Cast
Shirley MacLaine
Acting
Cast
Shirley MacLaine
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-04-24
From
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Also known as Shirley MacLean Beaty, Shirley McLaine
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).
★7.2
MOVIE2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Edna Mitty
★8.2
MOVIE1960
The Apartment
as Fran Kubelik
★6.7
MOVIE1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as Princess Aouda
★6.4
MOVIE1960
Ocean's Eleven
as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE2010
Valentine's Day
as Estelle
★6.9
MOVIE1970
Two Mules for Sister Sara
as Sara
★7.2
MOVIE1989
Steel Magnolias
as Ouiser Boudreaux
★5.8
MOVIE2012
Wide-Awake
as The Pianist
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Rumor Has It...
as Katharine Richelieu
★7.1
MOVIE1983
Terms of Endearment
as Aurora Greenway
★6.2
MOVIE2005
In Her Shoes
as Ella Hirsh
★6.6
MOVIE2019
Noelle
as Elf Polly
★5.1
MOVIE2005
Bewitched
as Iris Smythson / Endora
★5.0
MOVIE2018
The Little Mermaid
as Eloise
★6.5
MOVIE1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE1984
Cannonball Run II
as Veronica
★6.4
MOVIE1967
Woman Times Seven
as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
★7.4
MOVIE1963
Irma la Douce
as Irma La Douce
★7.0
MOVIE1955
The Trouble with Harry
as Jennifer Rogers
★8.3
MOVIE1999
Forever Hollywood
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1991
Defending Your Life
as Shirley MacLaine
★6.6
MOVIE1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Doris Mann
★7.2
MOVIE1996
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Grace Winterbourne
★6.7
MOVIE1990
Waiting for the Light
as Aunt Zena
★6.6
MOVIE2012
Bernie
as Marjorie Nugent
★7.6
MOVIE1979
Being There
as Eve Rand
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Guarding Tess
as Tess Carlisle
★6.6
MOVIE2017
The Last Word
as Harriet Lauler
★7.0
MOVIE1958
Some Came Running
as Ginnie Moorehead
MOVIE1977
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
★6.9
MOVIE1988
Madame Sousatzka
as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
★7.1
MOVIE1964
What a Way to Go!
as Louisa May Foster
★6.5
MOVIE1962
My Geisha
as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
MOVIETBA
Lucy Boomer
as Lucy Boomer
MOVIE2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE2001
These Old Broads
as Kate Westbourne
★6.2
MOVIE2007
Closing the Ring
as Ethel Ann
★6.9
MOVIE1958
The Sheepman
as Dell Payton
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1969
Sweet Charity
as Charity
★7.2
MOVIE1996
The Celluloid Closet
as Self
★5.9
MOVIE2014
Elsa & Fred
as Elsa
★6.0
MOVIE1996
The Evening Star
as Aurora Greenway
★6.7
MOVIE1955
Artists and Models
as Bessie Sparrowbush
★6.3
MOVIE1993
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
as Helen Cooney
MOVIE1969
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
★7.7
MOVIE1961
The Children's Hour
as Martha Dobie
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Gambit
as Nicole
★6.6
MOVIE1977
The Turning Point
as Deedee
★6.1
MOVIE2016
A Heavenly Christmas
as Pearl
★6.4
MOVIE1996
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2022
American Dreamer
as Astrid Fanelli
★4.0
MOVIE1997
A Smile Like Yours
as Martha (uncredited)
MOVIE1982
I Love Liberty
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE2016
Wild Oats
as Eva
★7.0
MOVIE2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
★6.9
MOVIE1985
That's Dancing!
★6.9
MOVIE1985
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1961
All in a Night's Work
as Katie Robbins
★8.0
MOVIE2026
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent
as Self (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1959
Ask Any Girl
as Meg Wheeler
★6.6
MOVIE1962
Two for the Seesaw
as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
★6.1
MOVIE1981
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1977
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Used People
as Pearl Berman
★6.1
MOVIE1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as Mae Jenkins
★3.8
MOVIE1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Jenny
★6.7
MOVIE1960
Can-Can
as Simone Pistache
★4.8
MOVIE1980
Loving Couples
as Evelyn
★10.0
MOVIE2015
Men of Granite
as Sophia Prather
★6.7
MOVIE1959
Career
as Sharon Kensington
★8.0
MOVIE1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE1980
A Change of Seasons
as Karyn Evans
★6.5
MOVIE2000
Bruno
as Helen
★8.0
MOVIE2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE2003
Carolina
as Grandmother Mirabeau
★6.8
MOVIE1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
as Harriet Blossom
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Vito
as Self (archive)
MOVIETBA
People Not Places
as Clare
★7.0
MOVIE1958
The Matchmaker
as Irene Molloy
★10.0
MOVIE1985
The Shirley MacLaine Show
as Herself
★6.5
MOVIE2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE2008
Inside 'The Apartment'
as Self
★4.5
MOVIE2024
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Martha Levinson (archive footage)
★6.6
MOVIE2008
Coco Chanel
as Coco Chanel
★5.7
MOVIE2008
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
as Amelia Thomas
★6.2
MOVIE1995
The West Side Waltz
as Margaret Mary Elderdice
★6.5
MOVIE2001
Rescued from the Closet
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
as self
★4.8
MOVIE2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1971
Desperate Characters
as Sophie Bentwood
MOVIE1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Cameo Performance
★5.6
MOVIE1972
The Possession of Joel Delaney
as Norah Benson
★7.0
MOVIE2005
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'
as Self
MOVIE1976
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
as Self
MOVIE1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
★5.4
MOVIE1961
Two Loves
as Anna Vorontosov
★8.7
MOVIE1990
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
★7.4
MOVIE1998
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
as Narrator (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1958
Hot Spell
as Virginia Duval
★6.0
MOVIE1958
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
★7.1
MOVIE2018
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
as Self
★7.6
MOVIE2012
Palme
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1974
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now
as Self
★8.2
MOVIE2000
The Unknown Peter Sellers
as Self
★7.3
MOVIE1997
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
MOVIE2023
Bella!
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2009
Vittorio D.
as Self
★9.0
MOVIE1973
Year of the Woman
as Self
★5.0
MOVIE1976
Circasia
as Clown
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Jack Paar: Smart Television
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
as Mary Kay Ash
MOVIE2003
Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
MOVIE2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE2001
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
as Herself
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
as Self
MOVIE1989
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout
as self
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1965
The Car That Became a Star
as Self
MOVIE1980
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
as Self
MOVIETBA
Margret and Stevie
as Margret Rey
MOVIE2008
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1975
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE2015
Discovering Audrey Hepburn
as Self (archive footage)
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'
as Self
★4.0
MOVIE1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self (archive footage)
★7.2
MOVIE2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)