Iconic Talent from Hollywood’s Golden Age Passes Away at 98
Shirley Temple had such a legendary run in Hollywood that even her stand-in, Marilyn Granas, became an icon in her own right. The Hollywood Reporter paid tribute to Granas on December 26, 2025, after announcing her death at 98. The report says her nephew, film historian Arthur Grant, confirmed she had dementia. The news of her death was shared by Granas’ family, who revealed in a short and simple obituary that she passed on October 21, 2025.
A YouTube video created by one of Temple and Granas’ fans, which was posted on an account called Shirley’s Army, celebrates her career.
Marilyn Granas Called Shirley Temple Her ‘Best Friend’
Temple and Granas worked together on some of Old Hollywood’s most unforgettable films, including 1934’s “Baby Take a Bow,” and 1935’s “Curly Top.”
“I was Shirley Temple’s first stand-in back in the early ’30s. The first picture I worked on with her was ‘Bake Take a Bow,’” she said in an interview prior to her death. Granas went on to explain her first encounter with Temple was when the young starlet was brought into her dance class so she could learn a dance the class already knew. Granas then described the life-changing moment when she was selected as Temple’s stand-in. “They had everybody stand up, and they looked at me and had me stand beside Shirley. We were exactly the same size,” she recalled.
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