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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
- 2023 · Bella! as Self
- 2023 · MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- 2022 · American Dreamer as Astrid Fanelli
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · A Heavenly Christmas as Pearl
- 2015 · Men of Granite as Sophia Prather
- 2009 · Vittorio D. as Self
- 2008 · Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning as Amelia Thomas
- 2008 · Coco Chanel as Coco Chanel
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2002 · Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Mary Kay Ash
- 2001 · Rescued from the Closet as Self
- 2001 · These Old Broads as Kate Westbourne
- 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy as Self
- 1997 · A Smile Like Yours as Martha (uncredited)
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1993 · Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Helen Cooney
- 1992 · Used People as Pearl Berman
- 1990 · Waiting for the Light as Aunt Zena
- 1982 · I Love Liberty as Self
- 1980 · A Change of Seasons as Karyn Evans
- 1980 · Loving Couples as Evelyn
- 1980 · The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
- 1973 · The Nutcracker as Narrator (English version) (voice)
- 1972 · The Possession of Joel Delaney as Norah Benson
- 1968 · The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Harriet Blossom
- 1965 · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Jenny
- 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
- 1959 · Career as Sharon Kensington
- 1958 · The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
- 1958 · The Matchmaker as Irene Molloy
- 1958 · Hot Spell as Virginia Duval
- 1958 · The Sheepman as Dell Payton
- Future · Lucy Boomer as Lucy Boomer
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- Future · People Not Places as Clare
- 2026 · Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Only Murders in the Building as Rose Cooper
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2019 · Noelle as Elf Polly
- 2018 · Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists as Self
- 2018 · The Little Mermaid as Eloise
- 2017 · The Last Word as Harriet Lauler
- 2016 · Wild Oats as Eva
- 2015 · Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Discovering Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
- 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)
- 2012 · Wide-Awake as The Pianist
- 2012 · Palme as Self
- 2012 · Bernie as Marjorie Nugent
- 2010 · Downton Abbey as Martha Levinson
- 2010 · Valentine's Day as Estelle Paddington
- 2009 · Glee as June Dolloway
- 2008 · Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
- 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 · Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine as Self
- 2003 · Carolina as Grandmother Mirabeau
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2003 · Salem Witch Trials as Rebecca Nurse
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Rebecca Nurse
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand as self
- 2001 · Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert as Herself
- 2000 · The Unknown Peter Sellers as Self
- 2000 · Bruno as Helen
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Joan of Arc as Madame de Beaurevoir
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1998 · Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Aurora Greenway
- 1996 · Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
- 1996 · The Celluloid Closet as Self
- 1995 · The West Side Waltz as Margaret Mary Elderdice
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Guarding Tess as Tess Carlisle
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Defending Your Life as Shirley MacLaine
- 1990 · Postcards from the Edge as Doris Mann
- 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 as
- 1988 · Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration as Self
- 1987 · Out on a Limb as Shirley MacLaine
- 1985 · The Shirley MacLaine Show as Herself
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Cannonball Run II as Veronica
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1983 · Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway
- 1983 · Harty as Self
- 1983 · Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance as Self
- 1982 · Shirley MacLaine... Illusions as Self
- 1982 · Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Cameo Performance
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' as Self
- 1979 · Being There as Eve Rand
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1977 · The Royal Variety Performance 1977 as
- 1977 · The Turning Point as Deedee
- 1977 · Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- 1977 · Please Turn the Page as Self
- 1977 · The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as Self
- 1976 · Circasia as Clown
- 1976 · Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul as Self
- 1975 · The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir as Self
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest
- 1974 · Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now as Self
- 1974 · Der große Preis as Self
- 1973 · Year of the Woman as Self
- 1972 · Shirley's World as Shirley Logan
- 1971 · Desperate Characters as Sophie Bentwood
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1970 · Two Mules for Sister Sara as Sara
- 1969 · Sweet Charity as Charity
- 1969 · From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma as
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · Woman Times Seven as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
- 1967 · The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- 1966 · Gambit as Nicole
- 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
- 1963 · Irma la Douce as Irma La Douce
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1960 · Ocean's Eleven as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
- 1960 · The Apartment as Fran Kubelik
- 1960 · Can-Can as Simone Pistache
- 1959 · Ask Any Girl as Meg Wheeler
- 1958 · Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
- 1956 · Around the World in 80 Days as Princess Aouda
- 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Artists and Models as Bessie Sparrowbush
- 1955 · The Trouble with Harry as Jennifer Rogers
- 1954 · Reflets de Cannes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1950 · The Bob Hope Show as Self
- 1949 · The Emmy Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Margret and Stevie as Margret Rey