Shirley MacLaine
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 24, 1934 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Credits
- 171
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 Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013Movie
Edna Mitty
Valentine's Day
2010Movie
Estelle
The Apartment
1960Movie
Fran Kubelik
Only Murders in the Building
2021TV
Rose Cooper
Bewitched
2005Movie
Iris Smythson / Endora
In Her Shoes
2005Movie
Ella Hirsh
Filmography
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
2024Movie
Martha Levinson (archive footage)
Bella!
2023Movie
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023Movie
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
American Dreamer
2022Movie
Astrid Fanelli
Rat Pack
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
Only Murders in the Building
2021TV
Rose Cooper
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021Movie
Self
Noelle
2019Movie
Elf Polly
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018Movie
Self
The Little Mermaid
2018Movie
Eloise
The Last Word
2017Movie
Harriet Lauler
A Heavenly Christmas
2016Movie
Pearl
Wild Oats
2016Movie
Eva
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Men of Granite
2015Movie
Sophia Prather
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014Movie
Self
Elsa & Fred
2014Movie
Elsa
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013Movie
Edna Mitty
Talking Pictures
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
Wide-Awake
2012Movie
The Pianist
Palme
2012Movie
Self
Bernie
2012Movie
Marjorie Nugent
Vito
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
Downton Abbey
2010TV
Martha Levinson
Valentine's Day
2010Movie
Estelle
Vittorio D.
2009Movie
Self
Glee
2009TV
June Dolloway
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
2008Movie
Amelia Thomas
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008Movie
Self
Coco Chanel
2008Movie
Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
2008Movie
Self
Inside 'The Apartment'
2008Movie
Self
Closing the Ring
2007Movie
Ethel Ann
Rumor Has It...
2005Movie
Katharine Richelieu
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
2005Movie
Self
In Her Shoes
2005Movie
Ella Hirsh
Bewitched
2005Movie
Iris Smythson / Endora
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
2004Movie
Self
The Best of So Graham Norton
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson
2004TV
Self - Guest (archive footage)
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003Movie
Self
Carolina
2003Movie
Grandmother Mirabeau
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003Movie
Self
Salem Witch Trials
2003TV
Rebecca Nurse
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
2002Movie
Mary Kay Ash
V Graham Norton
2002TV
Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001Movie
self
Rescued from the Closet
2001Movie
Self
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
2001Movie
Herself
These Old Broads
2001Movie
Kate Westbourne
The Unknown Peter Sellers
2000Movie
Self
Bruno
2000Movie
Helen
The Early Show
1999TV
Self
Joan of Arc
1999TV
Madame de Beaurevoir
Beckmann
1999TV
Self
Get Bruce!
1999Movie
Self
Forever Hollywood
1999Movie
Self
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
1998Movie
Narrator (voice)
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
1998Movie
Self
A Smile Like Yours
1997Movie
Martha (uncredited)
The View
1997TV
Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997Movie
Self
The Evening Star
1996Movie
Aurora Greenway
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996Movie
Self
Mrs. Winterbourne
1996Movie
Grace Winterbourne
The Celluloid Closet
1996Movie
Self
The West Side Waltz
1995Movie
Margaret Mary Elderdice
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995Movie
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Guarding Tess
1994Movie
Tess Carlisle
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993Movie
Helen Cooney
Intimate Portrait
1993TV
Self (archive footage), Self - Narrator (voice)
Used People
1992Movie
Pearl Berman
Pebble Mill
1991TV
Self
Defending Your Life
1991Movie
Shirley MacLaine
Postcards from the Edge
1990Movie
Doris Mann
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Waiting for the Light
1990Movie
Aunt Zena
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
1990Movie
Self
Steel Magnolias
1989Movie
Ouiser Boudreaux
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
1989Movie
self
Madame Sousatzka
1988Movie
Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988Movie
Self
Out on a Limb
1987TV
Shirley MacLaine
The Shirley MacLaine Show
1985Movie
Herself
That's Dancing!
1985Movie
Self (archive footage)
Cannonball Run II
1984Movie
Veronica
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
Terms of Endearment
1983Movie
Aurora Greenway
Harty
1983TV
Self
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
1982Movie
Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
1982Movie
Self - Cameo Performance
I Love Liberty
1982Movie
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982TV
Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
1981Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Change of Seasons
1980Movie
Karyn Evans
Loving Couples
1980Movie
Evelyn
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
1980Movie
Self
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980Movie
Self (archive footage)
Being There
1979Movie
Eve Rand
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979TV
Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977Movie
The Turning Point
1977Movie
Deedee
Laugh-In
1977TV
Guest Performer
Please Turn the Page
1977TV
Self
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
1977Movie
Self
Circasia
1976Movie
Clown
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
1976Movie
Self
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1975Movie
Self
Système 2
1975TV
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self - Guest
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
1974Movie
Self
Der große Preis
1974TV
Self
Year of the Woman
1973Movie
Self
The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972Movie
Norah Benson
Shirley's World
1972TV
Shirley Logan
Film '72
1971TV
Self
Desperate Characters
1971Movie
Sophie Bentwood
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971TV
Self
Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970Movie
Sara
Sweet Charity
1969Movie
Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969Movie
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968Movie
Harriet Blossom
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
Omnibus
1967TV
Woman Times Seven
1967Movie
Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
The Carol Burnett Show
1967TV
Self
Gambit
1966Movie
Nicole
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965Movie
Jenny
The Car That Became a Star
1965Movie
Self
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964Movie
Mae Jenkins
What a Way to Go!
1964Movie
Louisa May Foster
Irma la Douce
1963Movie
Irma La Douce
Two for the Seesaw
1962Movie
Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
My Geisha
1962Movie
Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
The Children's Hour
1961Movie
Martha Dobie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Two Loves
1961Movie
Anna Vorontosov
All in a Night's Work
1961Movie
Katie Robbins
Ocean's Eleven
1960Movie
Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
The Apartment
1960Movie
Fran Kubelik
Can-Can
1960Movie
Simone Pistache
Career
1959Movie
Sharon Kensington
Ask Any Girl
1959Movie
Meg Wheeler
Some Came Running
1958Movie
Ginnie Moorehead
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958Movie
Self
The Matchmaker
1958Movie
Irene Molloy
Hot Spell
1958Movie
Virginia Duval
The Sheepman
1958Movie
Dell Payton
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
Princess Aouda
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956TV
Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Host, Self - Presenter
Artists and Models
1955Movie
Bessie Sparrowbush
The Trouble with Harry
1955Movie
Jennifer Rogers
Reflets de Cannes
1954TV
Self
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
The Bob Hope Show
1950TV
Self
The Emmy Awards
1949TV
Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Winner
Lucy Boomer
Movie
Lucy Boomer
People Not Places
Movie
Clare
Margret and Stevie
Movie
Margret Rey