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Shirley MacLaine

Film Actress / Musician / Character Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Penwoman / Film Producer / Film Director / Actress | * 04/24/1934 (89) | Richmond, Virginia (United States of America (USA))
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Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. Known for her portrayals of quirky, strong-willed, and eccentric women, she has received numerous accolades over her eight-decade Career, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups, and two Silver Bears. She has been honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute in 1995, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2013. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Me and Juliet and The Pajama Game. She 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"> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi ...

The Apartment

NR

1960 | 4.1/5 | 2h 5min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life. ...

Terms of Endearment

PG

1983 | 3.5/5 | 2h 12min
Drama, Comedy
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A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold. ...

Steel Magnolias

PG

1989 | 3.6/5 | 1h 59min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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When a local man's corpse appears on a nearby hillside, no one is quite sure what happened to him. Many of the town's residents secretly wonder if they are responsible, including the man's ex-wife, Je ...

The Trouble with Harry

PG

1955 | 3.5/5 | 1h 39min
Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Shirley MacLaine

Knight of The Legion of Honour Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) Academy Award for Best Actress Kennedy Center Honors AFI Life Achievement Award Honorary Golden Bear Crystal Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Silver Bear for Best Actress 2x BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role 2x Volpi Cup for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical 2x Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year GLAAD Vanguard Award 5x Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress
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Movies with Shirley MacLaine as Actress(104)

as Astrid Fanelli2024 American Dreamer
as herself2023 Bella!
as herself2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Elf Polly2019 Noelle
as Self (archive footage)2019 Mike Wallace Is Here
as herself2018 Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Eloise2018 The Little Mermaid
as Harriet Lauler2017 The Last Word
as Pearl2016 A Heavenly Christmas
as Eva2016 Wild Oats
as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)2015 Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Sophia Prather2015 Men of Granite
as Self (archive footage)2015 Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Elsa2014 Elsa & Fred
as herself2014 Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Edna Mitty2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2012 Palme
as Marjorie Nugent2012 Bernie
as Estelle Paddington2010 Valentine's Day
as herself2009 Vittorio D.
as Amelia Thomas2008 Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as herself2008 Inside 'The Apartment'
as herself2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Coco Chanel2008 Coco Chanel
as Ethel Ann2007 Closing the Ring
as Iris Smythson / Endora2005 Bewitched
as Katharine Richelieu2005 Rumor Has It...
as Ella Hirsh2005 In Her Shoes
as herself2004 Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as herself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Grandmother Mirabeau2003 Carolina
as herself2003 Jack Paar: Smart Television
as herself2003 Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
as Mary Kay Ash2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Rebecca Nurse2002 Salem Witch Trials
as herself2001 Rescued from the Closet
as Kate Westbourne2001 These Old Broads
as herself2001 Barbra Streisand: Timeless, Live in Concert
as Helen2000 Bruno
as herself2000 The Unknown Peter Sellers
as herself1999 Forever Hollywood
as herself1999 Get Bruce!
as Narrator (voice)1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as herself1998 Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Martha (uncredited)1997 A Smile Like Yours
as Grace Winterbourne1996 Mrs. Winterbourne
as herself1996 The Celluloid Closet
as herself1996 Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Aurora Greenway1996 The Evening Star
as Margaret Mary Elderdice1995 The West Side Waltz
as herself1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Tess Carlisle1994 Guarding Tess
as Helen Cooney1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Pearl Berman1992 Used People
as herself1991 Defending Your Life
as Doris Mann1990 Postcards from the Edge
as Aunt Zena1990 Waiting for the Light
as herself1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self (archive footage)1990 You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Ouiser Boudreaux1989 Steel Magnolias
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka1988 Madame Sousatzka
1985 That's Dancing!
as herself1985 The Shirley MacLaine Show
as Veronica1984 Cannonball Run II
as Aurora Greenway1983 Terms of Endearment
as herself1982 Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
as Self (archive footage)1981 Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Karyn Evans1980 A Change of Seasons
as Evelyn1980 Loving Couples
as Eve Rand1979 Being There
as Deedee1977 The Turning Point
as Clown1976 Circasia
1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1973 Year of the Woman
as Norah Benson1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Sophie Bentwood1971 Desperate Characters
as Sara1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Charity1969 Sweet Charity
1969 From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
as Harriet Blossom1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne1967 Woman Times Seven
as Nicole1966 Gambit
as herself1965 The Car That Became a Star
as Jenny1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Mae Jenkins1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Louisa May Foster1964 What a Way to Go!
as Irma La Douce1963 Irma la Douce
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori1962 My Geisha
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz1962 Two for the Seesaw
as Katie Robbins1961 All in a Night's Work
as Martha Dobie1961 The Children's Hour
as Anna Vorontosov1961 Two Loves
as Fran Kubelik1960 The Apartment
as Simone Pistache1960 Can-Can
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)1960 Ocean's Eleven
as Meg Wheeler1959 Ask Any Girl
as Sharon Kensington1959 Career
as Irene Molloy1958 The Matchmaker
as Dell Payton1958 The Sheepman
as Ginnie Moorehead1958 Some Came Running
as Virginia Duval1958 Hot Spell
as Princess Aouda1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Bessie Sparrowbush1955 Artists and Models
as Jennifer Rogers1955 The Trouble with Harry

TV Shows/Series with Shirley MacLaine as Actress(25)

as Rose Cooper2021 Only Murders in the Building
as Self (archive footage)2013 Talking Pictures
as Martha Levinson2010 Downton Abbey
as June Dolloway2009 Glee
as herself2002 V Graham Norton
as herself1999 Beckmann
as herself1999 The Early Show
as herself1997 The View
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as Self (archive footage)1993 Intimate Portrait
as herself1991 Pebble Mill
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as herself1983 Harty
as herself1982 Champs-Elysées
as herself1977 Bitte umblättern
as herself1975 Système 2
as Self - Guest1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as herself1974 Der große Preis
as Shirley Logan1972 Shirley's World
as herself1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as herself1967 The Carol Burnett Show
as herself1966 Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self - Guest1956 The Steve Allen Show
as herself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Movies with Shirley MacLaine as Crew(9)

Production/Executive Producer2017 The Last Word
Directing/Director2000 Bruno
Writing/Writer1985 The Shirley MacLaine Show
Directing/Director1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Production/Producer1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Writing/Writer1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Sound/Songs1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Sound/Songs1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Sound/Songs1962 My Geisha

Born: Tuesday, 04/24 1934 (April) in Richmond, Virginia (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 89 years + 362 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Washington-Liberty High School
Spouses (current/former): Steve Parker
Children: Sachi Parker
Siblings: Warren Beatty
Father: Ira Owens Beaty
Mother: Kathlyn Corinne Maclean
Other names for Shirley MacLaine (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Shirley MacLean Beaty"
"Ширли МакЛейн"
"셜리 매클레인"
"Širlė Maklein"
"Shirley McLaine"
"შირლი მაკლეინი"
"셜리 맥클레인"
Shirley MacLaine frequently works together with these people:
Jerry Lewis (13x, Actor)
Kirk Douglas (11x, Actor)
Edith Head (11x, Crew)
Michael Douglas (10x, Actor)
Rick McKay (10x, Crew)
Jane Fonda (9x, Actress)
Peter Ustinov (9x, Actor)
Dean Martin (9x, Actor)
Elton John (9x, Actor)
Frank Sinatra (9x, Actor)
Dionne Warwick (8x, Actress)
John Scheinfeld (8x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2483, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024