When was Shirley Temple's birth certificate altered?

Answer 1

In late 1933 or early 1934, Fox Studios offered Shirley Temple a seven-year contract to keep her at Fox Studios, which her parents signed. For reasons of publicity--to make Shirley seem even more precocious, Fox altered the birthdate on her birth certificate. Shirley and the public were told she was only four, although she was almost six. She didn't find this out until her 13th birthday (which she thought was her 12th).g-term contract to keep her at Fox Studios. F