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).
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Movies (130)
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024 · Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Bella!
2023 · Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
2023 · Self (archive footage)
El soñador americano
2022 · Astrid Fanelli
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
2022 · Self
Rat Pack
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Self
Noelle
2019 · Elf Polly
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Breslin y Hamill: Las voces de Nueva York
2018 · Self
La sirenita
2018 · Eloise
Mi última palabra
2017 · Harriet Lauler, Executive Producer
A Heavenly Christmas
2016 · Pearl
Wild Oats
2016 · Eva
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Men of Granite
2015 · Sophia Prather
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014 · Self
Elsa y Fred
2014 · Elsa
La Increíble Vida de Walter Mitty
2013 · Edna Mitty
Wide-Awake
2012 · The Pianist
Palme
2012 · Self
Bernie
2012 · Marjorie Nugent
Vito
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Día de los Enamorados
2010 · Estelle
Vittorio D.
2009 · Self
Ana de las Tejas Verdes: Un nuevo comienzo
2008 · Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008 · Self
Coco Chanel
2008 · Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008 · Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008 · Self
Cerrando el círculo
2007 · Ethel Ann
Dicen por ahí...
2005 · Katharine Richelieu
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005 · Self
En sus zapatos
2005 · Ella Hirsh
Hechizada
2005 · Iris Smythson / Endora
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004 · Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003 · Self
Carolina
2003 · Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002 · Mary Kay Ash
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001 · self
Rescued from the Closet
2001 · Self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001 · Herself
These Old Broads
2001 · Kate Westbourne
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000 · Self
Bruno
2000 · Helen, Director
Get Bruce!
1999 · Self
Forever Hollywood
1999 · Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998 · Narrator (voice)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998 · Self
A Smile Like Yours
1997 · Martha (uncredited)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997 · Self
La fuerza del cariño 2: La vida continúa
1996 · Aurora Greenway
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996 · Self
Con cariño desde el cielo
1996 · Grace Winterbourne
The Celluloid Closet
1996 · Self
The West Side Waltz
1995 · Margaret Mary Elderdice
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self
El guardaespaldas y la primera dama
1994 · Tess Carlisle
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993 · Helen Cooney
Used People
1992 · Pearl Berman
Defending Your Life: El Cielo... próximamente
1991 · Shirley MacLaine
Recuerdos de Hollywood
1990 · Doris Mann
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Waiting for the Light
1990 · Aunt Zena
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990 · Self
Steel Magnolias
1989 · Ouiser Boudreaux
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989 · self
Madame Sousatzka
1988 · Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988 · Self
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985 · Herself, Writer
That's Dancing!
1985 · Self (archive footage)
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Veronica
Terms of Endearment
1983 · Aurora Greenway
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982 · Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982 · Self - Cameo Performance
I Love Liberty
1982 · Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981 · Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
1980 · Karyn Evans
Loving Couples
1980 · Evelyn
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980 · Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980 · Self (archive footage)
Being There
1979 · Eve Rand
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Turning Point
1977 · Deedee
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977 · Self, Executive Producer
Circasia
1976 · Clown
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
1976 · Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1975 · Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974 · Self, Producer
Year of the Woman
1973 · Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972 · Norah Benson
Desperate Characters
1971 · Sophie Bentwood
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970 · Sara
Sweet Charity
1969 · Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · Harriet Blossom, Songs
Woman Times Seven
1967 · Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Gambit
1966 · Nicole
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Jenny, Songs
The Car That Became a Star
1965 · Self
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · Mae Jenkins
What a Way to Go!
1964 · Louisa May Foster
Irma la Douce
1963 · Irma La Douce
Two for the Seesaw
1962 · Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
My Geisha
1962 · Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori, Songs
The Children's Hour
1961 · Martha Dobie
Two Loves
1961 · Anna Vorontosov
All in a Night's Work
1961 · Katie Robbins
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
The Apartment
1960 · Fran Kubelik
Can-Can
1960 · Simone Pistache
Career
1959 · Sharon Kensington
Ask Any Girl
1959 · Meg Wheeler
Some Came Running
1958 · Ginnie Moorehead
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
The Matchmaker
1958 · Irene Molloy
Hot Spell
1958 · Virginia Duval
The Sheepman
1958 · Dell Payton
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Princess Aouda
Artists and Models
1955 · Bessie Sparrowbush
The Trouble with Harry
1955 · Jennifer Rogers
People Not Places
· Clare
Lucy Boomer
· Lucy Boomer
Margret and Stevie
· Margret Rey
TV shows (42)
Solo Asesinatos en el Edificio
2021 · Rose Cooper
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Downton Abbey
2010 · Martha Levinson
Glee
2009 · June Dolloway
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest (archive footage)
Salem Witch Trials
2003 · Rebecca Nurse
V Graham Norton
2002 · Self
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Juana de arco
1999 · Madame de Beaurevoir
Beckmann
1999 · Self
The View
1997 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self (archive footage), Self - Narrator (voice)
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Out on a Limb
1987 · Shirley MacLaine, Book, Teleplay
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Harty
1983 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · Self
Laugh-In
1977 · Guest Performer
Please Turn the Page
1977 · Self
Système 2
1975 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self - Guest
Der große Preis
1974 · Self
Shirley's World
1972 · Shirley Logan
Film '72
1971 · Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967
The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Host, Self - Presenter
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner