Shirley MacLaine
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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
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
as Edna Mitty
The Apartment (1960)
as Fran Kubelik
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
as Ouiser Boudreaux
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
as Sara
Bewitched (2005)
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Valentine's Day (2010)
as Estelle Paddington
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Princess Aouda
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Veronica
Lucy Boomer (—)
as Lucy Boomer
Rumor Has It... (2005)
as Katharine Richelieu
In Her Shoes (2005)
as Ella Hirsh
Coco Chanel (2008)
as Coco Chanel
Irma la Douce (1963)
as Irma La Douce
Being There (1979)
as Eve Rand
Terms of Endearment (1983)
as Aurora Greenway
The Little Mermaid (2018)
as Eloise
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Tess Carlisle
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Martha Dobie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Jennifer Rogers
Noelle (2019)
as Elf Polly
Defending Your Life (1991)
as Shirley MacLaine
Used People (1992)
as Pearl Berman
Wild Oats (2016)
as Eva
Wide-Awake (2012)
as The Pianist
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Doris Mann
Artists and Models (1955)
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
The Last Word (2017)
as Harriet Lauler
Woman Times Seven (1967)
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
My Geisha (1962)
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
as Grace Winterbourne
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Elsa
The Sheepman (1958)
as Dell Payton
Bernie (2012)
as Marjorie Nugent
Some Came Running (1958)
as Ginnie Moorehead
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Ethel Ann
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Louisa May Foster
The Turning Point (1977)
as Deedee
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
as Mae Jenkins
Sweet Charity (1969)
as Charity
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
as Rebecca Nurse
Gambit (1966)
as Nicole
Carolina (2003)
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
These Old Broads (2001)
as Kate Westbourne
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
The Royal Variety Performance 1977 (1977)
Actor
The Evening Star (1996)
as Aurora Greenway
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Matchmaker (1958)
as Irene Molloy
A Change of Seasons (1980)
as Karyn Evans
Bruno (2000)
as Helen
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
as Self
Can-Can (1960)
as Simone Pistache
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
as Helen Cooney
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2017)
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
as Amelia Thomas
American Dreamer (2022)
as Astrid Fanelli
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Palme (2012)
as Self
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Jenny
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
as Norah Benson
Two Loves (1961)
as Anna Vorontosov
Vittorio D. (2009)
as Self
Hot Spell (1958)
as Virginia Duval
Waiting for the Light (1990)
as Aunt Zena
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Meg Wheeler
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
as Harriet Blossom
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
as Pearl
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
The Car That Became a Star (1965)
as Self
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
as Self
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
as Martha (uncredited)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Career (1959)
as Sharon Kensington
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Katie Robbins
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Self
Loving Couples (1980)
as Evelyn
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self
Men of Granite (2015)
as Sophia Prather
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
as Self
Discovering Audrey Hepburn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
as Mary Kay Ash
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration (2024)
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
The West Side Waltz (1995)
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
Desperate Characters (1971)
as Sophie Bentwood
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (2001)
as Herself
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' (1980)
as Self
Bella! (2023)
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
as Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977)
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Inside 'The Apartment' (2008)
as Self
People Not Places (—)
as Clare
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
as Self - Cameo Performance
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions (1982)
as Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Show (1985)
as Herself
Year of the Woman (1973)
as Self
Circasia (1976)
as Clown
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul (1976)
as Self
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance (1983)
as Self
Margret and Stevie (—)
as Margret Rey
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma (1969)
Actor
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine (2003)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout (1989)
as self