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Shirley MacLaine
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer
Born April 24, 1934 (88 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).
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Filmography
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building (TV Series) · as Rose Cooper |
| 2019 | Noelle · as Elf Polly |
| 2018 | The Little Mermaid · as Eloise |
| 2018 | Feminists: What Were They Thinking? · as Martha Dobie |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | The Last Word · as Harriet Lauler |
| 2016 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds · as Doris Mann |
| 2016 | A Heavenly Christmas · as Pearl |
| 2016 | Wild Oats · as Eva Miller |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred · as Elsa |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Edna Mitty |
| 2013 | Downton Abbey: The London Season · as Martha Levinson |
| 2012 | Palme · as Unknown |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | Vito · as Martha Dobie |
| 2011 | Bernie · as Marjorie Nugent |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day · as Estelle Paddington |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Martha Levinson |
| 2009 | Glee (TV Series) · as June Dolloway |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel · as Coco Chanel |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning · as Amelia Thomas |
| 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 | Bewitched · as Iris Smythson / Endora |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes · as Ella Hirsh |
| 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 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 · as actor |
| 2000 | Bruno · as Helen |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Deedee Rodgers |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc (TV Series) · as Madame de Beaurevoir |
| 1997 | A Smile Like Yours · as Martha (uncredited) |
| 1996 | The Evening Star · as Aurora Greenway |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne · as Grace Winterbourne |
| 1995 | |
| 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 |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life · as Shirley MacLaine |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light · as Aunt Zena |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge · as Doris Mann |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias · as Ouiser Boudreaux |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka · as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! · as Unknown |
| 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 |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir · as Unknown |
| 1973 | The Nutcracker · as Narrator |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney · as Norah Benson |
| 1971 | Desperate Characters · as Sophie Bentwood |
| 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 |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Gambit · as Nicole |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · as Jenny |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! · as Louisa May Foster |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce · as Mae Jenkins |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce · as Irma La Douce |
| 1962 | My Geisha · as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori |
| 1962 | Two for the Seesaw · as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour · as Martha Dobie |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work · as Katie Robbins |
| 1961 | Two Loves · as Anna Vorontosov |
| 1960 | Can-Can · as Simone Pistache |
| 1960 | The Apartment · as Fran Kubelik |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven · as Tipsy Girl |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl · as Meg Wheeler |
| 1958 | Some Came Running · as Ginnie Moorehead |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker · as Irene Molloy |
| 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 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Unknown |