Shirley MacLaine
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Fran Kubelik
The Apartment
Eve Rand
Being There
Irma La Douce
Irma la Douce
Katharine Richelieu
Rumor Has It...
Princess Aouda
Around the World in Eighty Days
Grandmother Mirabeau
Carolina
Ouiser Boudreaux
Steel Magnolias
Martha Dobie
The Children's Hour
Aurora Greenway
Terms of Endearment
Aurora Greenway
The Evening Star
Jennifer Rogers
The Trouble with Harry
Tess Carlisle
Guarding Tess
Doris Mann
Postcards from the Edge
Sara
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Louisa May Foster
What a Way to Go!
Ella Hirsh
In Her Shoes
Veronica
Cannonball Run II
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Shirley MacLaine
Defending Your Life
Iris Smythson / Endora
Bewitched
Estelle Paddington
Valentine's Day
Simone Pistache
Can-Can
Grace Winterbourne
Mrs. Winterbourne
Nicole
Gambit
Helen Cooney
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Ethel Ann
Closing the Ring
Self
I Love Liberty
Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Pearl Berman
Used People
Norah Benson
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Charity
Sweet Charity
Karyn Evans
A Change of Seasons
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
My Geisha
Bessie Sparrowbush
Artists and Models
Irene Molloy
The Matchmaker
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Woman Times Seven
Deedee
The Turning Point
Amelia Thomas
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Ginnie Moorehead
Some Came Running
Mae Jenkins
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Self
Get Bruce!
Astrid Fanelli
American Dreamer
Marjorie Nugent
Bernie
Herself
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Dell Payton
The Sheepman
Meg Wheeler
Ask Any Girl
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Two for the Seesaw
Helen
Bruno
Kate Westbourne
These Old Broads
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Katie Robbins
All in a Night's Work
Jenny
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Aunt Zena
Waiting for the Light
Edna Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Self
Bella!
Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Madame Sousatzka
Virginia Duval
Hot Spell
Mary Kay Ash
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Sharon Kensington
Career
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Evelyn
Loving Couples
Anna Vorontosov
Two Loves
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Elsa
Elsa & Fred
Sophia Prather
Men of Granite
Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Harriet Blossom
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Sois belle et tais-toi !
Self
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Self - Cameo Performance
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Sophie Bentwood
Desperate Characters
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Rebecca Nurse
Salem Witch Trials
Harriet Lauler
The Last Word
Clare
People Not Places
Eva
Wild Oats
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Pearl
A Heavenly Christmas
Year of the Woman
Eloise
The Little Mermaid
Margaret Mary Elderdice
The West Side Waltz
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Vittorio D.
Martha (uncredited)
A Smile Like Yours
Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
The Pianist
Wide-Awake
Self
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Herself
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Elf Polly
Noelle
Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Herself
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne
Narrator (voice)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
That's Dancing!
Self
Palme
Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Clown
Circasia
Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self
The Car That Became a Star
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Self
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
Self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Self
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Narrator (English version) (voice)
Щелкунчик
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
The All-Star Christmas Show
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-04-24
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Also Known As
Shirley MacLean Beaty