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Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Acting

Born April 24, 1934, 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).

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (81)
  • 2026Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 — Self (archive footage)
  • 2026Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023Bella! — Self
  • 2023Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)
  • 2023MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema — Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • 2022Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)
  • 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self
  • 2019Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)
  • 2018Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists — Self
  • 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Discovering Audrey Hepburn — Self (archive footage)
  • 2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film — Self
  • Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Palme — Self
  • 2011Vito — Self (archive footage)
  • 2009Vittorio D. — Self
  • 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History — Self
  • 2008Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical — Self
  • 2008Inside 'The Apartment' — Self
  • 2005Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' — Self
  • 2004Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' — Self
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • 2004The Best of So Graham Norton — Self (archive footage)
  • 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There — Self
  • 2003Jack Paar: Smart Television — Self
  • V Graham Norton — Self
  • 2001AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand — self
  • 2001Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert — Herself
  • 2001Rescued from the Closet — Self
  • 2000The Unknown Peter Sellers — Self
  • Beckmann — Self
  • 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
  • 1999Get Bruce! — Self
  • The Early Show — Self
  • 1998Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy — Self
  • 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
  • The View — Self
  • 1996Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels — Self
  • 1996The Celluloid Closet — Self
  • 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self
  • Inside the Actors Studio — Self
  • Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage), Self - Narrator (voice)
  • Pebble Mill — Self
  • 1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration — Self
  • 1990You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story — Self (archive footage)
  • 1989Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout — self
  • 1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration — Self
  • 1985That's Dancing! — Self (archive footage)
  • Goldene Kamera — Self
  • Harty — Self
  • 1982Baryshnikov in Hollywood — Self - Cameo Performance
  • Champs-Elysées — Self
  • 1982I Love Liberty — Self
  • 1982Shirley MacLaine... Illusions — Self
  • 1981Be Pretty and Shut Up! — Self (archive footage)
  • Entertainment Tonight — Self
  • 1980Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' — Self
  • 1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's — Self (archive footage)
  • CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
  • Please Turn the Page — Self
  • 1976Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul — Self
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self - Guest
  • Système 2 — Self
  • Der große Preis — Self
  • 1973Year of the Woman — Self
  • Film '72 — Self
  • V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
  • The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
  • The Carol Burnett Show — Self
  • 1965The Car That Became a Star — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show — Self
  • 1958The All-Star Christmas Show — Self
  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
  • The Steve Allen Show — Self - Guest
  • Tony Awards — Self - Host, Self - Presenter
  • Reflets de Cannes — Self
  • The Oscars — Self
  • The Bob Hope Show — Self
  • The Emmy Awards — Self
  • Golden Globe Awards — Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner
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