Shirley MacLaine

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1934-04-24 (90 years old)

Place of Birth Richmond, Virginia, USA

Also Known As Shirley MacLean Beaty, Širlė Maklein, Shirley McLaine, შირლი მაკლეინი, 셜리 맥클레인, 雪莉·麦克雷恩 , Ширлі Маклейн

Shirley MacLaine

Biography

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

Actor

2023
Bella!

as Self

2022
American Dreamer

as Astrid Fanelli

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2019
Noelle

as Elf Polly

2019
Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2018
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
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)

2015
Men of Granite

as Sophia Prather

2014
Elsa & Fred

as Elsa

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Wide-Awake

as The Pianist

2012
2012
Bernie

as Marjorie Nugent

2010
Valentine's Day

as Estelle Paddington

2010
Downton Abbey

as Martha Levinson

2009
Vittorio D.

as Self

2009
Glee

as June Dolloway

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

2002
Salem Witch Trials

as Rebecca Nurse

2002
2001
These Old Broads

as Kate Westbourne

2000
Bruno

as Helen

1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

1999
1999
1999
Joan of Arc

as Madame de Beaurevoir

1999
Beckmann

as Self

1998
1997
A Smile Like Yours

as Martha (uncredited)

1997
The View

as Self

1996
The Evening Star

as Aurora Greenway

1996
Mrs. Winterbourne

as Grace Winterbourne

1995
The West Side Waltz

as Margaret Mary Elderdice

1994
Guarding Tess

as Tess Carlisle

1993
1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self (archive footage)

1993
Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1992
Used People

as Pearl Berman

1991
Defending Your Life

as Shirley MacLaine

1991
Pebble Mill

as Self

1990
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

1990
1989
Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser Boudreaux

1988
Madame Sousatzka

as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka

1987
Out on a Limb

as Shirley MacLaine

1985
Anne of Green Gables

as Amelia Thomas

1984
Cannonball Run II

as Veronica

1983
Terms of Endearment

as Aurora Greenway

1983
Harty

as Self

1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood

as Self - Cameo Performance

1982
1982
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

as Self (archive footage)

1980
A Change of Seasons

as Karyn Evans

1980
Loving Couples

as Evelyn

1980
1979
Being There

as Eve Rand

1977
1977
Laugh-In

as Guest Performer

1977
1976
Circasia

as Clown

1975
Système 2

as Self

1975
1974
1973
Nutcracker

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

1972
1972
Shirley's World

as Shirley Logan

1971
Desperate Characters

as Sophie Bentwood

1971
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

1966
Gambit

as Nicole

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
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

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
The Matchmaker

as Irene Molloy

1958
Hot Spell

as Virginia Duval

1958
The Sheepman

as Dell Payton

1956
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
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1950
1949
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

Writer

Sound

Producer

Director

2000
Bruno

as Director