Birth Place: Richmond, VA, USA
Shirley MacLaine made her professional debut dancing in a Broadway revival of Oklahoma! in the 1950s. Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry, marked her film debut, earning her a Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year - Actress" in 1955. MacLaine then starred in Some Came Running (1958), which led to her first Academy award nomination and an additional Golden Globe nomination. Her career continued to flourish with Oscar nominations for her work in The Children's Hour, The Apartment and Irma La Douce. 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 nominated for her starring role in The Turning Point. In 1983, MacLaine won an Academy Award for her landmark performance in Terms of Endearment. She continued to receive recognition for her work and won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Madame Sousatzka. MacLaine was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998.
[1955]The Trouble with Harry Jennifer Rogers
[1955]Artists and Models Bessie Sparrowbrush
[1956]Around the World in 80 Days Princess Aouda
[1958]The Matchmaker Irene Molloy
[1958]Hot Spell Virginia Duval
[1958]Some Came Running Ginnie Moorehead
[1958]The Sheepman Dell Payton
[1959]Career Sharon Kensington
[1959]Ask Any Girl Meg Wheeler
[1960]Can-Can Simone Pistache
[1960]The Apartment Fran Kubelik
[1961]Two Loves Anna Vorontosov
[1961]All in a Night's Work Katie Robbins
[1961]The Children's Hour Martha Dobie
[1962]My Geisha Lucy Dell, Yoko Mori
[1962]Two for the Seesaw Gittel Mosca
[1963]Irma la Douce Irma La Douce
[1964]The Yellow Rolls-Royce Mae Jenkins
[1964]What a Way to Go! Louisa May Foster
[1965]John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Jenny Ericson
[1966]Gambit Nicole
[1967]Woman Times Seven Paulette, Maria Teresa, Linda
[1968]The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Harriet Blossom
[1969]Sweet Charity Charity
[1970]Two Mules for Sister Sara Sara
[1971]Desperate Characters Sophie Bentwood
[1972]The Possession of Joel Delaney Norah Benson
[1977]The Turning Point Deedee
[1979]Being There Eve Rand
[1980]Loving Couples Evelyn
[1980]A Change of Seasons Karyn Evans
[1983]Terms of Endearment Aurora Greenway
[1984]Cannonball Run II Veronica
[1988]Madame Sousatzka Madame Sousatzka
[1989]Steel Magnolias Ouiser Boudreaux
[1990]Postcards from the Edge Doris Mann
[1990]Waiting for the Light Aunt Zena
[1991]Defending Your Life Shirley MacLaine
[1992]Used People Pearl Berman
[1993]Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Helen Cooney
[1994]Guarding Tess Tess Carlisle
[1996]Mrs. Winterbourne Grace Winterbourne
[1996]The Evening Star Aurora Greenway
[2000]Bruno Helen
[2003]Carolina Grandma Mirabeau
[2005]Rumor Has It... Katharine Richelieu
[2005]Bewitched Iris Smythson, Endora
[2005]In Her Shoes Ella Hirsh
[2007]Closing the Ring Ethel Ann
[2010]Valentine's Day Estelle
[2011]Bernie Marjorie Nugent
[2013]The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Edna Mitty
[2014]Elsa & Fred Elsa
[2016]Wild Oats Eva
[2017]The Last Word Harriet
[2018]The Little Mermaid Grandmother, Elle
[2019]Noelle Elf Polly
[2022]American Dreamer Astrid Fanelli
Shirley MacLaine, On Broadway
Shirley MacLaine has appeared on Broadway in 5 shows.
Shirley MacLaine has not appeared in the West End.
Shirley MacLaine has been nominated for the Outstanding Actress in a Musical award at the Drama Desk Awards for her performance in On Broadway.
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