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Shirley MacLaine
Born · April 24, 1934 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Bio
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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
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
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
5.7
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
7.0
2003
Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse
6.3
2002
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Mary Kay Ash
4.5
2002
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
8.1
2001
These Old Broads
Kate Westbourne
6.5
2001
Bruno
Helen
6.8
2000
Get Bruce!
Self
6.2
1999
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
8.6
1995
Guarding Tess
Tess Carlisle
6.0
1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Helen Cooney
6.3
1993
Used People
Pearl Berman
5.4
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
6.5
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
6.5
1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
0.0
1977
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Self
0.0
1975
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Norah Benson
5.7
1972
Desperate Characters
Sophie Bentwood
5.3
1971
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Sara
6.9
1970
Sweet Charity
Charity
6.8
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Harriet Blossom
6.7
1968
Woman Times Seven
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
6.4
1967
Gambit
Nicole
7.0
1966
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Jenny
3.4
1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Mae Jenkins
6.0
1964
What a Way to Go!
Louisa May Foster
6.9
1964
Hollywood and the Stars
Self
0.0
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
6.5
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
6.9
1958
Hot Spell
Virginia Duval
6.0
1958
The Sheepman
Dell Payton
6.7
1958
Around the World in Eighty Days
Princess Aouda
6.6
1956
Artists and Models
Bessie Sparrowbush
6.7
1955
The Trouble with Harry
Jennifer Rogers
7.0
1955
People Not Places
Clare
0.0
Only Murders in the Building
Rose Cooper · (2 episodes)
8.4
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
0.0
2021
Noelle
Elf Polly
6.6
2019
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
7.2
2018
The Little Mermaid
Eloise
5.0
2018
A Heavenly Christmas
Pearl
6.1
2016
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
7.7
2012
Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson · (3 episodes)
8.1
2010
Vittorio D.
Self
6.3
2009
Glee
June Dolloway · (2 episodes)
6.7
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
7.0
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)
3.0
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)
3.4
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
6.0
1997
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
6.2
1996
The Celluloid Closet
Self
7.2
1996
The West Side Waltz
Margaret Mary Elderdice
9.0
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
3.1
1991
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
9.0
1990
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
self
0.0
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
Out on a Limb
Shirley MacLaine · (2 episodes)
5.3
1987
Anne of Green Gables
Amelia Thomas · (0 episode)
8.9
1985
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Herself
10.0
1985
That's Dancing!
7.0
1985
Harty
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1983
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Self
7.0
1982
Champs-Elysées
Self · (2 episodes)
6.2
1982
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
3.7
1981
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
Self
0.0
1980
Laugh-In
Guest Performer · (1 episode)
5.8
1977
Bitte umblättern
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1977
Circasia
Clown
5.0
1976
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Self
0.0
1976
Système 2
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
0.0
1974
Der große Preis
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1974
Year of the Woman
0.0
1973
Nutcracker
Narrator (English version) (voice)
7.1
1973
Shirley's World
Shirley Logan · (17 episodes)
5.0
1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1971
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
0.0
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
6.7
1968
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1967
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1966
The Car That Became a Star
Self
6.0
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · (12 episodes)
5.3
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
5.0
1956
Reflets de Cannes
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1954
The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
7.0
1953
The Bob Hope Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1950
The Emmy Awards
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (3 episodes)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944