Shirley MacLaine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 24, 1934 (age 92)
- Birthplace
- 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).
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Filmography
People Not Places
Movie · as Clare
Lucy Boomer
Movie · as Lucy Boomer
Margret and Stevie
Movie · as Margret Rey
The Unstoppable Shirley MacLaine
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Movie · as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Bella!
Movie · as Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie · as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
American Dreamer
Movie · as Astrid Fanelli
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
Movie · as Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self
Only Murders in the Building
TV · as Rose Cooper · 2 eps
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Noelle
Movie · as Elf Polly
The Little Mermaid
Movie · as Eloise
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Movie · as Self
The Last Word
Movie · as Harriet Lauler
Wild Oats
Movie · as Eva
A Heavenly Christmas
Movie · as Pearl
Men of Granite
Movie · as Sophia Prather
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Elsa & Fred
Movie · as Elsa
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Movie · as Self
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Movie · as Edna Mitty
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Bernie
Movie · as Marjorie Nugent
Wide-Awake
Movie · as The Pianist
Palme
Movie · as Self
Vito
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Valentine's Day
Movie · as Estelle
Downton Abbey
TV · as Martha Levinson · 2 eps
Vittorio D.
Movie · as Self
Glee
TV · as June Dolloway · 2 eps
Coco Chanel
Movie · as Coco Chanel
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Movie · as Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie · as Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
Movie · as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Movie · as Self
Closing the Ring
Movie · as Ethel Ann
Rumor Has It...
Movie · as Katharine Richelieu
In Her Shoes
Movie · as Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
Movie · as Iris Smythson / Endora
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Movie · as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Movie · as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
Carolina
Movie · as Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Movie · as Self
Salem Witch Trials
TV · as Rebecca Nurse · 2 eps
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Movie · as Mary Kay Ash
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Movie · as Herself
These Old Broads
Movie · as Kate Westbourne
Rescued from the Closet
Movie · as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
Movie · as self
Bruno
Movie · as Helen
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Movie · as Self
Get Bruce!
Movie · as Self
Forever Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Joan of Arc
TV · as Madame de Beaurevoir · 1 ep
Beckmann
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Movie · as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie · as Self
A Smile Like Yours
Movie · as Martha (uncredited)
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Evening Star
Movie · as Aurora Greenway
Mrs. Winterbourne
Movie · as Grace Winterbourne
The Celluloid Closet
Movie · as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Movie · as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie · as Self
The West Side Waltz
Movie · as Margaret Mary Elderdice
Guarding Tess
Movie · as Tess Carlisle
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Movie · as Helen Cooney
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self (archive footage), Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Used People
Movie · as Pearl Berman
Defending Your Life
Movie · as Shirley MacLaine
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Postcards from the Edge
Movie · as Doris Mann
Waiting for the Light
Movie · as Aunt Zena
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Self
Steel Magnolias
Movie · as Ouiser Boudreaux
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
Movie · as self
Madame Sousatzka
Movie · as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Movie · as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 1 ep
Out on a Limb
TV · as Shirley MacLaine · 2 eps
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Movie · as Herself
That's Dancing!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cannonball Run II
Movie · as Veronica
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Terms of Endearment
Movie · as Aurora Greenway
Harty
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love Liberty
Movie · as Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Movie · as Self - Cameo Performance
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Movie · as Self
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
Movie · as Karyn Evans
Loving Couples
Movie · as Evelyn
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
Movie · as Self
Being There
Movie · as Eve Rand
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Turning Point
Movie · as Deedee
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Movie · as Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Movie
Please Turn the Page
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Laugh-In
TV · as Guest Performer · 1 ep
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Movie · as Self
Circasia
Movie · as Clown
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Movie · as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Système 2
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Movie · as Self
Der große Preis
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Year of the Woman
Movie · as Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Movie · as Norah Benson
Shirley's World
TV · as Shirley Logan · 17 eps
Desperate Characters
Movie · as Sophie Bentwood
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Movie · as Sara
Sweet Charity
Movie · as Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Movie
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Movie · as Harriet Blossom
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Woman Times Seven
Movie · as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Gambit
Movie · as Nicole
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie · as Jenny
The Car That Became a Star
Movie · as Self
What a Way to Go!
Movie · as Louisa May Foster
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Movie · as Mae Jenkins
Irma la Douce
Movie · as Irma La Douce
My Geisha
Movie · as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Two for the Seesaw
Movie · as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Children's Hour
Movie · as Martha Dobie
All in a Night's Work
Movie · as Katie Robbins
Two Loves
Movie · as Anna Vorontosov
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Apartment
Movie · as Fran Kubelik
Can-Can
Movie · as Simone Pistache
Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Ask Any Girl
Movie · as Meg Wheeler
Career
Movie · as Sharon Kensington
The Matchmaker
Movie · as Irene Molloy
Some Came Running
Movie · as Ginnie Moorehead
The Sheepman
Movie · as Dell Payton
Hot Spell
Movie · as Virginia Duval
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie · as Self
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as Princess Aouda
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 12 eps
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Presenter
The Trouble with Harry
Movie · as Jennifer Rogers
Artists and Models
Movie · as Bessie Sparrowbush
Reflets de Cannes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner · 4 eps