Shirley MacLaine
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-04-24 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
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).
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Known For
Acting
People Not Places
as Clare
(2023)
Bella!
as Self
(2022)
American Dreamer
as Astrid Fanelli
(2022)
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
(2019)
Noelle
as Elf Polly
(2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
The Little Mermaid
as Eloise
(2018)
(2017)
The Last Word
as Harriet Lauler
(2016)
Wild Oats
as Eva
(2016)
A Heavenly Christmas
as Pearl
(2015)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
(2015)
Men of Granite
as Sophia Prather
(2015)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Elsa & Fred
as Elsa
(2014)
(2013)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Edna Mitty
(2012)
Bernie
as Marjorie Nugent
(2012)
Palme
as Self
(2012)
Wide-Awake
as The Pianist
(2010)
Valentine's Day
as Estelle Paddington
(2009)
Vittorio D.
as Self
(2008)
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as Amelia Thomas
(2008)
Coco Chanel
as Coco Chanel
(2008)
(2008)
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self
(2008)
(2007)
Closing the Ring
as Ethel Ann
(2005)
Rumor Has It...
as Katharine Richelieu
(2005)
Bewitched
as Iris Smythson / Endora
(2005)
In Her Shoes
as Ella Hirsh
(2004)
(2003)
Carolina
as Grandmother Mirabeau
(2003)
(2003)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
(2003)
(2002)
Salem Witch Trials
as Rebecca Nurse
(2002)
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Mary Kay Ash
(2001)
These Old Broads
as Kate Westbourne
(2001)
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
(2001)
(2000)
Bruno
as Helen
(2000)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Herself
(1999)
Get Bruce!
as Self
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1998)
(1998)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
A Smile Like Yours
as Martha (uncredited)
(1997)
(1996)
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Grace Winterbourne
(1996)
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
(1996)
The Evening Star
as Aurora Greenway
(1996)
(1995)
(1995)
The West Side Waltz
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
(1994)
Guarding Tess
as Tess Carlisle
(1993)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Helen Cooney
(1992)
Used People
as Pearl Berman
(1991)
Defending Your Life
as Shirley MacLaine
(1990)
Postcards from the Edge
as Doris Mann
(1990)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1990)
Waiting for the Light
as Aunt Zena
(1990)
(1989)
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser Boudreaux
(1989)
(1988)
Madame Sousatzka
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
(1988)
(1985)
(1985)
The Shirley MacLaine Show
as Herself
(1984)
Cannonball Run II
as Veronica
(1983)
Terms of Endearment
as Aurora Greenway
(1983)
(1982)
I Love Liberty
as Self
(1982)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Cameo Performance
(1982)
(1981)
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
Loving Couples
as Evelyn
(1980)
A Change of Seasons
as Karyn Evans
(1980)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
(1979)
Being There
as Eve Rand
(1977)
The Turning Point
as Deedee
(1977)
(1976)
Circasia
as Clown
(1976)
(1975)
(1974)
(1973)
(1973)
Nutcracker
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
(1972)
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Norah Benson
(1971)
Desperate Characters
as Sophie Bentwood
(1970)
Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Sara
(1969)
Sweet Charity
as Charity
(1969)
(1968)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Harriet Blossom
(1967)
Woman Times Seven
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
(1966)
Gambit
as Nicole
(1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Jenny
(1965)
The Car That Became a Star
as Self
(1964)
What a Way to Go!
as Louisa May Foster
(1964)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mae Jenkins
(1963)
Irma la Douce
as Irma La Douce
(1962)
Two for the Seesaw
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
(1962)
My Geisha
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
(1961)
The Children's Hour
as Martha Dobie
(1961)
All in a Night's Work
as Katie Robbins
(1961)
Two Loves
as Anna Vorontosov
(1960)
Ocean's Eleven
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
(1960)
The Apartment
as Fran Kubelik
(1960)
Can-Can
as Simone Pistache
(1959)
Ask Any Girl
as Meg Wheeler
(1959)
Career
as Sharon Kensington
(1958)
Some Came Running
as Ginnie Moorehead
(1958)
The Sheepman
as Dell Payton
(1958)
The Matchmaker
as Irene Molloy
(1958)
Hot Spell
as Virginia Duval
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Princess Aouda
(1955)
The Trouble with Harry
as Jennifer Rogers
(1955)
Artists and Models
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Crew
(2017)
The Last Word
Executive Producer
(2000)
Bruno
Director
(1985)
(1977)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Executive Producer
(1975)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Director, Writer, Producer
(1974)
(1968)
(1965)
(1962)
My Geisha
Songs