
    She ranked #8 in 1969 and #6 in 1988 on Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dress List.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is the most popular child star of all time.
    She was one of the first public figures to talk about her mastectomy (1972).
    When she was 12 years old, producer Arthur Freed exposed himself to her; she laughed at him and walked away.
    Because of Hollywood politics, 20th Century Fox refused MGM's offer to let Shirley play Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.'

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 8.70% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 71 Votes: 46.48% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 95 Votes: 44.21% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 95 Votes: 55.79% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 147 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 93 Votes: 81.72% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 39 Votes: 71.79% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 187 Votes: 49.73% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 609 Votes: 63.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 84 Votes: 44.05% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 195 Votes: 58.46% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 74 Votes: 47.30% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 130 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 77 Votes: 37.66% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 67 Votes: 38.81% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 173 Votes: 44.51% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 205 Votes: 50.24% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 500 Votes: 47.00% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 514 Votes: 49.22% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 805 Votes: 46.83% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2897 Votes: 43.63% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 8682 Votes: 30.40% Annoying