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
Noelle (2019)
as Elf Polly
The Apartment (1960)
as Fran Kubelik
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
Steel Magnolias (1989)
as Ouiser Boudreaux
Valentine's Day (2010)
as Estelle
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Bewitched (2005)
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Princess Aouda
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
as Sara
Wide-Awake (2012)
as The Pianist
Rumor Has It... (2005)
as Katharine Richelieu
Terms of Endearment (1983)
as Aurora Greenway
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Irma la Douce (1963)
as Irma La Douce
The Last Word (2017)
as Harriet Lauler
In Her Shoes (2005)
as Ella Hirsh
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Veronica
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Jennifer Rogers
Woman Times Seven (1967)
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Martha Dobie
Defending Your Life (1991)
as Shirley MacLaine
Being There (1979)
as Eve Rand
The Royal Variety Performance 1977 (1977)
Actor
The Best of So Graham Norton (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Used People (1992)
as Pearl Berman
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Doris Mann
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Tess Carlisle
Bernie (2012)
as Marjorie Nugent
My Geisha (1962)
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
The Little Mermaid (2018)
as Eloise
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Ethel Ann
Waiting for the Light (1990)
as Aunt Zena
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
as Grace Winterbourne
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Louisa May Foster
These Old Broads (2001)
as Kate Westbourne
American Dreamer (2022)
as Astrid Fanelli
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
as Helen Cooney
Gambit (1966)
as Nicole
Lucy Boomer (—)
as Lucy Boomer
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
as Mae Jenkins
Some Came Running (1958)
as Ginnie Moorehead
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
Wild Oats (2016)
as Eva
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
as Amelia Thomas
Sweet Charity (1969)
as Charity
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self
The Sheepman (1958)
as Dell Payton
The Evening Star (1996)
as Aurora Greenway
The Shirley MacLaine Show (1985)
as Herself
Artists and Models (1955)
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
The Turning Point (1977)
as Deedee
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul (1976)
as Self
Carolina (2003)
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Elsa
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Jenny
Can-Can (1960)
as Simone Pistache
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Meg Wheeler
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
as Mary Kay Ash
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Katie Robbins
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
as Self
Career (1959)
as Sharon Kensington
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
as Martha (uncredited)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Coco Chanel (2008)
as Coco Chanel
A Change of Seasons (1980)
as Karyn Evans
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
as Pearl
The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
as Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
as Norah Benson
Loving Couples (1980)
as Evelyn
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (2001)
as Herself
The Matchmaker (1958)
as Irene Molloy
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
as Harriet Blossom
Palme (2012)
as Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
as Self
Year of the Woman (1973)
as Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
Discovering Audrey Hepburn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration (2024)
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Hot Spell (1958)
as Virginia Duval
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
Two Loves (1961)
as Anna Vorontosov
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The West Side Waltz (1995)
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
as Self - Cameo Performance
Bruno (2000)
as Helen
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977)
as Self
The Car That Became a Star (1965)
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Bella! (2023)
as Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)
as Self
Desperate Characters (1971)
as Sophie Bentwood
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self
Vittorio D. (2009)
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma (1969)
Actor
Circasia (1976)
as Clown
People Not Places (—)
as Clare
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' (1980)
as Self
Inside 'The Apartment' (2008)
as Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
as Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)
as Self
Men of Granite (2015)
as Sophia Prather
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974)
as Self
Margret and Stevie (—)
as Margret Rey
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions (1982)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout (1989)
as self