Shirley MacLaine
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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
Credits
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
as Edna Mitty
Valentine's Day (2010)
as Estelle
The Apartment (1960)
as Fran Kubelik
Cannonball Run II (1984)
as Veronica
Steel Magnolias (1989)
as Ouiser Boudreaux
In Her Shoes (2005)
as Ella Hirsh
Bewitched (2005)
as Iris Smythson / Endora
Rumor Has It... (2005)
as Katharine Richelieu
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Princess Aouda
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
as Sara
Guarding Tess (1994)
as Tess Carlisle
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
as Aurora Greenway
The Last Word (2017)
as Harriet Lauler
Being There (1979)
as Eve Rand
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Doris Mann
American Dreamer (2022)
as Astrid Fanelli
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Martha Dobie
Noelle (2019)
as Elf Polly
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
as Jennifer Rogers
Closing the Ring (2007)
as Ethel Ann
Irma la Douce (1963)
as Irma La Douce
Defending Your Life (1991)
as Shirley MacLaine
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
as Grace Winterbourne
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20 (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Little Mermaid (2018)
as Eloise
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Louisa May Foster
Sweet Charity (1969)
as Charity
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008)
as Amelia Thomas
Some Came Running (1958)
as Ginnie Moorehead
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Katie Robbins
Artists and Models (1955)
as Bessie Sparrowbush
Gambit (1966)
as Nicole
The Sheepman (1958)
as Dell Payton
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
as Mae Jenkins
The Best of So Graham Norton (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Get Bruce! (1999)
as Self
Bernie (2012)
as Marjorie Nugent
My Geisha (1962)
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
Woman Times Seven (1967)
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Elsa & Fred (2014)
as Elsa
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
These Old Broads (2001)
as Kate Westbourne
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
as Jenny
The Evening Star (1996)
as Aurora Greenway
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' (2004)
as Self
A Change of Seasons (1980)
as Karyn Evans
A Smile Like Yours (1997)
as Martha (uncredited)
Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981)
as Self (archive footage)
The Matchmaker (1958)
as Irene Molloy
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
Waiting for the Light (1990)
as Aunt Zena
The Turning Point (1977)
as Deedee
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
as Helen Cooney
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self
Rescued from the Closet (2001)
as Self
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008)
as Self
Wide-Awake (2012)
as The Pianist
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! (1985)
Actor
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
as self
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
as Norah Benson
The Celluloid Closet (1996)
as Self
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005)
as Self
Used People (1992)
as Pearl Berman
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018)
as Self
I Love Liberty (1982)
as Self
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
Rat Pack (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The West Side Waltz (1995)
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert (2001)
as Herself
Wild Oats (2016)
as Eva
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Meg Wheeler
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
Commitment to Life (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul (1976)
as Self
Can-Can (1960)
as Simone Pistache
Coco Chanel (2008)
as Coco Chanel
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
as Harriet Blossom
Carolina (2003)
as Grandmother Mirabeau
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Self
Palme (2012)
as Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1977 (1977)
Actor
Loving Couples (1980)
as Evelyn
The Shirley MacLaine Show (1985)
as Herself
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Car That Became a Star (1965)
as Self
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
as Mary Kay Ash
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)
as Self
Vittorio D. (2009)
as Self
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (1990)
as Self
Year of the Woman (1973)
as Self
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977)
as Self
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration (2024)
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
as Self
A Heavenly Christmas (2016)
as Pearl
Bruno (2000)
as Helen
Lucy Boomer (—)
as Lucy Boomer
The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' (1980)
as Self
Hot Spell (1958)
as Virginia Duval
Desperate Characters (1971)
as Sophie Bentwood
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974)
as Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
as Self - Cameo Performance
Vito (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Bella! (2023)
as Self
Men of Granite (2015)
as Sophia Prather
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma (1969)
Actor
Two Loves (1961)
as Anna Vorontosov
Career (1959)
as Sharon Kensington
Discovering Audrey Hepburn (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)
as Self
Inside 'The Apartment' (2008)
as Self
People Not Places (—)
as Clare
Circasia (1976)
as Clown
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions (1982)
as Self
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout (1989)
as self
Margret and Stevie (—)
as Margret Rey