Shirley MacLaine

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

165

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

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Only Murders in the Building

    Only Murders in the Building

  • The Carol Burnett Show

    The Carol Burnett Show

  • Downton Abbey

    Downton Abbey

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Glee

    Glee

  • The View

    The View

  • The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

  • Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • 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

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  • Der große Preis

    Der große Preis

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Système 2

    Système 2

  • V.I.P. Schaukel

    V.I.P. Schaukel

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • Steel Magnolias

    Steel Magnolias

  • The Apartment

    The Apartment

  • Two Mules for Sister Sara

    Two Mules for Sister Sara

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

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

  • Cannonball Run II

    Cannonball Run II

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

  • Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

    Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

  • The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

    The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

  • Closing the Ring

    Closing the Ring

  • American Dreamer

    American Dreamer

  • Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration

  • The Evening Star

    The Evening Star

  • Defending Your Life

    Defending Your Life

  • Rumor Has It...

    Rumor Has It...

  • The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

  • Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

  • Gambit

    Gambit

  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

  • The Yellow Rolls-Royce

    The Yellow Rolls-Royce

  • Being There

    Being There

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • The Children's Hour

    The Children's Hour

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc

  • Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day

  • What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go!

  • Can-Can

    Can-Can

  • Around the World in Eighty Days

    Around the World in Eighty Days

  • Terms of Endearment

    Terms of Endearment

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

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

  • The Early Show

    The Early Show

  • Harty

    Harty

  • The Matchmaker

    The Matchmaker

  • Postcards from the Edge

    Postcards from the Edge

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Wild Oats

    Wild Oats

  • 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

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem Witch Trials

  • Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

    Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning

  • I Love Liberty

    I Love Liberty

  • Nutcracker

    Nutcracker

  • John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Irma la Douce

    Irma la Douce

  • Guarding Tess

    Guarding Tess

  • Palme

    Palme

  • You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

  • Bernie

    Bernie

  • Madame Sousatzka

    Madame Sousatzka

  • Two Loves

    Two Loves

  • The Celluloid Closet

    The Celluloid Closet

  • The Last Word

    The Last Word

  • The Car That Became a Star

    The Car That Became a Star

  • Carolina

    Carolina

  • Shirley's World

    Shirley's World

  • Two for the Seesaw

    Two for the Seesaw

  • Sweet Charity

    Sweet Charity

  • Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

    Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

  • Hot Spell

    Hot Spell

  • Used People

    Used People

  • A Smile Like Yours

    A Smile Like Yours

  • Waiting for the Light

    Waiting for the Light

  • Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

    Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

  • Bella!

    Bella!

  • Vittorio D.

    Vittorio D.

  • The Sheepman

    The Sheepman

  • Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

    Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay

  • Noelle

    Noelle

  • Year of the Woman

    Year of the Woman

  • A Change of Seasons

    A Change of Seasons

  • Woman Times Seven

    Woman Times Seven

  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

  • Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

  • Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

  • A Heavenly Christmas

    A Heavenly Christmas

  • In Her Shoes

    In Her Shoes

  • My Geisha

    My Geisha

  • The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

    The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir

  • Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

  • Rat Pack

    Rat Pack

  • Mrs. Winterbourne

    Mrs. Winterbourne

  • Circasia

    Circasia

  • Rescued from the Closet

    Rescued from the Closet

  • The Trouble with Harry

    The Trouble with Harry

  • The Turning Point

    The Turning Point

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

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

  • The Possession of Joel Delaney

    The Possession of Joel Delaney

  • Out on a Limb

    Out on a Limb

  • Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  • That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

  • Be Pretty and Shut Up!

    Be Pretty and Shut Up!

  • Men of Granite

    Men of Granite

  • Desperate Characters

    Desperate Characters

  • Some Came Running

    Some Came Running

  • Elsa & Fred

    Elsa & Fred

  • These Old Broads

    These Old Broads

  • All in a Night's Work

    All in a Night's Work

  • Bruno

    Bruno

  • Wide-Awake

    Wide-Awake

  • Loving Couples

    Loving Couples

  • The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

  • Get Bruce!

    Get Bruce!

  • Laugh-In

    Laugh-In

  • Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

    Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine

  • Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

    Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Mike Wallace Is Here

    Mike Wallace Is Here

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Inside 'The Apartment'

    Inside 'The Apartment'

  • Coco Chanel

    Coco Chanel

  • People Not Places

    People Not Places

  • The Shirley MacLaine Show

    The Shirley MacLaine Show

  • Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

    Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert

  • Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

    Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now

  • Ask Any Girl

    Ask Any Girl

  • Artists and Models

    Artists and Models

  • Career

    Career

  • Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

  • The West Side Waltz

    The West Side Waltz

  • Discovering Audrey Hepburn

    Discovering Audrey Hepburn

  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    The All-Star Christmas Show

  • The Unknown Peter Sellers

    The Unknown Peter Sellers

  • Baryshnikov in Hollywood

    Baryshnikov in Hollywood

  • Jack Paar: Smart Television

    Jack Paar: Smart Television

  • Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

    Shirley MacLaine... Illusions

  • Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

    Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu

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

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

  • 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