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Shirley MacLaine
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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…
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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).
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BODY OF WORK
Shirley MacLaine's Filmography
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Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
as Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Bella!
as Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
American Dreamer
as Astrid Fanelli
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
Noelle
as Elf Polly
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
The Little Mermaid
as Eloise
The Last Word
as Harriet Lauler
A Heavenly Christmas
as Pearl
Wild Oats
as Eva
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Men of Granite
as Sophia Prather
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Elsa & Fred
as Elsa
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Edna Mitty
Wide-Awake
as The Pianist
Palme
as Self
Bernie
as Marjorie Nugent
Vito
as Self (archive footage)
Valentine's Day
as Estelle
Vittorio D.
as Self
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
Coco Chanel
as Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self
Closing the Ring
as Ethel Ann
Rumor Has It...
as Katharine Richelieu
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self
In Her Shoes
as Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
Carolina
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Mary Kay Ash
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
as Herself
These Old Broads
as Kate Westbourne
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
Bruno
as Helen
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Get Bruce!
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Narrator (voice)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
A Smile Like Yours
as Martha (uncredited)
No Poster
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
The Evening Star
as Aurora Greenway
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Grace Winterbourne
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
The West Side Waltz
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Guarding Tess
as Tess Carlisle
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Helen Cooney
Used People
as Pearl Berman
Defending Your Life
as Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
as Doris Mann
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Waiting for the Light
as Aunt Zena
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser Boudreaux
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
as self
Madame Sousatzka
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Show
as Herself
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
Cannonball Run II
as Veronica
Terms of Endearment
as Aurora Greenway
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
as Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Cameo Performance
I Love Liberty
as Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
as Karyn Evans
Loving Couples
as Evelyn
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
as Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
Being There
as Eve Rand
No Poster
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Turning Point
as Deedee
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
Circasia
as Clown
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
as Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
as Self
Year of the Woman
as Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Norah Benson
Desperate Characters
as Sophie Bentwood
Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Sara
Sweet Charity
as Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Harriet Blossom
Woman Times Seven
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Gambit
as Nicole
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Jenny
The Car That Became a Star
as Self
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mae Jenkins
What a Way to Go!
as Louisa May Foster
Irma la Douce
as Irma La Douce
Two for the Seesaw
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
My Geisha
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
The Children's Hour
as Martha Dobie
Two Loves
as Anna Vorontosov
All in a Night's Work
as Katie Robbins
Ocean's Eleven
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
The Apartment
as Fran Kubelik
Can-Can
as Simone Pistache
Career
as Sharon Kensington
Ask Any Girl
as Meg Wheeler
Some Came Running
as Ginnie Moorehead
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
The Matchmaker
as Irene Molloy
Hot Spell
as Virginia Duval
The Sheepman
as Dell Payton
Around the World in 80 Days
as Princess Aouda
Artists and Models
as Bessie Sparrowbush
The Trouble with Harry
as Jennifer Rogers
No Poster
Lucy Boomer
as Lucy Boomer
No Poster
People Not Places
as Clare
No Poster
Margret and Stevie
as Margret Rey