Shirley MacLaine
Age: N/A | From: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Shirley MacLean Beaty , Širlė Maklein , Shirley McLaine , შირლი მაკლეინი , 셜리 맥클레인 , 雪莉·麦克雷恩 , Ширлі Маклейн
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 68
TV Involvements: 21
Most Famous Work
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Intimate Portrait
(1993) Self - Narrator (voice)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
(1966) Self
The Bob Hope Show
(1950) Self
Downton Abbey
(2010) Martha Levinson
Der große Preis
(1974) Self
Système 2
(1975) Self
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - PresenterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Astrid Fanelli | |
| 2023 | Self | |
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Rose Cooper | |
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Elf Polly | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Eloise | ||
| 2017 | Harriet Lauler | |
| 2016 | Pearl | |
| Eva | ||
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self - Warren's sister (archive footage) | ||
| Sophia Prather | ||
| 2014 | Self | |
| Elsa | ||
| 2013 | Edna Mitty | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | The Pianist | |
| N/A | ||
| Marjorie Nugent | ||
| 2010 | Martha Levinson | |
| Estelle Paddington | ||
| 2009 | Self | |
| June Dolloway | ||
| 2008 | Amelia Thomas | |
| Self | ||
| Coco Chanel | ||
| Self | ||
| 2007 | Ethel Ann | |
| 2005 | Katharine Richelieu | |
| Ella Hirsh | ||
| Iris Smythson / Endora | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Grandmother Mirabeau | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Rebecca Nurse | |
| Mary Kay Ash | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Herself | ||
| Kate Westbourne | ||
| 2000 | Herself | |
| Helen | ||
| 1999 | Self | |
| Madame de Beaurevoir | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Self | ||
| 1997 | Martha (uncredited) | |
| Self | ||
| 1996 | Aurora Greenway | |
| Self | ||
| Grace Winterbourne | ||
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Margaret Mary Elderdice | |
| Self | ||
| 1994 | Self | |
| Tess Carlisle | ||
| 1993 | Helen Cooney | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self - Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1992 | Pearl Berman | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ||
| 1990 | Doris Mann | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Aunt Zena | ||
| Self | ||
| 1989 | Ouiser Boudreaux | |
| 1988 | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Shirley MacLaine | |
| 1985 | Amelia Thomas | |
| Herself | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Veronica | |
| 1983 | Aurora Greenway | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Self | |
| Self - Cameo Performance | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1981 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | Karyn Evans | |
| Evelyn | ||
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1979 | Eve Rand | |
| 1977 | Deedee | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Clown | |
| Self | ||
| 1975 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Self | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1972 | Norah Benson | |
| Shirley Logan | ||
| 1971 | Sophie Bentwood | |
| Self | ||
| 1970 | Sara | |
| 1969 | Charity | |
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | Harriet Blossom | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne | |
| Self | ||
| 1966 | Nicole | |
| Self | ||
| 1965 | Jenny | |
| Self | ||
| 1964 | Mae Jenkins | |
| Louisa May Foster | ||
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Irma La Douce | |
| 1962 | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz | |
| Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | ||
| 1961 | Martha Dobie | |
| Anna Vorontosov | ||
| Katie Robbins | ||
| 1960 | Tipsy Girl (uncredited) | |
| Fran Kubelik | ||
| Simone Pistache | ||
| 1959 | Sharon Kensington | |
| Meg Wheeler | ||
| 1958 | Ginnie Moorehead | |
| Irene Molloy | ||
| Virginia Duval | ||
| Dell Payton | ||
| 1956 | Princess Aouda | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self - Presenter | ||
| 1955 | Bessie Sparrowbush | |
| Jennifer Rogers | ||
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1950 | Self | |
| 1949 | Self | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 1977 | Executive Producer | |
| 1975 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Book | |
| Teleplay | ||
| 1985 | Writer | |
| 1975 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Songs | |
| 1965 | Songs | |
| 1962 | Songs | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |