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Shirley MacLaine
Actor, Producer, Director, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn April 24, 1934 (91 years)
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).
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).
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Shirley MacLaine Filmography
| 2022 | American Dreamer · as Astrid Fanelli |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building (TV Series) · as Rose Cooper |
| 2019 | Noelle · as Elf Polly |
| 2018 | Feminists: What Were They Thinking? · as Martha Dobie |
| 2018 | The Little Mermaid · as Eloise |
| 2017 | The Last Word · as Harriet Lauler |
| 2016 | A Heavenly Christmas · as Pearl |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds · as Doris Mann |
| 2015 | Women He's Undressed · as Cast |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred · as Elsa |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Edna Mitty |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake · as The Pianist |
| 2012 | Downton Abbey Revisited · as Martha Levinson |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Vito · as Martha Dobie |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Martha Levinson |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day · as Estelle Paddington |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as June Dolloway |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning · as Amelia Thomas |
| 2008 | Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep · as Doris Mann |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel · as Coco Chanel |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring · as Ethel Ann |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... · as Katharine Richelieu |
| 2005 | Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That · as Sara |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes · as Ella Hirsh |
| 2005 | Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe · as Cast |
| 2005 | Bewitched · as Iris Smythson / Endora |
| 2003 | Carolina · as Grandmother Mirabeau |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials · as Rebecca Nurse |
| 2002 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay · as Mary Kay Ash |
| 2001 | These Old Broads · as Kate Westbourne |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Deedee Rodgers |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as Cast |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc (TV Series) · as Madame De Beaurevoir |
| 1998 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | Mikhail Baryshnikov's Stories from My Childhood (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1997 | A Smile Like Yours · as Martha (uncredited) |
| 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 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway · as Helen Cooney |
| 1992 | Used People · as Pearl Berman |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge · as Doris Mann |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light · as Aunt Zena |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias · as Ouiser Boudreaux |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka · as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II · as Veronica |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment · as Aurora Greenway |
| 1980 | A Change of Seasons · as Karyn Evans |
| 1980 | Loving Couples · as Evelyn |
| 1979 | Being There · as Eve Rand |
| 1977 | The Turning Point · as Deedee |
| 1977 | Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Guest Performer |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | The Nutcracker · as Narrator (english Version) (voice) |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney · as Norah Benson |
| 1971 | Desperate Characters · as Sophie Bentwood |
| 1971 | Shirley's World (TV Series) · as Shirley Logan |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara · as Sara |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity · as Charity |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom · as Harriet Blossom |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven · as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne |
| 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 | 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 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Princess Aouda |
| 1955 | Artists and Models · as Bessie Sparrowbush |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry · as Jennifer Rogers |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life · as Self |
| 2023 | Mcaine. An Anagram of Cinema · as Self |
| 2022 | My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock · as Self |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2021 | Wolfgang · as Self |
| 2020 | I Am Burt Reynolds · as Self |
| 2020 | Anthony Perkins: Beyond Psycho · as Self |
| 2019 | Bob Fosse: It's Showtime! · as Self |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Hitchcock Confidential · as Self |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | 75th Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre · as Self |
| 2017 | Nikita Khrushchev - The Red Tsar · as Self |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Self |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2016 | Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · as Self |
| 2015 | Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood · as Self - Warren's Sister |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | The IMDb Studio at Sundance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Makers: Women Who Make America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures (2013) (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | Palme · as Self |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Super Soul Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2009 | Vittorio D. · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Movies Rock · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Billy Wilder Speaks · as Self |
| 2006 | The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2006 · as Self - Nominee |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Sinatra: Dark Star · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Best of 'So Graham Norton' · as Self |
| 2004 | 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops · as Self - #68 Foul Follow-Up Films: Cannonball Run 2 |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde · as Self |
| 2002 | Reel Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet · as Self |
| 2001 | Timeless: Live in Concert · as Herself |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | The Unknown Peter Sellers · as Herself |
| 2000 | The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | The Rat Pack (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Beckmann (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Get Bruce · as Self |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood · as Self |
| 1998 | The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Cecil B. Demille Award Recipient |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon · as Self - Narrator |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels · as Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Private Screenings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The Celluloid Closet · as Self |
| 1995 | 50 Years of Funny Females · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame · as Self - Honoree |
| 1994 | Barbra: The Concert · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1994 | The 66th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | The Best of the Don Lane Show · as Self |
| 1993 | Voxtours (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | The 65th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 1993 | The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Oscar's Greatest Moments · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | Maury (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1991 | The 45th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life · as Shirley Maclaine |
| 1991 | The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1990 | Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | Inner Workout · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Later with Bob Costas (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb (TV Series) · as Shirley Maclaine |
| 1987 | The 32th Annual Thalians Ball · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | Liberty Weekend · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | The Shirley MacLaine Show · as Herself |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | The 57th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1984 | The 56th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Shirley MacLaine... Illusions · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Baryshnikov in Hollywood · as Self - Cameo Performance |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysees (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1981 | Sois belle et tais-toi! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | |
| 1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1979 | Shirley MacLaine at the Lido · as Self |
| 1979 | The 51st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1978 | The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1978 | The 50th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | |
| 1977 | Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala · as Self |
| 1976 | Life Goes to the Movies · as Self - Host |
| 1976 | Live from Lincoln Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | Gypsy in My Soul · as Self |
| 1975 | Salute to Sir Lew - The Master Showman · as Self |
| 1975 | 47th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Co-Host & Presenter |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Système 2 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Sunday meetings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1974 | The Grand Prize (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | The 46th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | A World of Love · as Self - Co-Host |
| 1970 | The 24th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Host |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The Phil Donahue Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The 38th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1964 | The 36th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1963 | Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | Hollywood: The Great Stars · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | President Kennedy's Birthday Salute · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | Premier Khrushchev in the USA · as Self |
| 1959 | The 31st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1958 | The Sid Caesar Show · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1957 | The Mike Wallace Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1954 | Shower of Stars (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | Person to Person (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Reflets de Cannes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Last Word · as Executive Producer |
| 1982 | |
| 1977 | The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? · as Executive Producer |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb (TV Series) · as Book |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom · as Songs |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · as Songs |
| 1962 | My Geisha · as Songs |