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Shirley MacLaine

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. 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1934-04-24

Birth Place

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Change of Seasons

A Change of Seasons

1980

5.6

Movie
A Heavenly Christmas

A Heavenly Christmas

2016

6.1

Movie
A Smile Like Yours

A Smile Like Yours

1997

3.4

Movie
All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work

1961

5.9

Movie
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022

5.7

Movie
poster

Anne of Green Gables

1985

8.9

TV
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

2008

5.5

Movie
Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

6.6

Movie
Artists and Models

Artists and Models

1955

6.7

Movie
Ask Any Girl

Ask Any Girl

1959

6.2

Movie
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

2001

8.1

Movie
Baryshnikov in Hollywood

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

1982

0.0

Movie
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

1983

0.0

Movie
Be Pretty and Shut Up!

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

1981

6.3

Movie
poster

Beckmann

1999

3.0

TV
Being There

Being There

1979

7.6

Movie
Bella!

Bella!

2023

0.0

Movie
Bernie

Bernie

2012

6.6

Movie
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'

2004

5.8

Movie
Bewitched

Bewitched

2005

5.1

Movie
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

1998

6.0

Movie
poster

Bitte umblättern

1977

6.0

TV
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

2018

7.2

Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

0.0

Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

7.0

Movie
Bruno

Bruno

2000

6.8

Movie
Can-Can

Can-Can

1960

6.6

Movie
Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

5.4

Movie
Career

Career

1959

6.5

Movie
Carolina

Carolina

2003

5.7

Movie
poster

Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

TV
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015

0.0

Movie
Circasia

Circasia

1976

5.0

Movie
Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring

2007

6.1

Movie
Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

2008

6.6

Movie
Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life

1991

6.9

Movie
poster

Der große Preis

1974

6.0

TV
Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters

1971

5.3

Movie
poster

Downton Abbey

2010

8.1

TV
Elsa & Fred

Elsa & Fred

2014

6.0

Movie
poster

Entertainment Tonight

1981

3.7

TV
Forever Hollywood

Forever Hollywood

1999

8.0

Movie
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

1969

0.0

Movie
Gambit

Gambit

1966

7.0

Movie
Get Bruce!

Get Bruce!

1999

6.2

Movie
poster

Glee

2009

6.7

TV
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1966

3.5

TV
Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

1994

6.0

Movie
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

1997

6.0

Movie
poster

Harty

1983

6.0

TV
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

2002

4.5

Movie
Hollywood and the Stars

Hollywood and the Stars

1964

0.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

2008

7.0

Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical

2008

0.0

Movie
Hot Spell

Hot Spell

1958

6.0

Movie
I Love Liberty

I Love Liberty

1982

0.0

Movie
In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

2005

6.2

Movie
Inside 'The Apartment'

Inside 'The Apartment'

2008

0.0

Movie
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
Irma la Douce

Irma la Douce

1963

7.4

Movie
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

1988

0.0

Movie
Jack Paar: Smart Television

Jack Paar: Smart Television

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Joan of Arc

1999

6.5

TV
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

3.4

Movie
poster

Laugh-In

1977

5.8

TV
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

1998

7.3

Movie
Loving Couples

Loving Couples

1980

4.6

Movie
Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka

1988

6.7

Movie
Men of Granite

Men of Granite

2015

10.0

Movie
Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

6.5

Movie
Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne

1996

7.2

Movie
My Geisha

My Geisha

1962

6.5

Movie
Noelle

Noelle

2019

6.6

Movie
Nutcracker

Nutcracker

1973

7.0

Movie
Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

1960

6.4

Movie
poster

Only Murders in the Building

2021

8.4

TV
poster

Out on a Limb

1987

5.3

TV
Palme

Palme

2012

7.7

Movie
poster

Pebble Mill

1991

3.1

TV
People Not Places

People Not Places

0.0

Movie
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990

6.6

Movie
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

2003

0.0

Movie
Rat Pack

Rat Pack

2022

9.0

Movie
poster

Reflets de Cannes

1954

0.0

TV
Rescued from the Closet

Rescued from the Closet

2001

6.0

Movie
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

4.8

Movie
Rumor Has It...

Rumor Has It...

2005

5.7

Movie
Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials

2002

6.3

Movie
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

1990

9.0

Movie
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

1980

0.0

Movie
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

1976

0.0

Movie
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

1974

0.0

Movie
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

1996

6.2

Movie
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

1982

7.0

Movie
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout

Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout

1989

0.0

Movie
poster

Shirley's World

1972

5.0

TV
Some Came Running

Some Came Running

1958

6.9

Movie
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

1989

7.2

Movie
Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

1969

6.8

Movie
poster

Système 2

1975

0.0

TV
poster

Talking Pictures

2013

5.0

TV
Terms of Endearment

Terms of Endearment

1983

7.1

Movie
That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985

7.0

Movie
The Apartment

The Apartment

1960

8.2

Movie
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1968

6.7

Movie
poster

The Bob Hope Show

1950

7.0

TV
The Car That Became a Star

The Car That Became a Star

1965

6.0

Movie
poster

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

7.5

TV
The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996

7.2

Movie
The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

1961

7.7

Movie
poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

6.7

TV
poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

5.3

TV
poster

The Early Show

1999

5.7

TV
poster

The Emmy Awards

1949

7.5

TV
The Evening Star

The Evening Star

1996

5.9

Movie
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

8.6

Movie
The Last Word

The Last Word

2017

6.6

Movie
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

2018

5.0

Movie
The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

1958

6.9

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

1975

0.0

Movie
The Possession of Joel Delaney

The Possession of Joel Delaney

1972

5.7

Movie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2013

7.2

Movie
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

1980

0.0

Movie
The Sheepman

The Sheepman

1958

6.7

Movie
The Shirley MacLaine Show

The Shirley MacLaine Show

1985

10.0

Movie
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?

1977

0.0

Movie
poster

The Steve Allen Show

1956

5.0

TV
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Trouble with Harry

The Trouble with Harry

1955

7.0

Movie
The Turning Point

The Turning Point

1977

6.5

Movie
The Unknown Peter Sellers

The Unknown Peter Sellers

2000

8.0

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The West Side Waltz

The West Side Waltz

1995

9.0

Movie
The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964

6.0

Movie
These Old Broads

These Old Broads

2001

6.5

Movie
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Two for the Seesaw

Two for the Seesaw

1962

6.5

Movie
Two Loves

Two Loves

1961

4.9

Movie
Two Mules for Sister Sara

Two Mules for Sister Sara

1970

6.9

Movie
Used People

Used People

1992

5.4

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
poster

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

6.0

TV
Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day

2010

5.9

Movie
Vittorio D.

Vittorio D.

2009

6.3

Movie
Waiting for the Light

Waiting for the Light

1990

6.5

Movie
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

2015

5.4

Movie
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

6.9

Movie
Wide-Awake

Wide-Awake

2012

5.8

Movie
Wild Oats

Wild Oats

2016

6.2

Movie
Woman Times Seven

Woman Times Seven

1967

6.4

Movie
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1993

6.3

Movie
Year of the Woman

Year of the Woman

1973

0.0

Movie
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

0.0

Movie