Her family only lived in the small Santa Monica bungalow until Shirley was five, but the house’s status as Temple’s first home gave it a value that sustained over decades. The estate sold for ...

At the peak of her career, Shirley commanded a salary of $10,000 a week, earning her a healthy $3.2 million. She had also earned money from dolls, clothing and other items which bore her likeness.

The family then moved to Pensacola so Donald Baecher could operate a mobile home business in town, and Shirley Temple made the trip on a semi-trailer truck. The family, elephant included, lived on ...

Although she didn’t live there long, Temple’s first house in Santa Monica is still valued by fans. Perhaps that contributed to its price when it sold for $2.5 million in 2014.

Publicist Cheryl Kagan told the Associated Press than Temple, known in her private life as Shirley Temple Black, died surrounded by family at her home in Woodside, Calif., near San Francisco.

Temple Black, who lured millions to the movies in the 1930s, "peacefully passed away" at her Woodside, Calif., home from natural causes at 12:57 a.m. CST, surrounded by her family and caregivers ...