Celebrity / celebrity 10 Stars Who Went Into Politics They left glitz and glamor for lawmaking and the like By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Jan 1, 2014 1:50 PM CST Copied Shirley Temple (later Shirley Temple Black) ended up becoming a a US diplomat, ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia, and Chief of Protocol of the US. (AP Photo, File) See 9 more photos What to do after you tire of walking red carpets and posing for magazine covers? Shake hands and kiss babies, at least for these 19 stars-turned-politicians rounded up by Fox News. Click through the gallery for a sampling or check out the full list here. (More celebrity stories.) Report an error