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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

ActingBorn April 24, 1934 (age 92)Richmond, Virginia, USA

Biography

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018). MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983).

Filmography

2026
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Martha Levinson (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Bella!

as Self

Movie
2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Commitment to Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
American Dreamer

as Astrid Fanelli

Movie
2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2021TV
2019
Noelle

as Elf Polly

Movie
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018Movie
2017
The Last Word

as Harriet Lauler

Movie
2017Movie
2016Movie
2016
Wild Oats

as Eva

Movie
2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Discovering Audrey Hepburn

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2015
Men of Granite

as Sophia Prather

Movie
2014Movie
2013Movie
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2012
Wide-Awake

as The Pianist

Movie
2012
Palme

as Self

Movie
2012
Bernie

as Marjorie Nugent

Movie
2011
Vito

as Self (archive)

Movie
2010
Downton Abbey

as Martha Levinson

TV
2010
Valentine's Day

as Estelle Paddington

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Glee

as June Dolloway

TV
2008Movie
2008
Coco Chanel

as Coco Chanel

Movie
2008Movie
2007
Closing the Ring

as Ethel Ann

Movie
2005
Rumor Has It...

as Katharine Richelieu

Movie
2005
In Her Shoes

as Ella Hirsh

Movie
2005
Bewitched

as Iris Smythson / Endora

Movie
2003
Carolina

as Grandmother Mirabeau

Movie
2003
Salem Witch Trials

as Rebecca Nurse

TV
2002
Salem Witch Trials

as Rebecca Nurse

Movie
2002TV
2001Movie
2001
These Old Broads

as Kate Westbourne

Movie
2000
Bruno

as Helen

Movie
1999TV
1999
Joan of Arc

as Madame de Beaurevoir

TV
1999
Beckmann

as Self

TV
1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

Movie
1999Movie
1998Movie
1997
A Smile Like Yours

as Martha (uncredited)

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1996
The Evening Star

as Aurora Greenway

Movie
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne

as Grace Winterbourne

Movie
1996Movie
1995
The West Side Waltz

as Margaret Mary Elderdice

Movie
1994
Guarding Tess

as Tess Carlisle

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
1992
Used People

as Pearl Berman

Movie
1991TV
1991
Defending Your Life

as Shirley MacLaine

Movie
1990Movie
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser Boudreaux

Movie
1988
Madame Sousatzka

as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka

Movie
1987
Out on a Limb

as Shirley MacLaine

TV
1985Movie
1985
That's Dancing!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1984Movie
1984TV
1983
Terms of Endearment

as Aurora Greenway

Movie
1983
Harty

as Self

TV
1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood

as Self - Cameo Performance

Movie
1982Movie
1982TV
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1980
A Change of Seasons

as Karyn Evans

Movie
1980Movie
1980Movie
1979
Being There

as Eve Rand

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Laugh-In

as Guest Performer

TV
1976
Circasia

as Clown

Movie
1975
Système 2

as Self

TV
1975TV
1974TV
1973Movie
1972Movie
1972
Shirley's World

as Shirley Logan

TV
1971
Desperate Characters

as Sophie Bentwood

Movie
1971TV
1969
Sweet Charity

as Charity

Movie
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Harriet Blossom

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967TV
1967
Woman Times Seven

as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne

Movie
1966
Gambit

as Nicole

Movie
1964Movie
1964
What a Way to Go!

as Louisa May Foster

Movie
1963
Irma la Douce

as Irma La Douce

Movie
1962
Two for the Seesaw

as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz

Movie
1962
My Geisha

as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

Movie
1961
The Children's Hour

as Martha Dobie

Movie
1961
Two Loves

as Anna Vorontosov

Movie
1961
All in a Night's Work

as Katie Robbins

Movie
1960
Ocean's Eleven

as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)

Movie
1960
The Apartment

as Fran Kubelik

Movie
1960
Can-Can

as Simone Pistache

Movie
1959
Career

as Sharon Kensington

Movie
1959
Ask Any Girl

as Meg Wheeler

Movie
1958
Some Came Running

as Ginnie Moorehead

Movie
1958
The Matchmaker

as Irene Molloy

Movie
1958
Hot Spell

as Virginia Duval

Movie
1958
The Sheepman

as Dell Payton

Movie
1956Movie
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1955
Artists and Models

as Bessie Sparrowbush

Movie
1955
The Trouble with Harry

as Jennifer Rogers

Movie
1954TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1950TV
1949TV
1944TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Winner

TV
Movie
Lucy Boomer

as Lucy Boomer

Movie
Margret and Stevie

as Margret Rey

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 24, 1934
Place of BirthRichmond, Virginia, USA
Popularity2.5
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