Shirley MacLaine
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Shirley MacLaine

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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).

Films Featuring Shirley MacLaine

The Apartment

19608.2

Being There

19797.6

Irma la Douce

19637.4

Rumor Has It...

20055.7

Around the World in 80 Days

19566.7

Carolina

20035.8

Steel Magnolias

19897.2

The Children's Hour

19617.6

Terms of Endearment

19837.1

The Evening Star

19965.9

The Trouble with Harry

19557.0

Guarding Tess

19946.0

Postcards from the Edge

19906.6

Two Mules for Sister Sara

19707.0

What a Way to Go!

19647.1

In Her Shoes

20056.2

Cannonball Run II

19845.4

Coco Chanel

20086.6

Defending Your Life

19916.9

Bewitched

20055.1

Valentine's Day

20105.9

Can-Can

19606.7

Mrs. Winterbourne

19967.2

Gambit

19667.0

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

19936.3

Closing the Ring

20076.2

I Love Liberty

1982

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

19804.0

Used People

19925.8

The Possession of Joel Delaney

19725.6

Sweet Charity

19696.9

A Change of Seasons

19805.7

My Geisha

19626.5

Artists and Models

19556.7

Woman Times Seven

19676.3

The Matchmaker

19587.0

The Turning Point

19776.6

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

20086.0

Some Came Running

19587.0

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

19646.1

Get Bruce!

19996.5

American Dreamer

20225.9

Bernie

20126.6

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

20018.3

The Sheepman

19586.9

Ask Any Girl

19596.5

Two for the Seesaw

19626.5

Bruno

20006.5

These Old Broads

20016.3

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

20037.0

All in a Night's Work

19616.0

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

19653.8

Waiting for the Light

19906.7

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

20137.2

Bella!

2023

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

19758.0

Madame Sousatzka

19886.9

Hot Spell

19585.9

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

20026.3

Career

19596.7

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

19776.5

Loving Couples

19804.8

Two Loves

19615.4

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0

Elsa & Fred

20145.9

Men of Granite

Men of Granite

201510.0

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

19888.0

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

19686.8

Ocean's Eleven

19606.4

Rat Pack

20229.0

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

19816.2

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

1982

Desperate Characters

19715.1

Mike Wallace Is Here

20196.5

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

20144.8

The Last Word

20176.6

People Not Places

People Not Places

Wild Oats

20166.1

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

A Heavenly Christmas

20166.1

Year of the Woman

19739.0

The Little Mermaid

20185.0

The West Side Waltz

19956.2

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

19908.7

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

19986.0

The Celluloid Closet

19967.2

Vittorio D.

20096.3

A Smile Like Yours

19974.0

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

20045.8

Wide-Awake

20125.8

Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

1976

The Shirley MacLaine Show

198510.0

Noelle

20196.6

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

20187.1

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

The Unknown Peter Sellers

20008.2

Forever Hollywood

19998.3

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015

Jack Paar: Smart Television

20038.0

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

19987.4

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Palme

20127.6

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

19966.4

Circasia

19765.0

Inside 'The Apartment'

2008

The Car That Became a Star

19656.3

From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

1969

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

1980

Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

19828.0

Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

2003

Rescued from the Closet

20016.5

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout

1989

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

2008

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

19748.0

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

20244.5

The All-Star Christmas Show

19586.0

Discovering Audrey Hepburn

20158.0

Lucy Boomer

Lucy Boomer

That's Dancing!

19856.9

Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent

20267.0

Margret and Stevie

Margret and Stevie

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

20237.0

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

20019.0

Commitment to Life

2023

Vito

20116.9

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

20057.0

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

20177.5

The Best of So Graham Norton

2004