Actor
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 B ...

Known For
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Bella!

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American Dreamer

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Rat Pack

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

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Noelle

Acting
2023 -- Bella! | Self
2022 -- American Dreamer | Astrid Fanelli
2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)
2021 -- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self
2019 -- Noelle | Elf Polly
2019 -- Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Self
2018 -- The Little Mermaid | Eloise
2017 -- The Last Word | Harriet Lauler
2016 -- A Heavenly Christmas | Pearl
2016 -- Wild Oats | Eva
2015 -- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage)
2015 -- Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood | Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)
2015 -- Men of Granite | Sophia Prather
2014 -- Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self
2014 -- Elsa & Fred | Elsa
2013 -- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna Mitty
2012 -- Wide-Awake | The Pianist
2012 -- Palme |
2012 -- Bernie | Marjorie Nugent
2010 -- Valentine's Day | Estelle Paddington
2009 -- Vittorio D. | Self
2008 -- Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas
2008 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self
2008 -- Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel
2008 -- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | Self
2008 -- Inside 'The Apartment' | Self
2007 -- Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann
2005 -- Rumor Has It... | Katharine Richelieu
2005 -- In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh
2005 -- Bewitched | Iris Smythson / Endora
2004 -- Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self
2003 -- Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self
2003 -- Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine | Self
2003 -- Carolina | Grandmother Mirabeau
2003 -- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self
2002 -- Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse
2002 -- Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay Ash
2001 -- Rescued from the Closet | Self
2001 -- Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert | Herself
2001 -- These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne
2000 -- The Unknown Peter Sellers | Herself
2000 -- Bruno | Helen
1999 -- Forever Hollywood | Self
1999 -- Get Bruce! | Self
1998 -- Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Narrator (voice)
1998 -- Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self
1997 -- A Smile Like Yours | Martha (uncredited)
1997 -- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self
1996 -- The Evening Star | Aurora Greenway
1996 -- Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self
1996 -- Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne
1996 -- The Celluloid Closet | Self
1995 -- The West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice
1995 -- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self
1994 -- Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle
1993 -- Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney
1992 -- Used People | Pearl Berman
1991 -- Defending Your Life | Shirley MacLaine
1990 -- Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann
1990 -- You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage)
1990 -- Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena
1990 -- Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self
1989 -- Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux
1989 -- Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout | self
1988 -- Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
1988 -- Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self
1985 -- The Shirley MacLaine Show | Herself
1985 -- That's Dancing! |
1984 -- Cannonball Run II | Veronica
1983 -- Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway
1983 -- Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance | Self
1982 -- Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | Self
1982 -- Baryshnikov in Hollywood | Self - Cameo Performance
1982 -- I Love Liberty | Self
1981 -- Be Pretty and Shut Up! | Self (archive footage)
1980 -- A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans
1980 -- Loving Couples | Evelyn
1980 -- Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' | Self
1980 -- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage)
1979 -- Being There | Eve Rand
1977 -- The Turning Point | Deedee
1977 -- The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? |
1976 -- Circasia | Clown
1976 -- Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul | Self
1975 -- The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Self
1974 -- Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Self
1973 -- Year of the Woman |
1973 -- Nutcracker | Narrator (English version) (voice)
1972 -- The Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson
1971 -- Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood
1970 -- Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara
1969 -- Sweet Charity | Charity
1969 -- From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma |
1968 -- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom
1967 -- Woman Times Seven | Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
1966 -- Gambit | Nicole
1965 -- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Jenny
1965 -- The Car That Became a Star | Self
1964 -- The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins
1964 -- What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster
1964 -- Hollywood and the Stars | Self
1963 -- Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce
1962 -- Two for the Seesaw | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
1962 -- My Geisha | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
1961 -- The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie
1961 -- Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov
1961 -- All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins
1960 -- Ocean's Eleven | Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
1960 -- The Apartment | Fran Kubelik
1960 -- Can-Can | Simone Pistache
1959 -- Career | Sharon Kensington
1959 -- Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler
1958 -- Some Came Running | Ginnie Moorehead
1958 -- The Matchmaker | Irene Molloy
1958 -- Hot Spell | Virginia Duval
1958 -- The Sheepman | Dell Payton
1956 -- Around the World in Eighty Days | Princess Aouda
1955 -- Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbush
1955 -- The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers
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