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.
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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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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Self | 2018-11-15 |
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The Little Mermaid | Eloise | 2018-08-02 |
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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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Men of Granite | Sophia Prather | 2015-02-06 |
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Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne | Self - Warren's sister (archive footage) | 2015-10-04 |
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | 2015-11-06 |
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Elsa & Fred | Elsa | 2014-03-07 |
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | 2014-08-25 |
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna Mitty | 2013-12-18 |
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Palme | Self | 2012-09-14 |
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Bernie | Marjorie Nugent | 2012-04-27 |
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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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Inside 'The Apartment' | Self | 2008-01-06 |
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas | 2008-12-04 |
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | 2008-10-14 |
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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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In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh | 2005-10-07 |
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Bewitched | Iris Smythson / Endora | 2005-06-21 |
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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self | 2004-10-28 |
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Carolina | Grandmother Mirabeau | 2003-07-04 |
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Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self | 2003-11-29 |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003-04-03 |
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Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine | Self | 2003-11-04 |
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Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay Ash | 2002-10-06 |
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Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | 2002-12-24 |
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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 | Herself | 2000-04-25 |
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Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | 1998-02-04 |
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Narrator (voice) | 1998-05-05 |
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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 | 1996-01-30 |
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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 West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice | 1995-11-23 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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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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Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann | 1990-09-14 |
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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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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1990-02-04 |
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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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Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | 1988-10-14 |
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self | 1988-05-27 |
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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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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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A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans | 1980-12-01 |
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Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' | Self | 1980-05-22 |
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Being There | Eve Rand | 1979-12-19 |
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The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? | 1977-03-12 | |
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The Turning Point | Deedee | 1977-11-14 |
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Circasia | Clown | 1976-04-08 |
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Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul | Self | 1976-01-20 |
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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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Year of the Woman | 1973-10-01 | |
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Щелкунчик | Narrator (English version) (voice) | 1973-01-01 |
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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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Sweet Charity | Charity | 1969-02-25 |
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From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma | 1969-01-01 | |
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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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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Jenny | 1965-03-24 |
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The Car That Became a Star | Self | 1965-01-01 |
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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 | 1964-07-31 |
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Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce | 1963-06-05 |
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Two for the Seesaw | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz | 1962-11-21 |
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My Geisha | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | 1962-03-09 |
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The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | 1961-12-19 |
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All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins | 1961-03-15 |
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Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov | 1961-05-24 |
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Ocean's Eleven | Tipsy Girl (uncredited) | 1960-08-10 |
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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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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 | 1958-12-01 | |
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The Sheepman | Dell Payton | 1958-05-01 |
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Hot Spell | Virginia Duval | 1958-05-21 |
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Some Came Running | Ginnie Moorehead | 1958-12-25 |
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Around the World in Eighty Days | Princess Aouda | 1956-10-17 |
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The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers | 1955-10-03 |
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Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbush | 1955-11-07 |
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People Not Places | Clare |
