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Shirley MacLaine

Born 1934-04-24
📍 Richmond, Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography 159

Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
2024
Bella!
as Self
2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
2023
American Dreamer
as Astrid Fanelli
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Only Murders in the Building
as Rose Cooper
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Noelle
as Elf Polly
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
2018
The Little Mermaid
as Eloise
2018
The Last Word
as Harriet Lauler
2017
A Heavenly Christmas
as Pearl
2016
Wild Oats
as Eva
2016
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
2014
Elsa & Fred
as Elsa
2014
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Edna Mitty
2013
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Wide-Awake
as The Pianist
2012
Palme
as Self
2012
Bernie
as Marjorie Nugent
2012
Downton Abbey
as Martha Levinson
2010
Valentine's Day
as Estelle Paddington
2010
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
Glee
as June Dolloway
2009
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as Amelia Thomas
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
2008
Coco Chanel
as Coco Chanel
2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self
2008
Closing the Ring
as Ethel Ann
2007
Rumor Has It...
as Katharine Richelieu
2005
In Her Shoes
as Ella Hirsh
2005
Bewitched
as Iris Smythson / Endora
2005
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
2004
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
2003
Carolina
as Grandmother Mirabeau
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Salem Witch Trials
as Rebecca Nurse
2003
Salem Witch Trials
as Rebecca Nurse
2002
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Mary Kay Ash
2002
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
2001
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
2001
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
as Herself
2001
These Old Broads
as Kate Westbourne
2001
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
2000
Bruno
as Helen
2000
The Early Show
as Self
1999
Joan of Arc
as Madame de Beaurevoir
1999
Beckmann
as Self
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1999
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
1998
A Smile Like Yours
as Martha (uncredited)
1997
The View
as Self
1997
The Evening Star
as Aurora Greenway
1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
1996
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Grace Winterbourne
1996
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
1996
The West Side Waltz
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
Guarding Tess
as Tess Carlisle
1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Helen Cooney
1993
Intimate Portrait
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Intimate Portrait
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Used People
as Pearl Berman
1992
Defending Your Life
as Shirley MacLaine
1991
Postcards from the Edge
as Doris Mann
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Waiting for the Light
as Aunt Zena
1990
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser Boudreaux
1989
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
as self
1989
Madame Sousatzka
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
1988
Out on a Limb
as Shirley MacLaine
1987
The Shirley MacLaine Show
as Herself
1985
That's Dancing!
1985
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Cannonball Run II
as Veronica
1984
Terms of Endearment
as Aurora Greenway
1983
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
as Self
1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Cameo Performance
1982
I Love Liberty
as Self
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self (archive footage)
1981
A Change of Seasons
as Karyn Evans
1980
Loving Couples
as Evelyn
1980
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
as Self
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Being There
as Eve Rand
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Turning Point
as Deedee
1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
1977
Circasia
as Clown
1976
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
as Self
1976
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self - Guest
1975
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
as Self
1974
Year of the Woman
as Self
1973
The Nutcracker
as Narrator (English version) (voice)
1973
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Norah Benson
1972
Shirley's World
as Shirley Logan
1972
Desperate Characters
as Sophie Bentwood
1971
Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Sara
1970
Sweet Charity
as Charity
1969
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Harriet Blossom
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Woman Times Seven
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self
1967
Gambit
as Nicole
1966
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Jenny
1965
The Car That Became a Star
as Self
1965
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mae Jenkins
1964
What a Way to Go!
as Louisa May Foster
1964
Irma la Douce
as Irma La Douce
1963
Two for the Seesaw
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
My Geisha
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
1962
The Children's Hour
as Martha Dobie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Two Loves
as Anna Vorontosov
1961
All in a Night's Work
as Katie Robbins
1961
Ocean's Eleven
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
1960
The Apartment
as Fran Kubelik
1960
Can-Can
as Simone Pistache
1960
Career
as Sharon Kensington
1959
Ask Any Girl
as Meg Wheeler
1959
Some Came Running
as Ginnie Moorehead
1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
The Matchmaker
as Irene Molloy
1958
Hot Spell
as Virginia Duval
1958
The Sheepman
as Dell Payton
1958
Around the World in 80 Days
as Princess Aouda
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Artists and Models
as Bessie Sparrowbush
1955
The Trouble with Harry
as Jennifer Rogers
1955
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
1944