Shirley MacLaine
Born: 1934-04-24 in Richmond, Virginia, USA
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2024
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
2023
- Bella! as Self
2022
- American Dreamer as Astrid Fanelli
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Only Murders in the Building as Rose Cooper
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2019
- Noelle as Elf Polly
- Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2018
- The Little Mermaid as Eloise
- Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists as Self
2017
- The Last Word as Harriet Lauler
2016
- Wild Oats as Eva
- A Heavenly Christmas as Pearl
2015
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self (archive footage)
- Men of Granite as Sophia Prather
- Discovering Audrey Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Elsa & Fred as Elsa
- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
2013
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Edna Mitty
- Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Bernie as Marjorie Nugent
- Palme as Self
- Wide-Awake as The Pianist
2010
- Downton Abbey as Martha Levinson
- Valentine's Day as Estelle Paddington
2009
- Glee as June Dolloway
- Vittorio D. as Self
2008
- Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning as Amelia Thomas
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History as Self
- Inside 'The Apartment' as Self
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical as Self
- Coco Chanel as Coco Chanel
2007
- Closing the Ring as Ethel Ann
2005
- Bewitched as Iris Smythson / Endora
- Rumor Has It... as Katharine Richelieu
- In Her Shoes as Ella Hirsh
2004
2003
- Carolina as Grandmother Mirabeau
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- Jack Paar: Smart Television as Self
- Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine as Self
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Salem Witch Trials as Rebecca Nurse
- Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay as Mary Kay Ash
2001
- These Old Broads as Kate Westbourne
- Rescued from the Closet as Self
- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert as Herself
2000
- Bruno as Helen
- The Unknown Peter Sellers as Herself
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- Get Bruce! as Self
- Joan of Arc as Madame de Beaurevoir
- Forever Hollywood as Self
- The Early Show as Self
1998
- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu as Narrator (voice)
- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy as Self
1997
- The View as Self
- A Smile Like Yours as Martha (uncredited)
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1996
- Mrs. Winterbourne as Grace Winterbourne
- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels as Self
- The Celluloid Closet as Self
- The Evening Star as Aurora Greenway
1995
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
- The West Side Waltz as Margaret Mary Elderdice
1994
- Guarding Tess as Tess Carlisle
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self (archive footage)
- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway as Helen Cooney
1992
- Used People as Pearl Berman
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Defending Your Life as Shirley MacLaine
1990
- Postcards from the Edge as Doris Mann
- Waiting for the Light as Aunt Zena
- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage)
- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
1989
- Steel Magnolias as Ouiser Boudreaux
- Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout as self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- Madame Sousatzka as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
- Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration as Self
1987
- Out on a Limb as Shirley MacLaine
1985
- That's Dancing!
- The Shirley MacLaine Show as Herself
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- Cannonball Run II as Veronica
1983
- Terms of Endearment as Aurora Greenway
- Harty as Self
- Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance as Self
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- I Love Liberty as Self
- Shirley MacLaine... Illusions as Self
- Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Cameo Performance
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
- Be Pretty and Shut Up! as Self (archive footage)
1980
- Loving Couples as Evelyn
- A Change of Seasons as Karyn Evans
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
- Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' as Self
1979
- CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- Being There as Eve Rand
1977
- Please Turn the Page as Self
- The Turning Point as Deedee
- The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? as Self
- Laugh-In as Guest Performer
1976
- Circasia as Clown
- Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self - Guest
- Système 2 as Self
- The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir as Self
1974
- Der große Preis as Self
- Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now as Self
1973
- Nutcracker as Narrator (English version) (voice)
- Year of the Woman
1972
- The Possession of Joel Delaney as Norah Benson
- Shirley's World as Shirley Logan
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Desperate Characters as Sophie Bentwood
1970
- Two Mules for Sister Sara as Sara
1969
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom as Harriet Blossom
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self
- 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
- The Car That Became a Star as Self
1964
- What a Way to Go! as Louisa May Foster
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Mae Jenkins
1963
- Irma la Douce as Irma La Douce
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- My Geisha as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
- Two for the Seesaw as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Two Loves as Anna Vorontosov
- The Children's Hour as Martha Dobie
- All in a Night's Work as Katie Robbins
1960
- Ocean's Eleven as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
- The Apartment as Fran Kubelik
- Can-Can as Simone Pistache
1959
- Ask Any Girl as Meg Wheeler
- Career as Sharon Kensington
1958
- Hot Spell as Virginia Duval
- The Sheepman as Dell Payton
- Some Came Running as Ginnie Moorehead
- The Matchmaker as Irene Molloy
- The All-Star Christmas Show as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Around the World in 80 Days as Princess Aouda
1955
- The Trouble with Harry as Jennifer Rogers
- Artists and Models as Bessie Sparrowbush
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
1949
- The Emmy Awards as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self