Shirley MacLaine
76 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 24, 1934 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Shirley MacLean Beaty · Shirley McLaine
Biography
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).
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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).
Known for
Shirley MacLaine: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- Upcoming People Not Places
as Clare
- Upcoming Lucy Boomer
as Lucy Boomer
- Upcoming Margret and Stevie
as Margret Rey
- 2024 Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
- 2022 American Dreamer
as Astrid Fanelli
- 2021
- 2019 Noelle
as Elf Polly
- 2018 The Little Mermaid
as Eloise
- 2017 The Last Word
as Harriet Lauler
- 2016 A Heavenly Christmas
as Pearl
- 2016 Wild Oats
as Eva
- 2015 Men of Granite
as Sophia Prather
- 2014 Elsa & Fred
as Elsa
- 2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Edna Mitty
- 2012 Wide-Awake
as The Pianist
- 2012 Bernie
as Marjorie Nugent
- 2010
- 2010 Valentine's Day
as Estelle
- 2009
- 2008 Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as Amelia Thomas
- 2008 Coco Chanel
as Coco Chanel
- 2007 Closing the Ring
as Ethel Ann
- 2005 Rumor Has It...
as Katharine Richelieu
- 2005 In Her Shoes
as Ella Hirsh
- 2005 Bewitched
as Iris Smythson / Endora
- 2003 Carolina
as Grandmother Mirabeau
- 2003
- 2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Mary Kay Ash
- 2001 These Old Broads
as Kate Westbourne
- 2000 Bruno
as Helen
- 1999
- 1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1991 Defending Your Life
as Shirley MacLaine
- 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
- 1987
- 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
- 1977 The Turning Point
as Deedee
- 1977
- 1976 Circasia
as Clown
- 1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Norah Benson
- 1972
- 1971 Desperate Characters
as Sophie Bentwood
- 1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Sara
- 1969 Sweet Charity
as Charity
- 1969
- 1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Harriet Blossom
- 1967
- 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
Behind the camera (10)
- 2017 The Last Word
Executive Producer
- 2000 Bruno
Director
- 1987
- 1985 The Shirley MacLaine Show
Writer
- 1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Executive Producer
- 1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Director, Writer, Producer
- 1974
- 1968
- 1965
- 1962 My Geisha
Songs
Talk shows and appearances (82)
- 2026
- 2026
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2019
- 2018
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013 Talking Pictures
1 episode
- 2012
- 2011
- 2009
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 Parkinson
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 V Graham Norton
1 episode
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1999 Beckmann
1 episode
- 1999
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997 The View
1 episode
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Intimate Portrait
2 episodes
- 1991 Pebble Mill
1 episode
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
- 1988
- 1985
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1983 Harty
1 episode
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
2 episodes
- 1981 Entertainment Tonight
1 episode
- 1981
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning
1 episode
- 1977 Please Turn the Page
1 episode
- 1976
- 1975 Système 2
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1 episode
- 1974 Der große Preis
1 episode
- 1973
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
1 episode
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
2 episodes
- 1967 The Carol Burnett Show
1 episode
- 1965
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1 episode
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode
- 1958
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
12 episodes
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show
1 episode
- 1956 Tony Awards
2 episodes
- 1954 Reflets de Cannes
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
6 episodes
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
8 episodes