Shirley MacLaine
Acting
🎂 1934-04-24
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty) 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).
Cast credits(165)
Self
1962
Martha Levinson
2010
Self
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Host
1956
June Dolloway
2009
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Rose Cooper
2021
Self
1997
Self - Guest
1975
Self
1982
1988
Self
1956
Self
1967
Self
1999
Self (archive footage)
1993
Self - Narrator (voice)
1993
Self
1953
Self
1984
Edna Mitty
2013
Self - Guest
1968
Self
2002
Self
1950
Self - Guest
1956
Self
1991
Self (archive footage)
2013
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
1960
Fran Kubelik
1960
Ouiser Boudreaux
1989
Estelle Paddington
2010
Sharon Kensington
1959
Self
1974
Self
1981
Veronica
1984
Self
1971
1973
Iris Smythson / Endora
2005
Katharine Richelieu
2005
Princess Aouda
1956
Sara
1970
Harriet Blossom
1968
Irene Molloy
1958
Amelia Thomas
1985
Self
1983
Irma La Douce
1963
Madame de Beaurevoir
1999
Self
1975
Shirley MacLaine
1991
Narrator (English version) (voice)
1973
Coco Chanel
2008
Ella Hirsh
2005
Rebecca Nurse
2002
Eloise
2018
Elf Polly
2019
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
2024
Martha Dobie
1961
self
1989
Self
1977
Aurora Greenway
1983
Harriet Lauler
2017
Tess Carlisle
1994
Jennifer Rogers
1955
Grace Winterbourne
1996
Ethel Ann
2007
Self
2018
The Pianist
2012
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
2003
Margaret Mary Elderdice
1995
Nicole
1966
Eve Rand
1979
Aurora Greenway
1996
Self
2009
Elsa
2014
Helen
2000
Self
1954
Self
2021
Marjorie Nugent
2012
Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
2015
Amelia Thomas
2008
Astrid Fanelli
2022
Louisa May Foster
1964
Self
1999
Eva
2016
Norah Benson
1972
Self
1999
Dell Payton
1958
Charity
1969
Self
1983
1958
1977
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
1962
Deedee
1977
Herself
2001
1969
Narrator (voice)
1998
Doris Mann
1990
Mae Jenkins
1964
Self
2008
Self - Cameo Performance
1982
Self
2014
Clare
Self
1982
Helen Cooney
1993
Mary Kay Ash
2002
Katie Robbins
1961
Self
1975
Self
2003
Grandmother Mirabeau
2003
Self
1995
Self
2023
Anna Vorontosov
1961
Herself
1985
Sophie Bentwood
1971
Karyn Evans
1980
Evelyn
1980
Ginnie Moorehead
1958
Shirley MacLaine
1987
Self
1982
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
2008
Self (archive footage)
1981
Self
1988
Self
1996
Self
1980
Aunt Zena
1990
Self
2003
Bessie Sparrowbush
1955
Shirley Logan
1972
Kate Westbourne
2001
Self
2001
Self (archive footage)
1990
Self
1990
Jenny
1965
Self
1965
Pearl
2016
Self
1976
Self
1996
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
1962
Martha (uncredited)
1997
1985
Clown
1976
Self
1998
Self (archive footage)
2015
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
1988
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
1967
Self
1997
Meg Wheeler
1959
Self (archive footage)
1980
Simone Pistache
1960
Self
2008
Virginia Duval
1958
Self
1974
Self
2012
Sophia Prather
2015
Pearl Berman
1992
Self
1949
Self
1994
Self
1999
Guest Performer
1977
Self
2004
Herself
2000