La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts Welcomes Shirley MacLaine, 5/18

Academy Award-winning actress, dancer and author Shirley MacLaine combines a montage of memorable film moments with private relations about her extraordinary life, career, and spiritual journey. Come spend some time with one of America's true entertainment icons! AN EVENING WITH Shirley MacLaine will perform two performances only - on Saturday, May 18 at 2pm & 8pm at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada.

ABOUT Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine'S illustrious career comprises more than 50 feature films highlighted by an Academy Award win and six nominations, six Emmy Awards nominations, seven Golden Globe Awards - including the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award - and the title of international best-selling author.

MacLaine was honored with the prestigious American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award in June of 2012. She recently starred in BERNIE, alongside Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey and can next be seen in Ben Stiller's THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. Her recent television appearances include Season Three of the Primetime Emmy Award winning series from Julian Fellowes, DOWNTON ABBEY, starring Maggie Smith and Elizabeth McGovern. MacLaine can also be seen on stage during her one-woman show tour as it hits cities across the globe, combining a montage of memorable film moments with private revelations about her extraordinary life, career, and spiritual journey.

In the Fall of 2011, MacLaine received France's most prestigious cultural award, the Legion of Honor, presented by France's Minister of Culture and Communication, Frederic Mitterrand, at the French Cinematheque. She released her best-selling book "SAGE-ING WHILE AGE-ING" in 2008, followed by her latest New York Times best-seller, "I'M OVER ALL THAT - AND OTHER CONFESSIONS," released on April 5th, 2011. She recently appeared in the ensemble film, VALENTINE'S DAY, and the Lifetime made-for-TV movie COCO CHANEL, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and SAG Award.
MacLaine made her professional debut dancing in a Broadway revival of OKLAHOMA! in the 1950s.

Her first film appearance was in Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, earning her a Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year - Actress" in 1955. At the same time, she starred in SOME COME RUNNING, which led to her first Academy Award nomination and an additionAl Golden Globe nomination. She also starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, based on a play by Lillian Hellman. MacLaine received a second Oscar nomination for her work in the award winning film, THE APARTMENT, co-starring Jack Lemmon and directed by Billy Wilder. She reunited with Lemmon and Wilder for IRMA LA DOUCE in 1963, earning yet another Academy Award nomination.

In 1975, MacLaine received her fourth Oscar nomination, this time for best documentary as a producer and star of THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY: A CHINA MEMOIR. Two years later, she was once again nominated for her starring role in THE TURNING POINT. In 1983, MacLaine finally won an Oscar for her work in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. Later, she also received a Golden Globe Award for her 1989 performance in MADAME SOUSATZKA. MacLaine was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998. MacLaine's additional credits include notable films such as STEEL MAGNOLIAS with Julia Roberts, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE with Meryl Streep, IN HER SHOES with Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette, and RUMOR HAS IT with Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner. MacLaine's television credits include the telefilms, "THESE OLD BROADS," "CAROLINA" and "SALEM WITCH TRIALS." She also starred in the CBS miniseries, "HELL ON HEELS: THE BATTLE OF Mary Kay," the life story of the cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash.