Shirley MacLaine
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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Acted in
Bella!
2023
as Self
American Dreamer
2022
as Astrid Fanelli
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Rose Cooper
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Noelle
2019
as Elf Polly
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self
The Little Mermaid
2018
as Eloise
The Last Word
2017
as Harriet Lauler
A Heavenly Christmas
2016
as Pearl
Wild Oats
2016
as Eva
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015
as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
Men of Granite
2015
as Sophia Prather
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Elsa
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
as Edna Mitty
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Pianist
Palme
2012
Bernie
2012
as Marjorie Nugent
Downton Abbey
2010
as Martha Levinson
Valentine's Day
2010
as Estelle Paddington
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
Glee
2009
as June Dolloway
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008
as Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Coco Chanel
2008
as Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
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Closing the Ring
2007
as Ethel Ann
Rumor Has It...
2005
as Katharine Richelieu
In Her Shoes
2005
as Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
2005
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
2003
as Self
Carolina
2003
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Rebecca Nurse
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002
as Mary Kay Ash
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001
as Herself
These Old Broads
2001
as Kate Westbourne
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
as Herself
Bruno
2000
as Helen
Joan of Arc
1999
as Madame de Beaurevoir
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Forever Hollywood
1999
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
as Self
A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Martha (uncredited)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
The Evening Star
1996
as Aurora Greenway
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
as Grace Winterbourne
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
The West Side Waltz
1995
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Guarding Tess
1994
as Tess Carlisle
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Helen Cooney
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Used People
1992
as Pearl Berman
Defending Your Life
1991
as Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Doris Mann
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Waiting for the Light
1990
as Aunt Zena
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Ouiser Boudreaux
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989
as self
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
Out on a Limb
1987
as Shirley MacLaine
Anne of Green Gables
1985
as Amelia Thomas
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985
as Herself
That's Dancing!
1985
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Veronica
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Aurora Greenway
Harty
1983
as Self
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
1983
as Self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982
as Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982
as Self - Cameo Performance
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
1980
as Karyn Evans
Loving Couples
1980
as Evelyn
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980
as Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Being There
1979
as Eve Rand
The Turning Point
1977
as Deedee
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
Circasia
1976
as Clown
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
1976
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1975
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Year of the Woman
1973
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Norah Benson
Shirley's World
1972
as Shirley Logan
Desperate Characters
1971
as Sophie Bentwood
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
as Sara
Sweet Charity
1969
as Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Harriet Blossom
Woman Times Seven
1967
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
Gambit
1966
as Nicole
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Jenny
The Car That Became a Star
1965
as Self
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Mae Jenkins
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Louisa May Foster
Hollywood and the Stars
1964
as Self
Irma la Douce
1963
as Irma La Douce
Two for the Seesaw
1962
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
My Geisha
1962
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
The Children's Hour
1961
as Martha Dobie
Two Loves
1961
as Anna Vorontosov
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Katie Robbins
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
The Apartment
1960
as Fran Kubelik
Can-Can
1960
as Simone Pistache
Career
1959
as Sharon Kensington
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Meg Wheeler
Some Came Running
1958
as Ginnie Moorehead
The Matchmaker
1958
as Irene Molloy
Hot Spell
1958
as Virginia Duval
The Sheepman
1958
as Dell Payton
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Princess Aouda
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
Artists and Models
1955
as Bessie Sparrowbush
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Jennifer Rogers
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
People Not Places
as Clare