Shirley MacLaine

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

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 debu...

Acting

1960

The Apartment

as Fran Kubelik

1979

Being There

as Eve Rand

1963

Irma la Douce

as Irma La Douce

2005

Rumor Has It...

as Katharine Richelieu

1956

2003

Carolina

as Grandmother Mirabeau

1989

Steel Magnolias

as Ouiser Boudreaux

1961

The Children's Hour

as Martha Dobie

1983

Terms of Endearment

as Aurora Greenway

1996

The Evening Star

as Aurora Greenway

1955

The Trouble with Harry

as Jennifer Rogers

1994

Guarding Tess

as Tess Carlisle

1990

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Louisa May Foster

2005

In Her Shoes

as Ella Hirsh

1984

2008

Coco Chanel

as Coco Chanel

1991

Defending Your Life

as Shirley MacLaine

2005

Bewitched

as Iris Smythson / Endora

2010

Valentine's Day

as Estelle Paddington

1960

Can-Can

as Simone Pistache

1996

Mrs. Winterbourne

as Grace Winterbourne

1966

Gambit

as Nicole

1993

2007

Closing the Ring

as Ethel Ann

1982

1992

Used People

as Pearl Berman

1969

Sweet Charity

as Charity

1980

A Change of Seasons

as Karyn Evans

1962

My Geisha

as Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori

1955

Artists and Models

as Bessie Sparrowbush

1967

Woman Times Seven

as Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne

1958

The Matchmaker

as Irene Molloy

1977

1958

Some Came Running

as Ginnie Moorehead

1964

1999

Get Bruce!

as Self

2022

American Dreamer

as Astrid Fanelli

2012

Bernie

as Marjorie Nugent

1958

The Sheepman

as Dell Payton

1959

Ask Any Girl

as Meg Wheeler

1962

Two for the Seesaw

as Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz

2000

Bruno

as Helen

2001

These Old Broads

as Kate Westbourne

1961

All in a Night's Work

as Katie Robbins

1990

2023

Bella!

as Self

1988

Madame Sousatzka

as Madame Yuvline Sousatzka

1958

Hot Spell

as Virginia Duval

1959

Career

as Sharon Kensington

1980

1961

Two Loves

as Anna Vorontosov

2014

2015

Men of Granite

as Sophia Prather

1968

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Harriet Blossom

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as Tipsy Girl (uncredited)

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

1981

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

as Self - Cameo Performance

1971

Desperate Characters

as Sophie Bentwood

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2002

Salem Witch Trials

as Rebecca Nurse

2017

The Last Word

as Harriet Lauler

2016

Wild Oats

as Eva

2018

1995

The West Side Waltz

as Margaret Mary Elderdice

2009

1997

A Smile Like Yours

as Martha (uncredited)

2012

Wide-Awake

as The Pianist

2019

Noelle

as Elf Polly

2015

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self - Warren's sister (archive footage)

1998

2012

Palme

as Self

1976

Circasia

as Clown

1973

Nutcracker

as Narrator (English version) (voice)

2024

Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration

as Martha Levinson (archive footage)

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