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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, author, activist, dancer and singer with a career spanning over 70 years. MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, receiving numerous accolades including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, six Golden Globe Awards, and two BAFTA Awards among others. MacLaine made her acting debut in the 1950s and rose to prominence with starring roles in notable films such as Around the World in 80 Days, Some Came Running, and The Apartment, and later won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment. MacLaine also had notable roles in The Turning Point, Being There, Madame Sousatzka, and Steel Magnolias.
Apart from her acting career, MacLaine has made significant contributions as a writer penning several best-selling books on subjects like spirituality, metaphysics, and reincarnation. Her best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb, was even adapted for a miniseries. MacLaine was also active in television, appearing in series such as Downton Abbey, Glee, and Only Murders in the Building. Her personal life also includes activism and interest in spirituality, metaphysics, and reincarnation. MacLaine has been an influential figure in American cinema and continues to be active in film and television.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Shirley MacLean Beaty
Born: Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: April 24, 1934
Occupations: Actress, Author, Activist, Dancer, Singer
Years Active: 1952-present
Children: 1
Spouses: Steve Parker
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Awards and Nominations Received by Shirley MacLaine
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy (Supporting Actress)
Postcards from the EdgeMovies Featuring Shirley MacLaine
Being There
The Trouble with Harry
Bernie
Bella!
The Children's Hour
The Apartment
The Last Word
Rumor Has It...
The Turning Point
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Noelle
Mrs. Winterbourne
Terms of Endearment
Postcards from the Edge
Bewitched
Steel Magnolias
Guarding Tess
Some Came Running
Irma la Douce
Cannonball Run II
American Dreamer
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Palme
Wide-Awake
Downton Abbey: The London Season
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
A Heavenly Christmas
The Little Mermaid
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
The Unknown Peter Sellers
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and ‘Dr. Strangelove’
These Old Broads
Salem Witch Trials
Carolina
Closing the Ring
Waiting for the Light
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
You’re the Top: The Cole Porter Story
A Change of Seasons
Loving Couples
That’s Dancing!
I Love Liberty
Out on a Limb
Rescued from the Closet
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Madame Sousatzka
Rat Pack
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Rescued from the Closet
Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Madame Sousatzka
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Desperate Characters
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Sweet Charity
Hollywood and the Stars
All in a Night’s Work
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The Celluloid Closet
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
What a Way to Go!
From Stage to Screen—A Director’s Dilemma
Ocean’s Eleven
The Car That Became a Star
Gambit
Hot Spell
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
The Evening Star
A Smile Like Yours
Circasia
Year of the Woman
Inside ‘The Apartment’
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Forever Hollywood
Artists and Models
Career
Vittorio D.
Two for the Seesaw
Can-Can
Ask Any Girl
The Possession of Joel Delaney
The Matchmaker
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Nutcracker
My Geisha
Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Woman Times Seven
The West Side Waltz
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
Two Loves
The Sheepman
Used People
Career Timeline
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2008
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
Amelia Thomas
Inside ‘The Apartment’
Self
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Self
2001
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
Herself
These Old Broads
Kate Westbourne
Rescued from the Closet
Self
Rescued from the Closet
Self
1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self
The Celluloid Closet
Self
The West Side Waltz
Margaret Mary Elderdice
1990
Postcards from the Edge
Waiting for the Light
Aunt Zena
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
You’re the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Mae Jenkins
Hollywood and the Stars
Self
What a Way to Go!
Louisa May Foster
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