Shirley MacLaine
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-04-24
Place of Birth
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Shirley MacLaine
Biography
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.
Also Known For
The Apartment
Jun 21, 1960
Being There
Dec 19, 1979
Irma la Douce
Jun 05, 1963
Rumor Has It...
Dec 22, 2005
Around the World in Eighty Days
Oct 17, 1956
Carolina
Jul 04, 2003
Steel Magnolias
Nov 15, 1989
The Children's Hour
Dec 19, 1961
Terms of Endearment
Nov 20, 1983
The Evening Star
Dec 25, 1996
The Trouble with Harry
Oct 03, 1955
Guarding Tess
Mar 11, 1994
Postcards from the Edge
Sep 14, 1990
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Mar 02, 1970
What a Way to Go!
Jul 31, 1964
In Her Shoes
Oct 07, 2005
Cannonball Run II
Jun 29, 1984
Coco Chanel
Sep 13, 2008
Defending Your Life
Mar 22, 1991
Bewitched
Jun 21, 2005
Valentine's Day
Feb 10, 2010
Can-Can
Mar 09, 1960
Mrs. Winterbourne
Apr 19, 1996
Gambit
Dec 21, 1966
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Dec 17, 1993
Closing the Ring
Sep 14, 2007
I Love Liberty
Mar 21, 1982
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Jan 04, 1980
Used People
Dec 16, 1992
The Possession of Joel Delaney
May 24, 1972
Sweet Charity
Feb 25, 1969
A Change of Seasons
Dec 01, 1980
My Geisha
Mar 09, 1962
Artists and Models
Nov 07, 1955
The Matchmaker
Jul 23, 1958
Woman Times Seven
Sep 29, 1967
The Turning Point
Nov 14, 1977
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Dec 04, 2008
Some Came Running
Dec 25, 1958
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Dec 31, 1964
Get Bruce!
Jan 01, 1999
American Dreamer
Nov 04, 2022
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Feb 14, 2001
Bernie
Apr 27, 2012
The Sheepman
May 01, 1958
Ask Any Girl
Aug 21, 1959
Two for the Seesaw
Nov 21, 1962
Bruno
Apr 16, 2000
These Old Broads
Feb 12, 2001
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Apr 03, 2003
All in a Night's Work
Mar 15, 1961
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Mar 24, 1965
Waiting for the Light
Jun 14, 1990
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dec 18, 2013
Bella!
Jul 30, 2023
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Mar 12, 1975
Madame Sousatzka
Oct 14, 1988
Hot Spell
May 21, 1958
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Oct 06, 2002
Career
Oct 08, 1959
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
Mar 12, 1977
Loving Couples
Oct 24, 1980
Two Loves
May 24, 1961
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Jun 05, 1995
Elsa & Fred
Mar 07, 2014
Men of Granite
Feb 06, 2015
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
May 27, 1988
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Sep 11, 1968
Ocean's Eleven
Aug 10, 1960
Rat Pack
Jan 11, 2022
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Jul 23, 1990
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Mar 04, 1981
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Jan 01, 1983
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Apr 21, 1982
Desperate Characters
Sep 22, 1971
Mike Wallace Is Here
Jul 26, 2019
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Aug 25, 2014
Salem Witch Trials
Dec 24, 2002
The Last Word
Mar 03, 2017
People Not Places
Wild Oats
Sep 22, 2016
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Feb 24, 1997
A Heavenly Christmas
Nov 26, 2016
Year of the Woman
Oct 01, 1973
The Little Mermaid
Aug 02, 2018
The West Side Waltz
Nov 23, 1995
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Feb 04, 1990
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Feb 04, 1998
The Celluloid Closet
Jan 30, 1996
Vittorio D.
Sep 17, 2009
A Smile Like Yours
Aug 27, 1997
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Oct 28, 2004
Wide-Awake
Dec 07, 2012
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Jan 20, 1976
The Shirley MacLaine Show
Jul 12, 1985
Noelle
Nov 12, 2019
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Nov 15, 2018
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Oct 14, 2008
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Apr 25, 2000
Forever Hollywood
Jan 01, 1999
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Nov 06, 2015
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Nov 29, 2003
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
Oct 04, 2015
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
May 05, 1998
That's Dancing!
Jan 18, 1985
Palme
Sep 14, 2012
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
May 19, 1996
Circasia
Apr 08, 1976
Inside 'The Apartment'
Jan 06, 2008
The Car That Became a Star
Jan 01, 1965
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Jan 01, 1969
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
May 22, 1980
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Jun 24, 1982
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Nov 04, 2003
Rescued from the Closet
May 29, 2001
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Aug 14, 2021
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
Jan 01, 1989
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
Jan 10, 2008
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Nov 28, 1974
Nutcracker
Jan 01, 1973
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
Dec 14, 2024
The All-Star Christmas Show
Dec 01, 1958
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The View
Aug 11, 1997
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
Shirley's World
Apr 07, 1972
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Oct 05, 1956
Harty
Sep 20, 1983
The Steve Allen Show
Jun 24, 1956
V Graham Norton
May 06, 2002
Pebble Mill
Oct 14, 1991
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
The Emmy Awards
Jan 25, 1949
Downton Abbey
Sep 26, 2010
Talking Pictures
Jan 05, 2013
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Anne of Green Gables
Dec 01, 1985
Joan of Arc
May 16, 1999
The Bob Hope Show
Apr 09, 1950
Out on a Limb
Jan 18, 1987
V.I.P. Schaukel
May 09, 1971
Only Murders in the Building
Aug 31, 2021
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Feb 03, 1984
The Carol Burnett Show
Sep 11, 1967
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Entertainment Tonight
Sep 15, 1981
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
Glee
May 19, 2009
Système 2
Jan 19, 1975
Champs-Elysées
Jan 16, 1982
The Dick Cavett Show
Jun 06, 1968
Beckmann
Jan 25, 1999
Please Turn the Page
Apr 20, 1977
Der große Preis
Sep 05, 1974
Laugh-In
Sep 05, 1977
Reflets de Cannes
Mar 25, 1954
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Oct 01, 1962
