Shirley MacLaine
Acting
🎂 1934-04-24
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(166)
Self
1962
Self
2002
Self
1982
Self
1997
1988
Self
1999
Self
1967
June Dolloway
2009
Self
1961
Self - Guest
1968
Rose Cooper
2021
Self - Guest
1975
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944
Self - Winner
1944
Martha Levinson
2010
Self
1950
Self - Guest
1956
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Host
1956
Self
1956
Self
1991
Self
1974
Self
1953
Self
1983
Self
1949
Madame de Beaurevoir
1999
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1981
Self
1977
Amelia Thomas
1985
Self
1999
Self
1984
Shirley MacLaine
1987
Edna Mitty
2013
Self
1975
Shirley Logan
1972
Ouiser Boudreaux
1989
Self
1994
Self
1971
Fran Kubelik
1960
Estelle Paddington
2010
Princess Aouda
1956
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
1960
Sara
1970
Katharine Richelieu
2005
Self
1954
Aurora Greenway
1983
Iris Smythson / Endora
2005
Veronica
1984
Eve Rand
1979
Eloise
2018
Shirley MacLaine
1991
Elf Polly
2019
Irma La Douce
1963
Irene Molloy
1958
Ella Hirsh
2005
Martha Dobie
1961
Deedee
1977
Doris Mann
1990
Jennifer Rogers
1955
Astrid Fanelli
2022
Ethel Ann
2007
Marjorie Nugent
2012
Harriet Lauler
2017
Rebecca Nurse
2002
Bessie Sparrowbush
1955
Tess Carlisle
1994
Grace Winterbourne
1996
Self
1996
Guest Performer
1977
Nicole
1966
Louisa May Foster
1964
Katie Robbins
1961
Aurora Greenway
1996
Elsa
2014
Kate Westbourne
2001
Helen Cooney
1993
Ginnie Moorehead
1958
Mae Jenkins
1964
Charity
1969
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
1962
Grandmother Mirabeau
2003
Eva
2016
Self
1996
Harriet Blossom
1968
Dell Payton
1958
Coco Chanel
2008
Self (archive footage)
2019
Simone Pistache
1960
Self
1999
Amelia Thomas
2008
Self (archive footage)
1981
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1973
Self (archive footage)
2022
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
1962
Pearl Berman
1992
Self
2021
Self
1995
Self
2003
Self
1997
Pearl
2016
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
1967
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
1988
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
2024
Helen
2000
Clown
1976
Jenny
1965
Martha (uncredited)
1997
Anna Vorontosov
1961
Norah Benson
1972
The Pianist
2012
1985
Self
2023
Meg Wheeler
1959
Evelyn
1980
Self (archive footage)
2015
Self
2012
Self
1990
Self (archive footage)
1990
Karyn Evans
1980
Self - Cameo Performance
1982
Self
2018
Self
1965
Self
2003
Sophie Bentwood
1971
Self
2008
Self
2001
Virginia Duval
1958
Clare
Aunt Zena
1990
Self
2004
Self (archive footage)
1980
Self
1982
Self
1999
Self
2009
Sharon Kensington
1959
Self
2014
Self
2008
Margaret Mary Elderdice
1995
Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
2015
Self
1998
1969
1973
Herself
2001
Narrator (voice)
1998
Sophia Prather
2015
1977
1958
Self
1980
Self
1975
Mary Kay Ash
2002
Self
1988
Self
1983
Herself
2000
Self
2008
Herself
1985
Self
1974
Self
1976
Self
1982
Self
2003
self
1989