Shirley MacLaine

Birth Place: Richmond, VA, USA

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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.

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Shirley MacLaine STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
Concert [Broadway], 1984
Performer

[Broadway]
Return Engagement [Broadway], 1976
Performer

[Broadway]
Concert [Broadway], 1976
Performer

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1954
Dancer

Gladys (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1953
Dancing Ensemble

Dancing Ensemble


Shirley MacLaine Movies

[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 TV Shows

Downton Abbey Martha Levinson

Shirley's World Shirley Logan

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Alice Ripley and John McDaniel to Perform at Birdland in April

BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB will present Tony Award-winning singer and actress Alice Ripley and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning musical director and pianist John McDaniel in concert. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: THE PAJAMA GAME at Lancaster Opera House

A breakdown of  union labor relations, abuse in the workplace and  demands for higher wages surely doesn't sound like the stuff of musical comedy. Unless you're speaking of the classic 1954 musical THE PAJAMA GAME, now playing at the Lancaster Opera House. 

The Blue Strawberry Brings Broadway Veterans Melissa Errico, John Lloyd Young, and Alice Ripley to St. Louis

Blue Strawberry Showroom and Lounge welcomes a pair of Tony winning actors and a Tony nominee in the coming months. Melissa Errico, Alice Ripley, and John Lloyd Young will bring their cabaret shows to the club in mid-town St. Louis. Errico, a 2008 Tony nominee, will perform her show of Sondheim classics on April 26th and 27th. Young, the Tony winner for Lead Actor in a Musical for his role as Franki Valli in JERSEY BOYS, performs on May 8th and 9th. The Tony winner for NEXT TO NORMAL, Alice Ripley, will be joined by Grammy and Emmy Winner John McDaniel on May 24th and 25th to share their music and stories from a lifetime on Broadway.  

Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell to Star in Reading of DEAR MR. THOMAS: A NEW PLAY FOR VOICES

Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell will star in a dramatic reading of a new play centered on iconic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, Dear Mr. Thomas: A New Play for Voices. Lear how to purchase tickets!

Celebrate Women's History Month With BELLA! Washington DC Premiere

'BELLA!' Washington DC Premiere celebrates Women's History Month with a theatrical screening of the film directed by Jeff L. Lieberman at Edlavitch DCJCC Theater.

Stage and Screen Star Bill Hayes Has Passed Away at 98

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Bill Hayes, star of many musicals throughout the 1950s, playing leading man to stars such as Shirley Jones, Florence Henderson, and Carol Lawrence, has passed away at the age of 98.

Video: The Best of Broadway at the Kennedy Center Honors

The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming up and we are celebrating the special occasion with some of our favorite videos of past Broadway performances. Check out the full list!

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Karin Baker, and More Join Dancers Over 40's Legacy Awards

The 15th Annual Dancers Over 40 Legacy Awards and holiday dinner will honor DO40 members Joe Ahumada, Jill Cook, Gene Foote, Jean Preece and Joanna Rush on Monday, December 4th, 2023, 6-9pm at Lips Restaurant, 227 East 56th Street, NYC.

The Thalians Honors Actor & Humanitarian Gary Sinise with The 2023 Mr. Wonderful Award At Annual Winter Gala

The Thalians will host their annual star studded Winter Gala, with proceeds benefitting the charity.  The 2023 gala will honor actor and humanitarian, Gary Sinise, with their highest honor, the Mr. Wonderful Award, for his efforts on behalf of our service men and women through the Gary Sinise Foundation. 

Review: James Beaman Comes Out With LIVED EXPERIENCE at The Triad

James Beaman has come out of retirement but he has also come out as a cabaret artist working under his own name and persona in an extremely personal nightclub act.

Alice Ripley to Return to The Green Room 42 in November

Tony winner Alice Ripley and Grammy winner John McDaniel are returning to THE GREEN ROOM 42 for an encore performance on November 21. Don't miss this highly anticipated event where they will showcase their talent and deliver a night of unforgettable music. Catch them for one night only at THE GREEN ROOM 42.

The 15th Annual Dancers Over 40 Legacy Awards Set For December

The 15th Annual Dancers Over 40 Legacy Awards and holiday dinner will honor DO40 members Joe Ahumda, Jill Cook, Gene Foote, Jean Preece and Joanna Rush on Monday, December 4th, 2023, 6-9pm at Lips Restaurant.

Shirley MacLaine Will Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show

Shirley MacLaine will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Industry Dance Awards & Cancer Benefit Show. Annette Bening will present MacLaine with the award.

RUTHLESS! Comes to NCTC in December

 In December, New Conservatory Theatre Center will close out 2023 with a grand finale - Marvin Laird and Joel Paley’s razor-sharp and outrageously funny Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award-winning hit, RUTHLESS!, directed by Dyan McBride.

Porchlight to Launch The Cole Porter Festival - A Celebration Of The Man And His Music This October

Porchlight Music Theatre is launching the Cole Porter Festival - A Celebration of the Man and his Music this October. The festival includes a production of Anything Goes starring Meghan Murphy. Don't miss this incredible tribute to Cole Porter's career.

Kym Vaitiekus reports on launch of THE HAYES 2024 SEASON

The 2024 HAYES season will deliver joy, delight, surprises, heartfelt emotions, intriguing ideas, and distinct and remarkable experiences. Richard Carroll and Victoria Falconer are the enthusiastic and inspired Artisitic Directors who proclaim- “A breathtaking adventure awaits”.

Center Players Presents STEEL MAGNOLIAS This Fall

Center Players will begin its 2023-24 season with a Signature Series production of the enduringly popular Steel Magnolias. The comedic drama will run weekends October 13-Nov. 5 at Center Playhouse at 35 South Street in downtown Freehold, NJ.

Chita Rivera Conversation at NYPL Canceled Due to Illness

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts just announced that its special event 'Chita Rivera in Conversation with Memoir Co-author Patrick Pacheco' has been canceled this evening, September 18.

Hello, Gorgeous: FUNNY GIRL is Produced for the First Time in Brazil

Funny Girl gets a Brazilian production directed by Barchilon, starring Giulia Nadruz and Eriberto Leao as protagonists. With score by J. Styne, and lyrics by B. Merrill, the semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice, featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein.

Alice Ripley to Present BELIEVE IT OR NOT at The Green Room 42

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Tony Award winner Alice Ripley in her new show “Believe It or Not” on Saturday, September 3o with shows at 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM.

Shirley MacLaine FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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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