
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Bella! as Self
- 2022 · American Dreamer as Astrid Fanelli
- 2022 · Rat Pack 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
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
- 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 · Vittorio D. as Self
- 2009 · Glee as June Dolloway
- 2008 · Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning as Amelia Thomas
- 2008 · Coco Chanel as Coco Chanel
- 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
- 2003 · Carolina as Grandmother Mirabeau
- 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2002 · Salem Witch Trials as Rebecca Nurse
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2001 · Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert as Herself
- 2001 · These Old Broads as Kate Westbourne
- 2000 · Bruno as Helen
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Joan of Arc as Madame de Beaurevoir
- 1999 · Beckmann as Self
- 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
- 1998 · Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1996 · The Evening Star as Aurora Greenway
- 1996 · Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- 1996 · Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
- 1996 · The Celluloid Closet as Self
- 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Guarding Tess as Tess Carlisle
- 1993 · Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Helen Cooney
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · Used People as Pearl Berman
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Defending Your Life as Shirley MacLaine
- 1990 · Postcards from the Edge as Doris Mann
- 1989 · Steel Magnolias as Ouiser Boudreaux
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · Out on a Limb as Shirley MacLaine
- 1985 · Anne of Green Gables as Amelia Thomas
- 1985 · That's Dancing! as
- 1984 · Cannonball Run II as Veronica
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1983 · Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway
- 1983 · Harty as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight 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)
- 1979 · Being There as Eve Rand
- 1977 · The Turning Point as Deedee
- 1977 · Laugh-In as Guest Performer
- 1977 · Please Turn the Page as Self
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest
- 1974 · Der große Preis as Self
- 1973 · Nutcracker as Narrator (English version) (voice)
- 1972 · The Possession of Joel Delaney as Norah Benson
- 1972 · Shirley's World as Shirley Logan
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1970 · Two Mules for Sister Sara as Sara
- 1969 · Sweet Charity as Charity
- 1968 · The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Harriet Blossom
- 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 · John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Jenny
- 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 · Two for the Seesaw as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · My Geisha as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
- 1961 · The Children's Hour as Martha Dobie
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · All in a Night's Work as Katie Robbins
- 1960 · Ocean's Eleven as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
- 1960 · The Apartment as Fran Kubelik
- 1960 · Can-Can as Simone Pistache
- 1959 · Career as Sharon Kensington
- 1959 · Ask Any Girl as Meg Wheeler
- 1958 · Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
- 1958 · Hot Spell as Virginia Duval
- 1958 · The Sheepman as Dell Payton
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty 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 - Presenter
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Host
- 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 - Nominee
- 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 · People Not Places as Clare
- 2016 · A Heavenly Christmas as Pearl
- 2015 · Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Men of Granite as Sophia Prather
- 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
- 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
- 2004 · Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' as Self
- 2003 · Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- 2003 · Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine as Self
- 2002 · Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Mary Kay Ash
- 2001 · Rescued from the Closet as Self
- 2000 · The Unknown Peter Sellers as Herself
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · A Smile Like Yours as Martha (uncredited)
- 1995 · The West Side Waltz as Margaret Mary Elderdice
- 1990 · You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Waiting for the Light as Aunt Zena
- 1990 · Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1989 · Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout as self
- 1988 · Madame Sousatzka as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
- 1988 · Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration as Self
- 1985 · The Shirley MacLaine Show as Herself
- 1983 · Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance as Self
- 1982 · Shirley MacLaine... Illusions as Self
- 1982 · Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Cameo Performance
- 1982 · I Love Liberty as Self
- 1981 · Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' as Self
- 1977 · The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as
- 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
- 1974 · Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now as Self
- 1973 · Year of the Woman as
- 1971 · Desperate Characters as Sophie Bentwood
- 1969 · From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma as
- 1965 · The Car That Became a Star as Self
- 1961 · Two Loves as Anna Vorontosov
- 1958 · The Matchmaker as Irene Molloy