The former curly child star will be honored with the lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild during the 12th annual SAG Awards on January 29, accorindg to an official statement issued by the union.

Shirley Temple Black, who is now 77, has also been U.S. ambassador to Ghana and the former Czechoslovakia.
She is the co-founder of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies.

"She has lived the most remarkable life, as the brilliant performer the world came to know when she was just a child, to the dedicated public servant who has served her country both at home and abroad for 30 years," SAG president Melissa Gilbert said in a statement.


SHIRLEY TEMPLE
- filmography -

Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958) TV Series
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
The Story of Seabiscuit (1949)
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
Fort Apache (1948)
That Hagen Girl (1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Honeymoon (1947)
American Creed (1946)
Kiss and Tell (1945)
I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
Kathleen (1941)
Young People (1940)
The Blue Bird (1940)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
The Little Princess (1939)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Heidi (1937)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Stowaway (1936)
Dimples (1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Captain January (1936)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Curly Top (1935)
Our Little Girl (1935)
The Little Colonel (1935)
Bright Eyes (1934)
Now and Forever (1934)
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
Now I'll Tell (1934)
Little Miss Marker (1934)
Change of Heart (1934)
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Mandalay (1934) (scenes deleted)
Carolina (1934) (uncredited)
Pardon My Pups (1934)
Managed Money (1934)
To the Last Man (1933) (uncredited)
Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933)
Out All Night (1933) (as Shirley Jane Temple)
As the Earth Turns (1933)
The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)
War Babies (1932)
Runt Page (1932) (uncredited)
Glad Rags to Riches (1932)
Kid 'in' Africa (1932)
Kid in Hollywood (1932)
The Kid's Last Fight (1932)
Kid's Last Stand (1932)
Merrily Yours (1932)
Pie Covered Wagon (1932)
Polly Tix in Washington (1932)
What's to Do? (1932)