The untold truth of Shirley Temple

For many, Shirley Temple is one of two things: an old-timey child actress with bouncy blonde ringlets or the super sweet non-alcoholic beverage you can order at a bar. While those facts are certainly the ones that stuck, Temple's life involved way more than just grenadine mocktails and cutesy performances.

According to her biography, Temple was born in Santa Monica, California in 1928. Her father was a banker and her mother, like many women of the time, was a stay-at-home mom of two older children. Just one year after Temple's birth, the Great Depression hit the nation. Nevertheless, the Temple family had their youngest daughter enrolled in dance classes when she was a toddler and, after landing a contract with Educational Pictures, the curly-haired little girl became a superstar in a matter of years.

At a time when banks were closing at rapid rates, Temple's father took up work as his daughter's agent and financial advisor. Without their daughter's rapid success, the Temple family may have ended up living a very different life. So, just who was this amazing little girl and what was her life like as an adult? Here's her untold truth.