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Dear Ashley,
I hope you had a wonderful week with your family and friends.
Do you have any plans for celebrating the New Year? I had a very nice
Christmas. I spent Christmas Day at my brother's house and got a chance to see my nephew
whom I haven't seen for over 3 years. He was in the U.S. Marines. So that was a real
treat. For Christmas, I received a grand total of $150.00 cash and a new wallet to
put it in! lol I also had a lot of good food. So overall it
was a very nice Christmas.
I also got another very nice treat for Christmas. I went to
Wal Mart shopping with my Christmas money and guess what I found.....a VHS video of
"Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story!" Ever heard of it? lol I was
so happy to find it and it was great to be able to see your movie again. I enjoyed
watching it even more this time than I did the first time because now I actually know the
star! I love that movie so much. Your performance throughout the film was
magnificent and your incredible portrayal of Shirley Temple was absolutely enchanting.
The song and dance numbers were so faithfully and realistically recreated.
There were so many scenes in which it was almost as if I was watching the real
Shirley Temple. You were wonderful. It must be a great honor for you to have
played the greatest child star of all time! How many girls auditioned for the role?
I really think you are one of the most
talented and gifted child stars I have ever seen and I hope you will have many more roles
in the future. Casting Directors would be crazy not to take notice of your abilities.
Maybe someday they will be making a movie about YOU and your life & career!
I only hope I'm not too old to watch! lol
I have also visited your Official website and it looks very cool.
Keep up the great work and Good Luck with everything you do. Hope to hear from you
again soon. Have a Happy, Healthy, and Safe New Year!
Take care and God Bless You!
Love,
Roger
Dear Ashley,
Getting the role of 'Jack Temple' in "Child Star" was a dream come true! The
day I got told I got the role I was so excited. I was given a great opportunity I will
remember forever. Being able to work with some great people like Nadia Tass, the
Hart family, Colin Friels, Connie Britton, Mark Mitchell and yourself, was just amazing!
It was a fantatic experience and I will treasure it for years. Acting a member of
the Temple family was an absolute honour, and I have become a huge fan of Shirley Temple!
Hopefully one day we will star in another movie together!
Love always, James Barkley
Hi Ashley!
I saw most of your Shirley Temple movie, not all of it, but I must tell from what I did
see you did a fabulous job. This probably sounds just like the rest of your fan mail,
doesn't it? Heehee...
I was looking in the Celebrity Photos section of your webpage, and I saw that you look
very different from how you looked in the movie! It's amazing how much you look like the
real Shirley Temple in the movie, and acted like her so well! Was it tough to get that
distinctive voice Shirley has? Or that giggle? Did you already know how to tap dance, or
did you learn just for the movie?
My friend Sarah e-mailed you just recently, and she was so thrilled to get a reply from
you! She has bought tap shoes and now wants to take lessons, and I think you were her
inspiration! She already has a large part of your tap dances memorized, just by watching
your movie..! She was kind of disappointed to hear that your curls were a wig, lol! She
has been trying to get her curls exactly like yours. Also, she wants to make your red
polka-dotted dress and be Shirley for Halloween! How's that for a fan, eh?
Is this your first big break? Or have you acted in other movies? It must be wonderful to
be getting all this praise and to have that kind of talent. Everyone is always telling me
how talented I am, but I've never been Shirley Temple! I would love to become a singer, or
even an actress, but unfortunately I suffer from stage fright. Ooh, it's awful!
Well, I wish I could write so much more and we could become friends, but I won't take up
your time any longer.! Please e-mail me back if you get the chance, I know you have so
many more to read, it must get tiring. If you don't, I'll understand, but I'd love to hear
from you!!
Talk to you later,
Love,
Elizabeth Sawyer
(13 yrs. old, Connecticut)
Dear Ashley,
We saw you in the Movie Shirley Temple Child star and you did a fantastic job. We also saw
you in Annie Get your Gun as Nellie and in The sound of Music as Gretl. You did a great
job in everything. You are so adorable. You were a great Shirly Temple. We enjoyed
watching you. We have 2 cds that you are in. We have Annie get your Gun cd and The sound
of Music cd. We feel that you are a very inspiring to young actors and Actresses. You are
a big fan to us.
Love, your fans,
Amanda and Alyssa
Hi Ashley!
-My name is Ashley, too. I am 11, and I thought you were excellent in the Shirley Temple
Movie! My sister and I thought you were super! As a matter of fact, Shirley has some
competition after seeing your outstanding performance.
My favorite part of the movie, was when Shirley was filming a movie, when she was singing
to the guy that was dying...That part was so sad, and you did that part great. That is
great that you were already an actress on broadway, before the Shirley Temple movie! I
can't wait til you come out with more movies!
Dear Ashley,
Hello! I am having a good week thank you. It has been very rainy and cold though this
week. How is the weather over where you are? I wish that you lived in Australia! You were
so nice at Child Star! Thank you for keeping in
touch
Love Sarah
Dear Ashley,
It truly has been a pleasure talking to you. I admire you and adore u. Its so great to
know that I have someone i can ask about Show biz. And its great that I have someone to
talk about the biz with. That specail person is you Ashley. You're so great at what you
do. Even though you are my age you are very cute in the movie. It must my heart touching
to actually go through what Shirley Temple went through. You also really do look like
Shirley! Well thanks so much for everything.
Love always,
Vanessa Ferranti
Dear Donna
Graeme & Vicky Horne from the Australian Shirley Temple Collectors News
(ASTCN) and the Australian Dolly & Teddy Diary.
We were introduced to yourself and Ashley on set in Melbourne.
A real pleasure and wonderful to be invitied on set for myself in
particular
We don't know when they are to show Child Star in Australia, but hopefully
very soon. Ashley looked great as Shirley and we wish her the best for the
> future. The crew that we spoke with all spoke very highly of Ashley, as
too did fellow actors - Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Mark Mitchell & director
Iain Patterson who we interviewed for the ASTCN. We are in the process of changing our web
site - to
www.geocities.com/dollydiary We don't as
yet have anything on Ashley on the site- maybe they thought
that we might have something on as we have put some pics of Ashley in the
ASTCN. Disney did promise us some signed 8 x 10 of Ashley so we could give them
as prizes to members in coming issues. It would be great if this could
happen.We certainly do love Shirley Temple & we will follow Ashley with great
interest
so keep us updated, if you are able.Did Ashley get to meet Shirley at all ?
Ashley looked great as Shirley and we wish her the best for the future and we certainly
gave the movie a lot of excellent publicity on radio and in the ASTCN in Australia.
Sincerely
Graeme Horne
Ashley --
I hope that you are doing well. You truly reciprocated Shirley's talent for making
the audience forget their cares for an hour or two, provoking more than your fair share of
smiles. I trust that you will get to share this faculty with an even greater
audience in the years to come, whether it be at the cinema or at home on the Broadway
stage.
>When I was 5 years old, I went to theater camp and loved it! The most wonderful thing
about theater camps is bestowing the gift of theater onto another generation, or even just
kids a few years younger than myself. While none of my little campers have made it
as far as you have --understandably, as you have a unique and extraordinary talent -- they
are the ones that will make theater of the future possible.
Jillian mentioned that you are doing a reading of the new musical, Dorian.Is that the one
with Sutton Foster? I can't quite remember. I think itpremiered at Goodspeed
last year.
For simple recognition: it must take you hours to respond to all of the letters you
get. It requires real stamina. You're a trooper. I once tried answering
fanmail for Cassidy [Ladden] (not as Cassidy, *for* Cassidy
-- at Cassidy's request), and ate away at so much energy.
Best of luck to you in all of your future endeavors,
Jenn
Dear Ashley Orr,
Just wanted to remark on what a talented actress you are
and to keep up with the excellent work. I'll look forward to seeing you with an oscar in
the next ten years. You remind me so much of Shirley Temple, and I believe you are the
next Shirley Temple, in a way. I just have a few questions.
How tall were you when making the movie? Do you think you
look like Shirley Temple? Hopefully you can answer these. You are an outstanding girl and
actress! Keep on singing and dancing!
Sincerely, Ali
Where do we get her CD's? Please tell me the location
nearest to me where I
may purchase them. I live in Fairfield County, CT. Thank you.
Joseph G. Porricelli
Dear Ashley,
Congratulations on a wonderful job in the Shirley Temple movie. I also saw you as
Gretl on Broadway. I ran the international Annie fan club for 15 years, but I also
love The Sound of Music, having been a school music teacher
for many years. I'm also a frequent poster about Annie history on Long John Silver's
Annie Forum.
The part of Shirley Temple I liked best was when Shirley and Bill Robinson were dancing up
the staircase.
Congratulations again, and lots of luck and continued success in your career.
Best wishes,
Jon Merrill
President Emeritus
Annie People Fan Club
Hi Ashley. I
just wanted to know how you got started in acting
professionally. You are great so I thought I would ask for advice:)
Thanks!!!!
Love Lots,
Hayely
PS. I'm also friends with Christiana Anbri
Dear Ashley,
Thank you very much for your inspiration. In my last letter I forgot to tell you
that tonight I had an audition at my dance school. It was for a tap class. The
class is a company class. Company classes are the best classes
in my dance school. They only pick the top kids. Well great news; I got called
back for a better and advanced class!!!! At the begining I was very nervous.
But I calmed my self down by thinking of Shirley Temple Black and
you and your beautiful tap dancing!!!! You two are my lucky charms!!!! Now
when I go to all auditions I'll think of the two of you!!!! Also, I forgot to
tell you that I am 12 years old, and I live in New York.
Love to all!!
Your Friend,
~*Hayley*~
hey whats up Ash? My name is Jaki and I am 14 years old. I
think it is really cool that you are so young and making your dreams come true. I dream
that one day I will be a famous singer and actress. If I could do that I would love to
work with charities. I am from Medford MA. I watched the SHirley Temple story and you did
a really good job in the movie. I heard that you were in the Sound of Music. DId you work
with a boy named Matthew Ballinger? I really like him and his new musical group Dream
Street. Are you a fan? What do you want to do when you grow up? Well get back to me
whenever you have a chance, and keep in touch!
Jaki
you are so cute I was wondering if you
could email me a picture? that would
be so nice
Joey
It's alright Ashley, I completly understand how busy things
can get when u are in the busniess. You truely seem like a very sweet person, and there is
no doubt in my mind that you will make it far in the busniess. You have
talents beyond your years.You are a very mature 10year old. My little sister is 9years
old, and there is no way she is as nice or as grown up as you. I truly hope everything
works out for you,because you deserve it. Thank you for
your kind words to me. It means alot. I truly hope what you say comes true. I would love
to be in either yours or Matts position! My friends and I have started a girl group, and
are workin for our dream. Maybe I will be up there
with you someday. Well sweetie, keep in touch. It is like 12:30am here. I have to get
ready for bed. Nice talking to you! Hope we can keep in touch!
Much love,
Jaki Leigh Perry
Hi Ashley,
My name is Nicole. I am 9 years old. I watched your movie and you are so good.
You are just like the real Shirly Temple. You dance like her and sing like her
and you even have her giggle. What was the hardest thing to do in
the movie? I'll bet it was learning all that tap dancing. wow! You are
so cool! I wish I had your talent. Right now, I am rehearsing for Oliver but I
have done Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Wiz of Oz, You're a good man
Charlie Brown, and Little Shop of Horrors. My dream is to be in a movie or broadway
one day. It must be so cool to do the things you've done. Well, I gotta run.
Keep doing great work!
Your biggest fan,
Nicole
Great job Ashley!!!! You have the best voice I have ever
heard! I loved the movie sooooooo much!!! I fiished my web site, here's the address:
http://www.matmice.com/home/bravobwaykids
I think you should try out for Jane Eyre, you would be great as young jane,adele, or even
a school girl!
Love,
Laura
Hi Ashley,
Thank you for your kind reply! I just wanted to tell you that I saw "Child
Star" on Sunday and it was incredible. You did such a great job. You have
a really awesome voice - I LOVED "Auld Lang Syne!" It was perfect.
You're agreat actress... it must have been hard to play a five year old when you're
ten!! But you did a really good job with it, and you will definately go far in your
career.
Best of luck,
Lauren :o)
Dear Ashley,
My name is Alyssa. You have talked to me before online a few days ago. I wish you the best
of luck in your show biz career. You are one of my very favorite Broadway actress. It is
so inspiring to me that someone our age can get picked for such a wonderful job. I would
do just about anything to be in your position. Congratulations on your part in Child Star.
I think you make the best Shirley Temple. I hope to hear from you soon. I enoy your acting
very much.
Your #1 fan,
~Alyssa~
Hi Ashley! I thought that you were so great as Shirley Temple! I taped
the movie and I watch it often. You performance was amazing, it was just like watching
Shirley Temple herself. I hope all your dreams come true!!! I wish I could see you on
Broadway, I know that you are very good on stage! Your voice is so beautiful. Also, I
was wondering, do you send out autographed pictures? I would love to have one if you get
time!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks a bunch, hope to hear from you sometime.
Love, Devon
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