1934-04-24 ( 90 years old ) in 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).
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Movies
Bella!
2023-07-30
American Dreamer
2022-11-04
Rat Pack
2022-01-11
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021-08-14
Noelle
2019-11-12
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019-07-26
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018-11-15
The Little Mermaid
2018-08-02
The Last Word
2017-03-03
A Heavenly Christmas
2016-11-26
Wild Oats
2016-09-22
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015-11-06
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
2015-10-04
Men of Granite
2015-02-06
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014-08-25
Elsa & Fred
2014-03-07
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013-12-18
Wide-Awake
2012-12-07
Palme
2012-09-14
Bernie
2012-04-27
Valentine's Day
2010-02-10
Vittorio D.
2009-09-17
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008-12-04
Coco Chanel
2008-09-13
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008-01-10
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008-01-06
Closing the Ring
2007-09-14
Rumor Has It...
2005-12-22
In Her Shoes
2005-10-07
Bewitched
2005-06-21
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003-11-29
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
2003-11-04
Carolina
2003-07-04
Salem Witch Trials
2002-12-24
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002-10-06
Rescued from the Closet
2001-05-29
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001-02-14
These Old Broads
2001-02-12
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000-04-25
Bruno
2000-04-16
Get Bruce!
1999-01-01
Forever Hollywood
1999-01-01
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998-05-05
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998-02-04
A Smile Like Yours
1997-08-27
The Evening Star
1996-12-25
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996-05-19
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996-04-19
The Celluloid Closet
1996-01-30
The West Side Waltz
1995-11-23
Guarding Tess
1994-03-11
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993-12-17
Used People
1992-12-16
Defending Your Life
1991-03-22
Postcards from the Edge
1990-09-14
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990-07-23
Waiting for the Light
1990-06-14
Steel Magnolias
1989-11-15
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989-01-01
Madame Sousatzka
1988-10-14
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988-05-27
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985-07-12
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29
Terms of Endearment
1983-11-20
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
1983-01-01
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982-06-24
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982-04-21
I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981-03-04
A Change of Seasons
1980-12-01
Loving Couples
1980-10-24
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980-05-22
Being There
1979-12-19
The Turning Point
1977-11-14
Circasia
1976-04-08
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
1976-01-20
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1975-03-12
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974-11-28
Year of the Woman
1973-10-01
Nutcracker
1973-01-01
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972-05-24
Desperate Characters
1971-09-22
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970-03-02
Sweet Charity
1969-02-25
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969-01-01
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968-09-11
Woman Times Seven
1967-09-29
Gambit
1966-12-21
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
The Car That Became a Star
1965-01-01
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964-12-31
What a Way to Go!
1964-07-31
Hollywood and the Stars
1964-05-04
Irma la Douce
1963-06-05
Two for the Seesaw
1962-11-21
My Geisha
1962-03-09
The Children's Hour
1961-12-19
Two Loves
1961-05-24
All in a Night's Work
1961-03-15
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
The Apartment
1960-06-21
Can-Can
1960-03-09
Career
1959-10-08
Ask Any Girl
1959-08-21
Some Came Running
1958-12-25
The Matchmaker
1958-07-23
Hot Spell
1958-05-21
The Sheepman
1958-05-01
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956-10-17
Artists and Models
1955-11-07
The Trouble with Harry
1955-10-03
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