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).
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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Filmography
all 164
Movies 125
self 83
TV Shows 39
Producer 1
Narrator 1
Rat Pack (2022)
Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Noelle (2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
The Little Mermaid (2018)
The Last Word (2017)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015)
Men of Granite (2015)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Wide-Awake (2012)
Bernie (2012)
CBS Mornings (2012)
Downton Abbey (2010)
Valentine's Day (2010)
Glee (2009)
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
Coco Chanel (2008)
Closing the Ring (2007)
Rumor Has It... (2005)
In Her Shoes (2005)
Bewitched (2005)
Carolina (2003)
Salem Witch Trials (2002)
These Old Broads (2001)
Bruno (2000)
Joan of Arc (1999)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
The Evening Star (1996)
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
The West Side Waltz (1995)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Intimate Portrait (1993)
Used People (1992)
Defending Your Life (1991)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
Waiting for the Light (1990)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Out on a Limb (1987)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Harty (1983)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
A Change of Seasons (1980)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
Being There (1979)
Laugh-In (1977)
LIFE Goes to the Movies (1976)
Circasia (1976)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Nutcracker (1973)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
Shirley's World (1972)
Desperate Characters (1971)
Sweet Charity (1969)
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma (1969)
The Art of Exaggeration: Designs for Sweet Charity by Edith Head (1969)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
Woman Times Seven (1967)
Gambit (1966)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
Irma la Douce (1963)
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
My Geisha (1962)
The Children's Hour (1961)
Two Loves (1961)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Can-Can (1960)
Career (1959)
Ask Any Girl (1959)
Some Came Running (1958)
The Matchmaker (1958)
Hot Spell (1958)
The Sheepman (1958)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Artists and Models (1955)
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
People Not Places
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1934-04-24 (90 years old)
Birth NameShirley MacLean Beaty
Birth PlaceRichmond, United States
ReligionBaptists
Height
RelationshipsSteve Parker (1954 - 1982)
ChildrenSachi Parker
FatherIra Owens Beaty
MotherKathlyn Corinne Maclean
SiblingsWarren Beatty
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsShirley MacLean Beaty, Širlė Maklein, Shirley McLaine, შირლი მაკლეინი, 셜리 맥클레인, 雪莉·麦克雷恩 , Ширлі Маклейн
AwardsKnight of the Legion of Honour, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special, GLAAD Vanguard Award, Crystal Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, Kennedy Center Honors, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Silver Bear for Best Actress, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary Golden Bear, Academy Award for Best Actress
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