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