Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 24, 1934
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Credits
170 titles
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).
Known For
Filmography
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Bella!
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
American Dreamer
Astrid Fanelli
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Only Murders in the Building
Rose Cooper
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Noelle
Elf Polly
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
The Little Mermaid
Eloise
The Last Word
Harriet Lauler
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
A Heavenly Christmas
Pearl
Wild Oats
Eva
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Men of Granite
Sophia Prather
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Elsa & Fred
Elsa
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Edna Mitty
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Wide-Awake
The Pianist
Palme
Self
Bernie
Marjorie Nugent
Vito
Self (archive)
Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson
Valentine's Day
Estelle
Vittorio D.
Self
Glee
June Dolloway
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self
Closing the Ring
Ethel Ann
Rumor Has It...
Katharine Richelieu
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Self
In Her Shoes
Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
Iris Smythson / Endora
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Self
Carolina
Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Mary Kay Ash