Shirley MacLaine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-04-24 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Shirley MacLaine

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).

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Glee

    Glee

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Only Murders in the Building

    Only Murders in the Building

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

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

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

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  • Elsa & Fred

    Elsa & Fred

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

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

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

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go!

  • The Apartment

    The Apartment

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Circasia

    Circasia

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

  • Bella!

    Bella!

  • Noelle

    Noelle

  • Bernie

    Bernie

  • Steel Magnolias

    Steel Magnolias

  • 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

  • Hot Spell

    Hot Spell

  • My Geisha

    My Geisha

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Gambit

    Gambit

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

  • Two Mules for Sister Sara

    Two Mules for Sister Sara

  • Terms of Endearment

    Terms of Endearment

  • Wild Oats

    Wild Oats

  • Sweet Charity

    Sweet Charity

  • Palme

    Palme

  • Lucy Boomer

    Lucy Boomer

  • Guarding Tess

    Guarding Tess

  • Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day

  • Can-Can

    Can-Can

  • Mrs. Winterbourne

    Mrs. Winterbourne

  • Loving Couples

    Loving Couples

  • Used People

    Used People

  • Carolina

    Carolina

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Harty

    Harty

  • Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

    Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

  • Two Loves

    Two Loves

  • Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

  • Rumor Has It...

    Rumor Has It...

  • Cannonball Run II

    Cannonball Run II

  • Système 2

    Système 2

  • The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

    The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • The Children's Hour

    The Children's Hour

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • The Car That Became a Star

    The Car That Became a Star

  • Desperate Characters

    Desperate Characters

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

  • The Sheepman

    The Sheepman

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • In Her Shoes

    In Her Shoes

  • Madame Sousatzka

    Madame Sousatzka

  • Some Came Running

    Some Came Running

  • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

    Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

  • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

    The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

  • Wide-Awake

    Wide-Awake

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Defending Your Life

    Defending Your Life

  • Get Bruce!

    Get Bruce!

  • Being There

    Being There

  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Around the World in 80 Days

  • The Possession of Joel Delaney

    The Possession of Joel Delaney

  • Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven

  • Two for the Seesaw

    Two for the Seesaw

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • The Matchmaker

    The Matchmaker

  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • Nutcracker

    Nutcracker

  • Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • The Evening Star

    The Evening Star

  • Waiting for the Light

    Waiting for the Light

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

  • That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

  • Year of the Woman

    Year of the Woman

  • The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

  • Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

  • A Heavenly Christmas

    A Heavenly Christmas

  • I Love Liberty

    I Love Liberty

  • A Change of Seasons

    A Change of Seasons

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

    Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

  • The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

    Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

  • Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

  • Inside 'The Apartment'

    Inside 'The Apartment'

  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • These Old Broads

    These Old Broads

  • A Smile Like Yours

    A Smile Like Yours

  • Men of Granite

    Men of Granite

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

  • Artists and Models

    Artists and Models

  • Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

    Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Ask Any Girl

    Ask Any Girl

  • Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

    Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

  • Laugh-In

    Laugh-In

  • Coco Chanel

    Coco Chanel

  • Mike Wallace Is Here

    Mike Wallace Is Here

  • Out on a Limb

    Out on a Limb

  • Bruno

    Bruno

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

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

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

  • The Unknown Peter Sellers

    The Unknown Peter Sellers

  • Career

    Career

  • The Shirley MacLaine Show

    The Shirley MacLaine Show

  • The West Side Waltz

    The West Side Waltz

  • Jack Paar: Smart Television

    Jack Paar: Smart Television

  • Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

    Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

  • People Not Places

    People Not Places

  • Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

    Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

  • Discovering Audrey Hepburn

    Discovering Audrey Hepburn

  • Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

    Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

  • Baryshnikov in Hollywood

    Baryshnikov in Hollywood

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

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

  • Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

    Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    The All-Star Christmas Show

  • Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

    Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

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

    Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'

  • Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout

    Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout

  • Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

    Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine