Reference News Network reported on February 19 that Western media said that the famous Hollywood movie star Xiulan Temple died on February 10, 2014, at the age of 85. Now this dazzling star of the film industry has left us for 5 years.
According to the Economic News Network of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 16, although she resolutely quit the film industry at the age of 21 and turned to politics, her short career in film was enough for Temple to be selected by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest actress in a hundred years in 1999. Here's 15 untold stories from her transition from child star to political activist.
1. Debut through controversial roles
In 1932, at the age of 4, Xiulan Temple was spotted by scouts and played a role in the short film series "Baby Burlesks". However, this short film, starring all young children, is full of sexual innuendo. The naïve Temple imitates the image of a demonized adult woman in the play. If the young actor does not perform well, he will be locked up in a small black room. Temple later wrote in his memoirs: "Although the little black house did not directly cause permanent psychological trauma to me, it taught me that time is money. ”
Xiulan Temple (Xinhua News Agency/AFP)
2. Lack of childhood
According to Temple's own account, her mother would make her delicate hair curls every day. Before going to bed, unlike other people's mothers telling stories to their children, her mother read her the next day's script. Every night she went to sleep with her lines behind her back. And she must not only be able to recite her own lines, but also memorize the lines of other actors.
3. Not squeezed by the mother
The media has repeatedly attacked Temple's mother for squeezing her young daughter and forcing her to make movies to support her family. However, Temple debunked the rumor that her mother was an introverted person, but she thought that as long as there was an opportunity, she must seize it. She said: "Mom never forced me to do anything. I love everything I do. I've seen parents on set who pinch their kids to cry out in front of the camera, but my mom always defended me. ”
4, the whole world celebrates her birthday
According to the media, Temple received 135,000 gifts from fans around the world on her 8th birthday, including even a baby kangaroo from Australia.
5) Even Santa Claus is a fan of her movies
Temple stopped believing in Santa Claus in the world when she was 6 years old, and prematurely lost her childhood fantasies mainly because of her fame. According to her, "My mom took me to the store to see Santa Claus, but he asked me for an autograph. From then on, she never believed in Santa Claus anymore.
Even Santa Claus is a fan of Xiulan Temple. (Visual China)
6. Almost assassinated
In 1939, Temple was nearly assassinated by a woman in an interview with the radio. The woman claimed that Temple had stolen the soul of her 10-year-old daughter and that the only way to rescue her was to assassinate Temple.
7. Rumors
There was a rumor for some time that Temple was not a little girl, but a dwarf disguised as a child. Until the Vatican sent a priest to investigate the matter. The priest confirmed through investigation that Temple was indeed just a child, but he had a talent for acting that many adults could not match.
8. Dorothy in the hearts of book fans
Although Judy Garland, who is also a famous Hollywood movie star and debuted as a child star, has left an indelible mark on the history of cinema in the film "The Wizard of Oz", when casting that year, in the minds of fans of the original book, Temple was the most suitable candidate to play Dorothy.
9. Have suffered sexual harassment
In his autobiography, Temple revealed that in 1940 a MGM producer took her alone to his office and took off his pants to expose her genitals. She was only 12 years old at the time, and she laughed out loud at her young ignorance, and the angry producers threw her out of the office in a fit of rage.
17-year-old Shulan Temple and the groom perform the wedding ceremony. (Visual China)
10. Romantic history
In an interview with the media in 1988, Temple personally revealed that former US President Reagan was a master of kissing. They worked together on the film Hagen Girl. Although the two are sparkling in the film, it has to be said that this film may be one of the worst films the two have ever made.
11, adolescence buried her film career
With the onset of adolescence, Temple received fewer and fewer film invitations. Some say she's gone, and she married early at the age of 17.
12. Love
After her first failed marriage, Temple married entrepreneur Charles Black in 1950. It is said that Blake had not even seen a Film of Temple, but the love affair between the two lasted until the death of Blake in 2005 at the age of 86.
This is an information photo of Shulan Temple being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Actors Guild of America on January 29, 2006. (Xinhua News Agency/Midland)
13, many years of film remuneration is left
Although Temple created Hollywood myths before she was 10 years old, her father, who helped her with her finances, almost sent her into bankruptcy. According to herself, of the $3.4 million she received over the years, she had only $44,000 left. However, she did not blame her father. She said: "My dad dropped out of school since he was a child, he was a simple person, often good intentions to do bad things. ”
14, do not like the "Xiulan Temple" cocktail
Temple admits that she doesn't like cocktails that bear her name. She prefers Walterga to this sweet and greasy drink.
15, the most important role
Temple believes that the most important role he has played in his life is that of a mother of three children. Her daughter said of her in a 2018 interview with the media: "We shop together, travel together. We walked through a lot of places together. She is one of my best friends. ”