Shirley MacLaine
Known for Acting · 169 credits
- Born
- 1934-04-24 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Shirley MacLean Beaty · Shirley McLaine
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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
The View
1997
as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Glee
2009
as June Dolloway
TV Shows (40)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
The View
1997
as Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Glee
2009
as June Dolloway
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Downton Abbey
2010
as Martha Levinson
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Rose Cooper
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage) / Self - Narrator (voice)
Omnibus
1967
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self - Guest
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Harty
1983
as Self
Shirley's World
1972
as Shirley Logan
Joan of Arc
1999
as Madame de Beaurevoir
Système 2
1975
as Self
Out on a Limb
1987
as Shirley MacLaine
Salem Witch Trials
2003
as Rebecca Nurse
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Movies (129)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
as Edna Mitty
The Apartment
1960
as Fran Kubelik
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Princess Aouda
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Valentine's Day
2010
as Estelle
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
as Sara
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Ouiser Boudreaux
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Pianist
Rumor Has It...
2005
as Katharine Richelieu
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Aurora Greenway
In Her Shoes
2005
as Ella Hirsh
Noelle
2019
as Elf Polly
Bewitched
2005
as Iris Smythson / Endora
The Little Mermaid
2018
as Eloise
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Veronica
Woman Times Seven
1967
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Irma la Douce
1963
as Irma La Douce
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Jennifer Rogers
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Defending Your Life
1991
as Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Doris Mann
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
as Grace Winterbourne
Waiting for the Light
1990
as Aunt Zena
Bernie
2012
as Marjorie Nugent
Being There
1979
as Eve Rand
Guarding Tess
1994
as Tess Carlisle
The Last Word
2017
as Harriet Lauler
Some Came Running
1958
as Ginnie Moorehead
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Louisa May Foster
My Geisha
1962
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Lucy Boomer
as Lucy Boomer
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
These Old Broads
2001
as Kate Westbourne
Closing the Ring
2007
as Ethel Ann
The Sheepman
1958
as Dell Payton
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Sweet Charity
1969
as Charity
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Elsa
The Evening Star
1996
as Aurora Greenway
Artists and Models
1955
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Helen Cooney
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
The Children's Hour
1961
as Martha Dobie
Gambit
1966
as Nicole
The Turning Point
1977
as Deedee
A Heavenly Christmas
2016
as Pearl
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
American Dreamer
2022
as Astrid Fanelli
A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Martha (uncredited)
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Wild Oats
2016
as Eva
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Katie Robbins
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Meg Wheeler
Two for the Seesaw
1962
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977
as Self
Used People
1992
as Pearl Berman
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Mae Jenkins
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Jenny
Can-Can
1960
as Simone Pistache
Loving Couples
1980
as Evelyn
Men of Granite
2015
as Sophia Prather
Career
1959
as Sharon Kensington
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
A Change of Seasons
1980
as Karyn Evans
Bruno
2000
as Helen
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
Carolina
2003
as Grandmother Mirabeau
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Harriet Blossom
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
People Not Places
as Clare
The Matchmaker
1958
as Irene Molloy
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985
as Herself
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Coco Chanel
2008
as Coco Chanel
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008
as Amelia Thomas
The West Side Waltz
1995
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Desperate Characters
1971
as Sophie Bentwood
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982
as Self - Cameo Performance
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Norah Benson
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
1976
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Two Loves
1961
as Anna Vorontosov
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Hot Spell
1958
as Virginia Duval
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self
Palme
2012
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974
as Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
Bella!
2023
as Self
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
Year of the Woman
1973
as Self
Circasia
1976
as Clown
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002
as Mary Kay Ash
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
2003
as Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001
as Herself
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
as Self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989
as self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982
as Self
About Shirley MacLaine
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. Fo… With 169 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Shirley MacLaine has appeared in 129 films and 40 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shirley MacLaine Movies
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) — as Edna Mitty
- The Apartment (1960) — as Fran Kubelik
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Princess Aouda
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) — as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
- Valentine's Day (2010) — as Estelle
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