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