Tag: Shirley Temple

June 18, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Vickie Lester gets all grand-maternal

I had a little guest over for dinner last night. Of course she came with parents, but she tailed me throughout the evening, helped me in the kitchen, and we chatted and laughed pretty much non-stop. Before you tell me I have the emotional maturity of a ten year-old I…

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February 11, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Shirley Temple Black, Screen Darling, Dies at 85 – NYTimes.com

After winning an honorary Academy Award at the age of 6 and earning $3 million before puberty, Shirley Temple grew up to be a level-headed adult. When her cancerous left breast was removed in 1972, at a time when operations for cancer were shrouded in secrecy, she held a news…

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August 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

MORE SCARY SHIRLEY TEMPLE

September 6, 2012 / Vickie Lester

FDR IN HOLLYWOOD

Shirley Temple and Eddie Cantor cut President Roosevelt’s birthday cake: The President’s motorcade through downtown Los Angeles: The President addresses Los Angeles: