Shirley MacLaine
Birthday: 1934-04-24
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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).
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The Apartment
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Being There
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Irma la Douce
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Rumor Has It...
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Around the World in 80 Days
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Carolina
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Steel Magnolias
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The Children's Hour
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Terms of Endearment
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The Evening Star
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The Trouble with Harry
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Guarding Tess
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Postcards from the Edge
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Two Mules for Sister Sara
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In Her Shoes
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Can-Can
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
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Sweet Charity
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The Matchmaker
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The Turning Point
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
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Some Came Running
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
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Get Bruce!
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American Dreamer
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Bernie
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The Sheepman
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Ask Any Girl
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Two for the Seesaw
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Bruno
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These Old Broads
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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All in a Night's Work
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Waiting for the Light
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Bella!
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The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
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Madame Sousatzka
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Hot Spell
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Career
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The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
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Loving Couples
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Two Loves
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
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Ocean's Eleven
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Rat Pack
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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Be Pretty and Shut Up!
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Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
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Baryshnikov in Hollywood
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
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Salem Witch Trials
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The Last Word
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Wild Oats
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
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A Heavenly Christmas
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Year of the Woman
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The Little Mermaid
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The West Side Waltz
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Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
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The Celluloid Closet
Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men a...
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Vittorio D.
A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and famil...
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A Smile Like Yours
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Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
Documentary about actor Peter Sellers and one of his most memorable film roles....
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Wide-Awake
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Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
Musical Special featuring Shirley MacLaine in her tribute to chorus dancers, colloquially known as "...
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The Shirley MacLaine Show
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Noelle
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Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
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The Unknown Peter Sellers
Documentary about the life and career of a comic genius, Peter Sellers....
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Forever Hollywood
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick ...
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Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
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That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca...
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Palme
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Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
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The Car That Became a Star
This promotional film showcases the automobile whose adventures are chronicled in The Yellow Rolls-R...
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From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Universal short chronicling the adaptation of the musical SWEET CHARITY from Broadway to film....
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Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
A salute to movement in various forms, both literal (the physical movement of a dancer or gymnast) a...
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Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
Shirley MacLaine uses music and drama to look at ways in which things are not necessarily what they ...
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Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine discusses her life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne....
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Rescued from the Closet
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
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Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
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Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
Shirley MacLaine sings and dances in a one woman show featuring special guest Carol Burnett....
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Nutcracker
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Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
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The All-Star Christmas Show
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Discovering Audrey Hepburn
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Lucy Boomer
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That's Dancing!
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Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
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