Shirley MacLaine
- Acting
- April 24, 1934 · 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).
Known for
Filmography
- Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent · Self
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration · Martha Levinson (archive footage)
- Bella! · Self
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema · Self
- Commitment to Life · Self
- American Dreamer · Astrid Fanelli
- Rat Pack · Self
- Only Murders in the Building · Rose Cooper
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Noelle · Elf Polly
- Mike Wallace Is Here · Self
- Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists · Self
- The Little Mermaid · Eloise
- The Last Word · Harriet Lauler, Executive producer
- A Heavenly Christmas · Pearl
- Wild Oats · Eva
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do · Self
- Discovering Audrey Hepburn · Self
- 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
- Wide-Awake · The Pianist
- Palme · Self
- Bernie · Marjorie Nugent
- Vito · Self
- 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
- Parkinson · Self
- Jack Paar: Smart Television · 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
- V Graham Norton · Self
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand · Self
- Rescued from the Closet · Self
- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert · Self
- These Old Broads · Kate Westbourne
- The Unknown Peter Sellers · Self
- Bruno · Helen, Director
- The Early Show · Self
- Joan of Arc · Madame de Beaurevoir
- Beckmann · Self
- Get Bruce! · Self
- Forever Hollywood · Self
- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu · Narrator (Voice)
- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy · Self
- A Smile Like Yours · Martha (uncredited)
- The View · Self
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life · Self
- The Evening Star · Aurora Greenway
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · Self
- Mrs. Winterbourne · Grace Winterbourne
- The Celluloid Closet · Self
- The West Side Waltz · Margaret Mary Elderdice
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Guarding Tess · Tess Carlisle
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway · Helen Cooney
- Intimate Portrait · Self
- Used People · Pearl Berman
- Pebble Mill · Self
- Defending Your Life · Shirley MacLaine