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Shirley Temple Trivia
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- Auditioned twice to be in "Our Gang" / "The Little Rascals." She apparently failed the first audition, and made the second while she was appearing in the "Baby Burlesks" series. "Our Gang" director Robert McGowan refused to agree to Shirley's mother's request that Shirley recieve star billing with "Our Gang," so she didn't get in.
- She learned her trade at Meglin's, a popular talent school. Judy Garland was once a fellow `Meglin Kiddie'.
- She was voted the 38th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
- Briefly considered for the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but it was determined that her singing limitations were "insurmountable," and Judy Garland, MGM's first choice, was cast instead.
- From the 70s onward she has been active in politics for almost 30 years, she served as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia and held other government-related positions in the U.S.
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