Shirley MacLaine

Born

April 24, 1934 (91 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Richmond, Virginia, USA

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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Known For

7.2

Bewitched

Bella!

Self

0.0

2023

American Dreamer

Astrid Fanelli

5.7

2022

Rat Pack

Self (archive footage)

9.0

2022

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self (archive footage)

6.5

2019

The Last Word

Harriet Lauler

6.6

2017

A Heavenly Christmas

Pearl

6.1

2016

Wild Oats

Eva

6.2

2016

Men of Granite

Sophia Prather

10.0

2015

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Self

4.8

2014

Elsa & Fred

Elsa

6.0

2014

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Edna Mitty

7.2

2013

Bernie

Marjorie Nugent

6.6

2012

Valentine's Day

Estelle Paddington

5.9

2010

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Amelia Thomas

5.5

2008

Coco Chanel

6.6

2008

Closing the Ring

Ethel Ann

6.1

2007

Rumor Has It...

Katharine Richelieu

5.7

2005

In Her Shoes

Ella Hirsh

6.2

2005

Bewitched

Iris Smythson / Endora

5.1

2005

Carolina

Grandmother Mirabeau

5.8

2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

7.0

2003

Salem Witch Trials

Rebecca Nurse

6.2

2002

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

Mary Kay Ash

4.5

2002

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

Herself

8.2

2001

These Old Broads

Kate Westbourne

6.1

2001

Bruno

Helen

6.5

2000

Get Bruce!

Self

6.2

1999

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Self

7.3

1997

The Evening Star

Aurora Greenway

5.9

1996

Mrs. Winterbourne

Grace Winterbourne

7.2

1996

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Self

8.1

1995

Guarding Tess

Tess Carlisle

6.0

1994

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Helen Cooney

6.2

1993

Used People

Pearl Berman

5.5

1992

Defending Your Life

Shirley MacLaine

6.9

1991

Postcards from the Edge

Doris Mann

6.6

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1990

Waiting for the Light

Aunt Zena

6.6

1990

Steel Magnolias

Ouiser Boudreaux

7.2

1989

Madame Sousatzka

Madame Yuvline Sousatzka

6.7

1988

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Self

0.0

1988

Cannonball Run II

Veronica

5.4

1984

Terms of Endearment

Aurora Greenway

7.1

1983

Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

Self

0.0

1983

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Self - Cameo Performance

0.0

1982

I Love Liberty

Self

0.0

1982

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Self (archive footage)

6.3

1981

A Change of Seasons

Karyn Evans

5.6

1980

Loving Couples

Evelyn

4.6

1980

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Self (archive footage)

0.0

1980

Being There

Eve Rand

7.6

1979

The Turning Point

Deedee

6.6

1977

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

6.0

1977

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

Self

0.0

1975

Year of the Woman

0.0

1973

The Possession of Joel Delaney

Norah Benson

5.6

1972

Desperate Characters

Sophie Bentwood

5.3

1971

Two Mules for Sister Sara

Sara

7.0

1970

Sweet Charity

Charity

6.9

1969

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

Harriet Blossom

6.7

1968

Woman Times Seven

Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne

6.3

1967

Gambit

Nicole

7.0

1966

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Jenny

3.4

1965

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Mae Jenkins

6.1

1964

What a Way to Go!

Louisa May Foster

7.1

1964

Irma la Douce

Irma La Douce

7.4

1963

Two for the Seesaw

Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz

6.5

1962

My Geisha

Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

6.6

1962

The Children's Hour

Martha Dobie

7.7

1961

Two Loves

Anna Vorontosov

4.9

1961

All in a Night's Work

Katie Robbins

5.9

1961

Ocean's Eleven

Tipsy Girl (uncredited)

6.4

1960

The Apartment

Fran Kubelik

8.2

1960

Can-Can

Simone Pistache

6.6

1960

Career

Sharon Kensington

6.5

1959

Ask Any Girl

Meg Wheeler

6.2

1959

Some Came Running

Ginnie Moorehead

6.9

1958

The Matchmaker

Irene Molloy

7.0

1958

Hot Spell

Virginia Duval

6.0

1958

The Sheepman

Dell Payton

6.8

1958

Around the World in Eighty Days

Princess Aouda

6.6

1956

Artists and Models

Bessie Sparrowbush

6.6

1955

The Trouble with Harry

Jennifer Rogers

7.0

1955

People Not Places

Clare

0.0

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

Martha Levinson (archive footage)

0.0

2024

Only Murders in the Building

Rose Cooper · (2 episodes)

8.5

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self

0.0

2021

Noelle

Elf Polly

6.6

2019

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

Self

7.1

2018

The Little Mermaid

Eloise

5.0

2018

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Self (archive footage)

0.0

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)

5.4

2015

Talking Pictures

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

5.0

2013

Wide-Awake

The Pianist

5.8

2012

Palme

Self

7.6

2012

Downton Abbey

Martha Levinson · (2 episodes)

8.1

2010

Vittorio D.

Self

6.3

2009

Glee

June Dolloway · (2 episodes)

6.8

2009

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Self

8.0

2008

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Self

0.0

2008

Inside 'The Apartment'

Self

0.0

2008

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

Self

5.8

2004

Jack Paar: Smart Television

Self

0.0

2003

Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

Self

0.0

2003

V Graham Norton

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

2002

Rescued from the Closet

Self

6.0

2001

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Herself

8.0

2000

The Early Show

Self · (1 episode)

5.7

1999

Joan of Arc

Madame de Beaurevoir · (1 episode)

6.5

1999

Beckmann

Self · (1 episode)

2.0

1999

Forever Hollywood

Self

8.0

1999

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Narrator (voice)

7.3

1998

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Self

6.0

1998

A Smile Like Yours

Martha (uncredited)

3.6

1997

The View

Self · (1 episode)

4.5

1997