Shirley MacLaine
Birthdate
April 24, 1934 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
April 24, 1934 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Known For
Acting
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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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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Shirley MacLaine's LGBTQ+ Titles
The Celluloid Closet
Self
The Children's Hour
Martha Dobie
Acting (159)
People Not Places as Clare
2023
Bella! as Self
2022
American Dreamer as Astrid Fanelli
2022
Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2021
Only Murders in the Building as Rose Cooper (2 episodes)
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2019
Noelle as Elf Polly
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists as Self
2018
The Little Mermaid as Eloise
2017
The Last Word as Harriet Lauler
2016
A Heavenly Christmas as Pearl
2016
Wild Oats as Eva
2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
2015
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
2015
Men of Granite as Sophia Prather
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
2014
Elsa & Fred as Elsa
2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Edna Mitty
2013
Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Wide-Awake as The Pianist
2012
Palme
2012
Bernie as Marjorie Nugent
2010
Downton Abbey as Martha Levinson (3 episodes)
2010
Valentine's Day as Estelle Paddington
2009
Vittorio D. as Self
2009
Glee as June Dolloway (2 episodes)
2008
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning as Amelia Thomas
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
2008
Coco Chanel as Coco Chanel
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical as Self
2008
Inside 'The Apartment' as Self
2007
Closing the Ring as Ethel Ann
2005
Rumor Has It... as Katharine Richelieu
2005
In Her Shoes as Ella Hirsh
2005
Bewitched as Iris Smythson / Endora
2004
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' as Self
2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
2003
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine as Self
2003
Carolina as Grandmother Mirabeau
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
2002
Salem Witch Trials as Rebecca Nurse
2002
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Mary Kay Ash
2002
V Graham Norton as Self (1 episode)
2001
Rescued from the Closet as Self
2001
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert as Herself
2001
These Old Broads as Kate Westbourne
2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers as Herself
2000
Bruno as Helen
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Joan of Arc as Madame de Beaurevoir (1 episode)
1999
Beckmann as Self (1 episode)
1999
Get Bruce! as Self
1999
Forever Hollywood as Self
1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Narrator (voice)
1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy as Self
1997
A Smile Like Yours as Martha (uncredited)
1997
The View as Self (1 episode)
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1996
The Evening Star as Aurora Greenway
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
1996
The Celluloid Closet as Self
1995
The West Side Waltz as Margaret Mary Elderdice
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Guarding Tess as Tess Carlisle
1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Helen Cooney
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1992
Used People as Pearl Berman
1991
Pebble Mill as Self (1 episode)
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
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1989
Steel Magnolias as Ouiser Boudreaux
1989
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout as self
1988
Madame Sousatzka as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 episode)
1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration as Self
1987
Out on a Limb as Shirley MacLaine (2 episodes)
1985
Anne of Green Gables as Amelia Thomas
1985
The Shirley MacLaine Show as Herself
1985
That's Dancing!
1984
Cannonball Run II as Veronica
1983
Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway
1983
Harty as Self (1 episode)
1983
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance as Self
1982
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions as Self
1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Cameo Performance
1982
I Love Liberty as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (2 episodes)
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self (archive footage)
1980
A Change of Seasons as Karyn Evans
1980
Loving Couples as Evelyn
1980
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' as Self
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
1979
Being There as Eve Rand
1977
The Turning Point as Deedee
1977
Laugh-In as Guest Performer (1 episode)
1977
Bitte umblättern as Self (1 episode)
1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1976
Circasia as Clown
1976
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul as Self
1975
Système 2 as Self (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1975
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir as Self
1974
Der große Preis as Self (1 episode)
1973
Year of the Woman
1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney as Norah Benson
1972
Shirley's World as Shirley Logan (17 episodes)
1971
Desperate Characters as Sophie Bentwood
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel as Self (1 episode)
1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara as Sara
1969
Sweet Charity as Charity
1969
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Harriet Blossom
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1967
Woman Times Seven as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
1967
The Carol Burnett Show as Self (1 episode)
1966
Gambit as Nicole
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self (1 episode)
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Jenny
1965
The Car That Became a Star as Self
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mae Jenkins
1964
What a Way to Go! as Louisa May Foster
1964
Hollywood and the Stars as Self
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
Two Loves as Anna Vorontosov
1961
All in a Night's Work as Katie Robbins
1960
Ocean's Eleven as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
1960
The Apartment as Fran Kubelik
1960
Can-Can as Simone Pistache
1959
Career as Sharon Kensington
1959
Ask Any Girl as Meg Wheeler
1958
Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
1958
The Matchmaker as Irene Molloy
1958
Hot Spell as Virginia Duval
1958
The Sheepman as Dell Payton
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days as Princess Aouda
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self (12 episodes)
1956
The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Host (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1955
Artists and Models as Bessie Sparrowbush
1955
The Trouble with Harry as Jennifer Rogers
1954
Reflets de Cannes as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (6 episodes)
1950
The Bob Hope Show as Self (1 episode)
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
Directing (2)
2000
Bruno
• Director
1975
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
• Director
Production (3)
2017
The Last Word
• Executive Producer
1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
• Executive Producer
1975
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
• Producer
Writing (4)
1987
Out on a Limb
• Book (2 episodes)
• Teleplay (2 episodes)
1985
The Shirley MacLaine Show
• Writer
1975
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
• Writer
Sound (3)
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
• Songs
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
• Songs
1962
My Geisha
• Songs