Shirley Temple married soldier-turned-actor John Agar (1921–2002) on September 19, 1945. she was only 17 years old at that time. They had one daughter, Linda Susan Agar. In 1949, Temple filed for divorce, with the divorce becoming final on December 5, 1950. While vacationing in Hawaii in 1950, Shirley fell in love with California businessman Charles Alden Black, whom she married on December 16, 1950. Shirley Temple has one granddaughter, Theresa Falasch who is Susan's daughter.
During her time with Educational Pictures, Temple performed many walk-on and bit player roles in various films at other studios. Shirley Temple's fame was quite annoying at times. Her constant work pressure and the media spotlight destroyed her innocence at an early age. Shirley Temple was always in the public eye. This led to some hard truths of life to beuncovered to her. One of her famous observations and quotes are:
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.
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