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).
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Martha Levinson (archive footage) | 2024-12-14 |
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Bella! | Self | 2023-07-30 |
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Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-11 |
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American Dreamer | Astrid Fanelli | 2022-11-04 |
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 |
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Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-26 |
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Noelle | Elf Polly | 2019-11-12 |
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The Little Mermaid | Eloise | 2018-08-02 |
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Self | 2018-11-15 |
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The Last Word | Harriet Lauler | 2017-03-03 |
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Wild Oats | Eva | 2016-09-22 |
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A Heavenly Christmas | Pearl | 2016-11-26 |
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Discovering Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | 2015-08-10 |
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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Men of Granite | Sophia Prather | 2015-02-06 |
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
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Elsa & Fred | Elsa | 2014-03-07 |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna Mitty | 2013-12-18 |
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Bernie | Marjorie Nugent | 2012-04-27 |
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Palme | Self | 2012-09-14 |
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Wide-Awake | The Pianist | 2012-12-07 |
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Valentine's Day | Estelle Paddington | 2010-02-10 |
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Vittorio D. | Self | 2009-09-17 |
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Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel | 2008-09-13 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | 2008-10-14 |
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas | 2008-12-04 |
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Inside 'The Apartment' | Self | 2008-01-06 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | Self | 2008-01-10 |
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Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann | 2007-09-14 |
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Rumor Has It... | Katharine Richelieu | 2005-12-22 |
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Bewitched | Iris Smythson / Endora | 2005-06-21 |
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In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh | 2005-10-07 |
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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self | 2004-10-28 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Carolina | Grandmother Mirabeau | 2003-07-04 |
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Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine | Self | 2003-11-04 |
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Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self | 2003-11-29 |
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Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | 2002-12-24 |
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Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay Ash | 2002-10-06 |
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These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne | 2001-02-12 |
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Rescued from the Closet | Self | 2001-05-29 |
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Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert | Herself | 2001-02-14 |
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Bruno | Helen | 2000-04-16 |
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The Unknown Peter Sellers | Self | 2000-04-25 |
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Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Narrator (voice) | 1998-05-05 |
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | 1998-02-04 |
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
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A Smile Like Yours | Martha (uncredited) | 1997-08-27 |
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The Celluloid Closet | Self | 1996-03-15 |
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | 1996-05-19 |
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The Evening Star | Aurora Greenway | 1996-12-25 |
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Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne | 1996-04-19 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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The West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice | 1995-11-23 |
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Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle | 1994-03-11 |
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Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney | 1993-12-17 |
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Used People | Pearl Berman | 1992-12-16 |
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Defending Your Life | Shirley MacLaine | 1991-03-22 |
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1990-02-04 |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
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Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena | 1990-06-14 |
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Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann | 1990-09-14 |
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Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux | 1989-11-15 |
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Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout | self | 1989-01-01 |
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self | 1988-05-27 |
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Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | 1988-10-14 |
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That's Dancing! | 1985-01-18 | |
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The Shirley MacLaine Show | Herself | 1985-07-12 |
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That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | 1985-01-18 |
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Cannonball Run II | Veronica | 1984-06-29 |
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Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway | 1983-11-20 |
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Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance | Self | 1983-01-01 |
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Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | Self | 1982-06-24 |
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I Love Liberty | Self | 1982-03-21 |
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood | Self - Cameo Performance | 1982-04-21 |
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Sois belle et tais-toi ! | Self (archive footage) | 1981-03-04 |
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Loving Couples | Evelyn | 1980-10-24 |
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | 1980-01-04 |
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Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' | Self | 1980-05-22 |
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A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans | 1980-12-01 |
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Being There | Eve Rand | 1979-12-19 |
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The Turning Point | Deedee | 1977-11-14 |
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The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? | Self | 1977-03-12 |
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Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul | Self | 1976-01-20 |
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Circasia | Clown | 1976-04-08 |
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The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Self | 1975-03-12 |
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Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Self | 1974-11-28 |
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Щелкунчик | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1973-01-01 |
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Year of the Woman | 1973-10-01 | |
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The Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson | 1972-05-24 |
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Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood | 1971-09-22 |
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Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara | 1970-03-02 |
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From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma | 1969-01-01 | |
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Sweet Charity | Charity | 1969-02-25 |
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom | 1968-09-11 |
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Woman Times Seven | Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne | 1967-09-29 |
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Gambit | Nicole | 1966-12-21 |
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The Car That Became a Star | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Jenny | 1965-03-24 |
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins | 1964-12-31 |
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What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster | 1964-07-02 |
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Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce | 1963-06-05 |
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My Geisha | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | 1962-03-09 |
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Two for the Seesaw | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz | 1962-11-21 |
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Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov | 1961-05-24 |
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All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins | 1961-03-15 |
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The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | 1961-12-19 |
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Can-Can | Simone Pistache | 1960-03-09 |
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The Apartment | Fran Kubelik | 1960-06-21 |
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Ocean's Eleven | Tipsy Girl (uncredited) | 1960-08-10 |
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Career | Sharon Kensington | 1959-10-08 |
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Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler | 1959-08-21 |
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The Matchmaker | Irene Molloy | 1958-07-23 |
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The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | 1958-12-01 |
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Some Came Running | Ginnie Moorehead | 1958-12-25 |
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Hot Spell | Virginia Duval | 1958-05-21 |
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The Sheepman | Dell Payton | 1958-05-01 |
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Around the World in 80 Days | Princess Aouda | 1956-10-17 |
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The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers | 1955-09-30 |
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Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbush | 1955-11-07 |
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Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent | Self (archive footage) | |
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People Not Places | Clare | |
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Lucy Boomer | Lucy Boomer |
