Shirley MacLaine
Acting
Born: April 24, 1934 (age 92) · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
Valentine's Day
2010
The Apartment
1960
Only Murders in the Building
2021
Bewitched
2005
In Her Shoes
2005
Rumor Has It...
2005
Downton Abbey
2010
Being There
1979
Bernie
2012
Glee
2009
The Trouble with Harry
1955
Photos (12)
Movies (72)
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser Boudreaux
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Edna Mitty
The Apartment
Fran Kubelik
Around the World in 80 Days
Princess Aouda
Valentine's Day
Estelle
Ocean's Eleven
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
In Her Shoes
Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
Iris Smythson / Endora
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Sara
Terms of Endearment
Aurora Greenway
Cannonball Run II
Veronica
Rumor Has It...
Katharine Richelieu
Guarding Tess
Tess Carlisle
The Children's Hour
Martha Dobie
Defending Your Life
Shirley MacLaine
Irma la Douce
Irma La Douce
Postcards from the Edge
Doris Mann
The Trouble with Harry
Jennifer Rogers
Being There
Eve Rand
Noelle
Elf Polly
The Last Word
Harriet Lauler
Gambit
Nicole
Bernie
Marjorie Nugent
Closing the Ring
Ethel Ann
The Little Mermaid
Eloise
Some Came Running
Ginnie Moorehead
Mrs. Winterbourne
Grace Winterbourne
Woman Times Seven
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Wide-Awake
The Pianist
Sweet Charity
Charity
What a Way to Go!
Louisa May Foster
American Dreamer
Astrid Fanelli
My Geisha
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Norah Benson
That's Dancing!
1985
Artists and Models
Bessie Sparrowbush
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Helen Cooney
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Mae Jenkins
Used People
Pearl Berman
The Evening Star
Aurora Greenway
The Turning Point
Deedee
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
The Sheepman
Dell Payton
Can-Can
Simone Pistache
Wild Oats
Eva
The Matchmaker
Irene Molloy
Madame Sousatzka
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
All in a Night's Work
Katie Robbins
Carolina
Grandmother Mirabeau
A Smile Like Yours
Martha (uncredited)
A Heavenly Christmas
Pearl
Elsa & Fred
Elsa
Ask Any Girl
Meg Wheeler
A Change of Seasons
Karyn Evans
Hot Spell
Virginia Duval
Two for the Seesaw
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Jenny
These Old Broads
Kate Westbourne
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Amelia Thomas
Loving Couples
Evelyn
Waiting for the Light
Aunt Zena
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Desperate Characters
Sophie Bentwood
Bruno
Helen
The West Side Waltz
Margaret Mary Elderdice
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Harriet Blossom
Career
Sharon Kensington
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Mary Kay Ash
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
Narrator (voice)
Two Loves
Anna Vorontosov
Circasia
Clown
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
TV Shows (9)
Glee
June Dolloway · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 eps
Only Murders in the Building
Rose Cooper · 2 eps
Downton Abbey
Martha Levinson · 2 eps
Omnibus
1 eps
Joan of Arc
Madame de Beaurevoir · 1 eps
Shirley's World
Shirley Logan · 17 eps
Out on a Limb
Shirley MacLaine · 2 eps
Salem Witch Trials
Rebecca Nurse · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (81)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 4 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 1 eps
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
The Carol Burnett Show
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Beckmann
Self · 1 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 2 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Bob Hope Show
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 12 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Reflets de Cannes
Self · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self · 1 eps
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
Commitment to Life
Self (archive footage)
Forever Hollywood
Self
Get Bruce!
Self
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
The Celluloid Closet
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Self (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Rescued from the Closet
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Vito
Self (archive)
I Love Liberty
Self
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
Self (archive footage)
The Car That Became a Star
Self
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Herself
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
Self
Vittorio D.
Self
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
Self (archive footage)
Palme
Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Bella!
Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Cameo Performance
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Self
Year of the Woman
Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
self