Temple, Shirley, 1928-, American child film star, b. Santa Monica, Calif., as Shirley Jane Temple. She started in movies at three-and-a-half and starred in her first feature (Stand Up and Cheer!) in 1934. An accomplished singer and dancer, little Shirley, with her golden curls, dimples, and dazzling smile, became one of the era's best-loved personalities and a Hollywood box-office champion. Her many screen hits include Little Miss Marker (1934), The Little Colonel (1935), Curly Top (1935), Dimples (1936), Heidi (1937), and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938). Adolescence brought a halt to her stardom, although she had roles in several 1940s films and appeared on television in the late 1950s and early 60s. She married businessman Charles Black in 1950 and, as Shirley Temple Black, became active in Republican politics, serving as a delegate to the United Nations (1969-70), U.S. protocol chief (1976-77), and ambassador to Ghana (1974-76) and Czechoslovakia (1989-92).

Black, Shirley Temple: see Temple, Shirley.

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice and garnished with a maraschino cherry and a slice of lemon. The ginger ale is often substituted with 7 Up, Sprite, or similar lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out. It is often served to children dining with elders to let them share the experience of drinking a cocktail, which is why it is sometimes called a kiddie cocktail.

The Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikīkī in Honolulu, Hawaii claims to be the inventor of the Shirley Temple cocktail, from the 1930s. There are several other popularized claims as to the origins of the drink. One notes a bartender at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills, California is the inventor .The drink was named for the famous child actress Shirley Temple, who often visited the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Beverly Hills restaurant.

Later, the popular beverage became available bottled in supermarkets as the first soft drink to include a cherry.

Variations

• The original drink contains two parts ginger ale, one part orange juice, and a small splash of grenadine.
• The orange juice is usually omitted.
• A more typical, basic recipe involves a ratio of 8 oz ginger ale to 1 oz grenadine.
• Lemon-lime soft drink or club soda can be substituted for ginger ale, and maraschino cherry syrup can be substituted for grenadine syrup.
• Alcoholic variations on the recipe exist, which are often served in bars under the original "Shirley Temple" name, or called "Shirley Temple Black", "Dirty Shirley", "Robert Morris" and a "IZY Temple". A "Shirley Temple Black" consists of a "Shirley Temple" mixed with either gin or Johnny Walker Black; the name is a play on words involving the eponymous actress' married name.
• Roy Rogers: To be made similarly, just replace the ginger ale or lemon-lime soft drink with cola (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, RC Cola, etc...)
• At parties it is sometimes simply a combination of Cranberry Juice and Orange Juice.

See also

• Non-alcoholic mixed drink
• Roy Rogers cocktail
• List of cocktails

References