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 · Širlė Maklein · Shirley McLaine · Ширлі Маклейн
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
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Glee
2009
as June Dolloway
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
TV Shows (40)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Glee
2009
as June Dolloway
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter / Self - Winner
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
Downton Abbey
2010
as Martha Levinson
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Only Murders in the Building
2021
as Rose Cooper
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Presenter
Omnibus
1967
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self (archive footage) / Self - Narrator (voice)
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
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
Système 2
1975
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self
Harty
1983
as Self
Please Turn the Page
1977
as Self
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
Joan of Arc
1999
as Madame de Beaurevoir
The Early Show
1999
as Self
Shirley's World
1972
as Shirley Logan
Out on a Limb
1987
as Shirley MacLaine
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Laugh-In
1977
as Guest Performer
Salem Witch Trials
2003
as Rebecca Nurse
Movies (129)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
as Edna Mitty
The Apartment
1960
as Fran Kubelik
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Ouiser Boudreaux
In Her Shoes
2005
as Ella Hirsh
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Princess Aouda
Valentine's Day
2010
as Estelle Paddington
Bewitched
2005
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Noelle
2019
as Elf Polly
Guarding Tess
1994
as Tess Carlisle
Terms of Endearment
1983
as Aurora Greenway
Rumor Has It...
2005
as Katharine Richelieu
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
as Sara
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Veronica
Being There
1979
as Eve Rand
Irma la Douce
1963
as Irma La Douce
Carolina
2003
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Defending Your Life
1991
as Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Doris Mann
Gambit
1966
as Nicole
Wild Oats
2016
as Eva
The Last Word
2017
as Harriet Lauler
American Dreamer
2022
as Astrid Fanelli
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996
as Self
Coco Chanel
2008
as Coco Chanel
Sweet Charity
1969
as Charity
The Children's Hour
1961
as Martha Dobie
The Little Mermaid
2018
as Eloise
Elsa & Fred
2014
as Elsa
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996
as Grace Winterbourne
Bruno
2000
as Helen
Closing the Ring
2007
as Ethel Ann
Get Bruce!
1999
as Self
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Jennifer Rogers
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Bernie
2012
as Marjorie Nugent
The Sheepman
1958
as Dell Payton
Some Came Running
1958
as Ginnie Moorehead
What a Way to Go!
1964
as Louisa May Foster
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
as Mae Jenkins
The Celluloid Closet
1996
as Self
Can-Can
1960
as Simone Pistache
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Used People
1992
as Pearl Berman
Artists and Models
1955
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
A Change of Seasons
1980
as Karyn Evans
These Old Broads
2001
as Kate Westbourne
Woman Times Seven
1967
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Hot Spell
1958
as Virginia Duval
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
as Self
The Turning Point
1977
as Deedee
A Heavenly Christmas
2016
as Pearl
Wide-Awake
2012
as The Pianist
The Evening Star
1996
as Aurora Greenway
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
All in a Night's Work
1961
as Katie Robbins
Palme
2012
as Self
Circasia
1976
as Clown
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
as Helen Cooney
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Jenny
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980
as Self (archive footage)
Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Rebecca Nurse
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001
as Herself
My Geisha
1962
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Career
1959
as Sharon Kensington
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008
as Amelia Thomas
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981
as Self (archive footage)
A Smile Like Yours
1997
as Martha (uncredited)
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
Rescued from the Closet
2001
as Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968
as Harriet Blossom
Loving Couples
1980
as Evelyn
Vittorio D.
2009
as Self
The Matchmaker
1958
as Irene Molloy
I Love Liberty
1982
as Self
Two for the Seesaw
1962
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
Waiting for the Light
1990
as Aunt Zena
Bella!
2023
as Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972
as Norah Benson
Vito
2011
as Self (archive)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Two Loves
1961
as Anna Vorontosov
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002
as Mary Kay Ash
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998
as Self
Ask Any Girl
1959
as Meg Wheeler
The West Side Waltz
1995
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Car That Became a Star
1965
as Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003
as Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008
as Self
Desperate Characters
1971
as Sophie Bentwood
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000
as Self
Men of Granite
2015
as Sophia Prather
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008
as Self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982
as Self
Year of the Woman
1973
as Self
People Not Places
as Clare
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985
as Herself
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982
as Self - Cameo Performance
Lucy Boomer
as Lucy Boomer
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1975
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
- Steel Magnolias (1989) — as Ouiser Boudreaux
- In Her Shoes (2005) — as Ella Hirsh
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) — as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
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