Shirley MacLaine
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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Known for
Glee
June Dolloway
Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson
Only Murders in the Building
Rose Cooper
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Oscars
Self
Harty
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Joan of Arc
Madame de Beaurevoir
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Anne of Green Gables
Amelia Thomas
The Emmy Awards
Self
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Edna Mitty
What a Way to Go!
Louisa May Foster
Shirley's World
Shirley Logan
The Apartment
Fran Kubelik
The Matchmaker
Irene Molloy
Elsa & Fred
Elsa
Around the World in Eighty Days
Princess Aouda
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Harriet Blossom
Valentine's Day
Estelle Paddington
Système 2
Self
Ocean's Eleven
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Der große Preis
Self
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser Boudreaux
Terms of Endearment
Aurora Greenway
Cannonball Run II
Veronica
Closing the Ring
Ethel Ann
Reflets de Cannes
Self
Rumor Has It...
Katharine Richelieu
Bewitched
Iris Smythson / Endora
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Sara
Irma la Douce
Irma La Douce
In Her Shoes
Ella Hirsh
The Little Mermaid
Eloise
Being There
Eve Rand
Can-Can
Simone Pistache
Guarding Tess
Tess Carlisle
Artists and Models
Bessie Sparrowbush
The Children's Hour
Martha Dobie
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Mae Jenkins
Bernie
Marjorie Nugent
The Trouble with Harry
Jennifer Rogers
Noelle
Elf Polly
Laugh-In
Guest Performer
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Helen Cooney
Defending Your Life
Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
Doris Mann
Mrs. Winterbourne
Grace Winterbourne
Sweet Charity
Charity
The Last Word
Harriet Lauler
American Dreamer
Astrid Fanelli
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse
The Evening Star
Aurora Greenway
Out on a Limb
Shirley MacLaine
All in a Night's Work
Katie Robbins
Used People
Pearl Berman
The Sheepman
Dell Payton
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Carolina
Grandmother Mirabeau
Gambit
Nicole
Woman Times Seven
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
The Turning Point
Deedee
Bruno
Helen
Some Came Running
Ginnie Moorehead
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
My Geisha
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
These Old Broads
Kate Westbourne
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Amelia Thomas
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Norah Benson
Wild Oats
Eva
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
Karyn Evans
Vittorio D.
Self
A Heavenly Christmas
Pearl
Two Loves
Anna Vorontosov
Two for the Seesaw
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Madame Sousatzka
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
A Smile Like Yours
Martha (uncredited)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
Ask Any Girl
Meg Wheeler
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Waiting for the Light
Aunt Zena
The All-Star Christmas Show
Get Bruce!
Self
Wide-Awake
The Pianist
Palme
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Jenny
That's Dancing!
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
Hot Spell
Virginia Duval
Loving Couples
Evelyn
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Nutcracker
Narrator (English version) (voice)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Desperate Characters
Sophie Bentwood
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Mary Kay Ash
Bella!
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
The West Side Waltz
Margaret Mary Elderdice
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
Career
Sharon Kensington
Men of Granite
Sophia Prather
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
The View
Self
I Love Liberty
Self
Circasia
Clown
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
The Car That Became a Star
Self
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
Self
People Not Places
Clare
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Narrator (voice)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Cameo Performance
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Herself
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Herself
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Year of the Woman
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
self
The Early Show
Self
Pebble Mill
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Beckmann
Self
V Graham Norton
Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self
Please Turn the Page
Self