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Decades later, when she was among entertainers giving Kennedy Center honors, President Clinton put it this way: >> She was seven years old when President Roosevelt asked to meet her, to thank her for the smiling face that helped America through the great depression. >> Shirley Temple began her career at age three, playing spunky, optimistic characters at a time when the public saw little reason to be hopeful. Born in Sta. Monica, California on April 23rd 1928, her mother claimed her first words were the lyrics to a song. By age six, she had already appeared in 20 movies, and had been the top box office star for four years. But ticket sales alone don't begin to describe her popularity. She was a cover girl. Girls flocked to buy Shirley Temple dolls, and a non- alcoholic drink was named after her. >> You're inside my heart. >> Unlike many stars, she successfully made the transition from her early films, like this one, to grown up roles. >> Hey you remind me of a man. >> What man? >> The man with the power. >> What power? >> Next, she switched from life in the public spotlight, to life in public service. In 1967, she made an unsuccessful attempt to run for Congress, and a couple of years later, she became a diplomat; served as a US delegate to the United Nations and an ambassador to Ghana; and toward the end of the cold war, Czechoslovakia. Her teenage marriage to fellow actor John Agar lasted five years and produced one daughter. Her second marriage to businessman Charles Black lasted until his death in 2005. They had two children. Commenting on her varied career, President Clinton commented: >> In fact she has to be the only person who both saved an entire movie studio from failure and contributed to the fall of communism. >> In 1972, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy. She was one of the first celebrities to go public with her diagnosis, encouraging women to be examined. From child star to diplomat, to seasoned role model, Shirley Temple Black enjoyed it all. Late in life, she said if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change anything. Decades after Shirley Temple Black was a star, young girls were auditioning to portray her. But while autographing copies of her biography, Child Star, she offered this advice: You shouldn't try to be Shirley Temple. Good advice, yet she needn't have worried. 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