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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Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson
Glee
June Dolloway
Only Murders in the Building
Rose Cooper
Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
The Carol Burnett Show
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Intimate Portrait
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Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
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The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
Elsa & Fred
Elsa
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Edna Mitty
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Apartment
Fran Kubelik
Circasia
Clown
Ocean's Eleven
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Reflets de Cannes
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Hot Spell
Virginia Duval
My Geisha
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Noelle
Elf Polly
Gambit
Nicole
Bernie
Marjorie Nugent
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser Boudreaux
Bewitched
Iris Smythson / Endora
Bella!
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
Sara
Wild Oats
Eva
Palme
Self
Guarding Tess
Tess Carlisle
Can-Can
Simone Pistache
American Dreamer
Astrid Fanelli
Sweet Charity
Charity
Terms of Endearment
Aurora Greenway
Lucy Boomer
Lucy Boomer
Carolina
Grandmother Mirabeau
Used People
Pearl Berman
Two Loves
Anna Vorontosov
The Little Mermaid
Eloise
Mrs. Winterbourne
Grace Winterbourne
Irma la Douce
Irma La Douce
Rumor Has It...
Katharine Richelieu
Cannonball Run II
Veronica
Der große Preis
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Some Came Running
Ginnie Moorehead
Joan of Arc
Madame de Beaurevoir
Valentine's Day
Estelle Paddington
Madame Sousatzka
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
The Last Word
Harriet Lauler
The Sheepman
Dell Payton
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
The Children's Hour
Martha Dobie
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Postcards from the Edge
Doris Mann
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Loving Couples
Evelyn
Get Bruce!
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Harty
Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
The Matchmaker
Irene Molloy
What a Way to Go!
Louisa May Foster
Wide-Awake
The Pianist
Defending Your Life
Shirley MacLaine
Desperate Characters
Sophie Bentwood
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Harriet Blossom
Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse
Woman Times Seven
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Helen Cooney
In Her Shoes
Ella Hirsh
Around the World in 80 Days
Princess Aouda
Vittorio D.
Self
Being There
Eve Rand
The Emmy Awards
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Talking Pictures
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
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The Celluloid Closet
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Mae Jenkins
The Evening Star
Aurora Greenway
That's Dancing!
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Norah Benson
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Nutcracker
Narrator (English version) (voice)
I Love Liberty
Self
A Change of Seasons
Karyn Evans
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Mary Kay Ash
The Trouble with Harry
Jennifer Rogers
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
The Turning Point
Deedee
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Two for the Seesaw
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Waiting for the Light
Aunt Zena
A Heavenly Christmas
Pearl
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Amelia Thomas
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
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Year of the Woman
A Smile Like Yours
Martha (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
Katie Robbins
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
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Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
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These Old Broads
Kate Westbourne
Rescued from the Closet
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Système 2
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Men of Granite
Sophia Prather
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Jenny
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
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Inside 'The Apartment'
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Forever Hollywood
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Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
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Shirley's World
Shirley Logan
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
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The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Out on a Limb
Shirley MacLaine
Artists and Models
Bessie Sparrowbush
The Car That Became a Star
Self
Ask Any Girl
Meg Wheeler
Closing the Ring
Ethel Ann
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
Laugh-In
Guest Performer
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Self
Bruno
Helen
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Herself
Jack Paar: Smart Television
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
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The Unknown Peter Sellers
Herself
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Narrator (voice)
Career
Sharon Kensington
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Cameo Performance
People Not Places
Clare
The West Side Waltz
Margaret Mary Elderdice
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
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The All-Star Christmas Show
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Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
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Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
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Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
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Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The View
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Champs-Elysées
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The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Pebble Mill
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Beckmann
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
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The Bob Hope Show
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V Graham Norton
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Entertainment Tonight
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V.I.P. Schaukel
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Please Turn the Page
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The Early Show
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Inside the Actors Studio
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