Shirley MacLaine

Known for ActingBorn 1934-04-24 (age 92)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Men of Granite

The Shirley MacLaine Show

Rat Pack

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand

Year of the Woman

Only Murders in the Building

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

Forever Hollywood

Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent

Downton Abbey

The Unknown Peter Sellers

Discovering Audrey Hepburn

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Jack Paar: Smart Television

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Harty

Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

The Apartment

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

Palme

Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Inside the Actors Studio

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

The Emmy Awards

Being There

The Carol Burnett Show

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

V.I.P. Schaukel

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

The Children's Hour

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Mrs. Winterbourne

The Celluloid Closet

The Car That Became a Star

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Steel Magnolias

Der große Preis

Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'

Irma la Douce

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Vito

Terms of Endearment

Glee

Omnibus