Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine (91)

1934-04-24 | Richmond, Virginia, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On Movies

  • American Dreamer
  • Noelle
  • The Little Mermaid
  • The Last Word
  • A Heavenly Christmas
  • Wild Oats
  • Men of Granite
  • Elsa & Fred
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • Bernie
  • Valentine's Day
  • Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
  • Coco Chanel
  • Closing the Ring
  • Rumor Has It...
  • In Her Shoes
  • Bewitched
  • Carolina
  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
  • These Old Broads
  • Bruno
  • A Smile Like Yours
  • The Evening Star
  • Mrs. Winterbourne
  • The West Side Waltz
  • Guarding Tess
  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
  • Used People
  • Defending Your Life
  • Postcards from the Edge
  • Waiting for the Light
  • Steel Magnolias
  • Madame Sousatzka
  • Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
  • The Shirley MacLaine Show
  • Cannonball Run II
  • Terms of Endearment
  • Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
  • Baryshnikov in Hollywood
  • A Change of Seasons
  • Loving Couples
  • Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
  • Being There
  • The Turning Point
  • The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
  • Circasia
  • Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
  • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
  • Nutcracker
  • The Possession of Joel Delaney
  • Desperate Characters
  • Two Mules for Sister Sara
  • Sweet Charity
  • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
  • Woman Times Seven
  • Gambit
  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce
  • What a Way to Go!
  • Irma la Douce
  • Two for the Seesaw
  • My Geisha
  • The Children's Hour
  • Two Loves
  • All in a Night's Work
  • Ocean's Eleven
  • The Apartment
  • Can-Can
  • Career
  • Ask Any Girl
  • Some Came Running
  • The Matchmaker
  • Hot Spell
  • The Sheepman
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
  • Artists and Models
  • The Trouble with Harry

Movies as Director

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