Shirley MacLaine

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April 24, 1934

Shirley MacLean Beaty

Steve Parker (17 September 1954 - 1982) (divorced) 1 child

Actress

2013 Mother Goose!

2013 Elsa & Fred

2013 Anyone's Son

2012 The Boom Boom Room

2012 Wild Oats

2012 The Locals

2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

2012 Downton Abbey (TV series)

2011 Bernie

2010 Valentine's Day

2008 Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (TV movie)

2008 Coco Chanel (TV movie)

2007 Closing the Ring

2005 Rumour Has It...

2005 In Her Shoes

2005 Bewitched

2003 Carolina

2002 Salem Witch Trials (TV movie)

2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (TV movie)

2001 These Old Broads (TV movie)

2000 Bruno

1999 Joan of Arc (TV movie)

1998 Stories from My Childhood (TV series) (voice)

1997 A Smile Like Yours (uncredited)

1996 The Evening Star

1996 Mrs. Winterbourne

1995 The West Side Waltz (TV movie)

1994 Guarding Tess

1993 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway

1992 Used People

1990 Postcards from the Edge

1990 Waiting for the Light

1989 Steel Magnolias

1988 Madame Sousatzka

1984 Cannonball Run II

1983 Terms of Endearment

1980 A Change of Seasons

1980 Loving Couples

1979 Being There

1977 The Turning Point

1972 The Possession of Joel Delaney

1971-1972 Shirley's World (TV series)

1971 Desperate Characters

1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara

1969 Sweet Charity

1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

1967 Woman Times Seven

1966 Gambit

1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1964 The Yellow Rolls-Royce

1964 What a Way to Go!

1963 Irma la Douce

1962 Two for the Seesaw

1962 My Geisha

1961 The Children's Hour

1961 Two Loves

1961 All in a Night's Work

1960 Ocean's Eleven (uncredited)

1960 The Apartment

1960 Can-Can

1959 Career

1959 Ask Any Girl

1958 Some Came Running

1958 The Sid Caesar Show (TV movie)

1958 The Matchmaker

1958 Hot Spell

1958 The Sheepman

1956 Around the World in Eighty Days

1955 Artists and Models

1955 The Trouble with Harry

1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)

Producer

1982 Shirley MacLaine... Illusions (TV movie) (producer)

1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (TV movie) (executive producer)

1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (documentary) (producer)

1974 Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (TV movie) (producer)

Writer

1999 Kingdom Come (writer)

1987 Out on a Limb (TV movie) (writer)

1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (documentary) (writer)

Director

2000 Bruno

1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (documentary)

Appearances

2012 Last of the Showmen

2012 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine (TV movie)

2007-2012 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV series)

2012 CBS This Morning (TV series)

2011 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)

2010 Sid Bernstein Presents... (documentary)

2010 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mike Nichols (TV movie)

2009 The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (TV movie)

2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (video documentary)

2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (video)

2009 Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (video)

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary)

2009 81st Annual Academy Awards

2009 The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)

2008 The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (TV series)

2008 Beckmann (TV series)

1989-2008 Live with Regis and Kelly (TV series)

2008 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2008 The View (TV series)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (video documentary)

2008 Inside 'The Apartment' (video documentary short)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (TV documentary)

2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: 1920s - The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary)

2007 Movies Rock (TV movie)

2007 Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV movie)

2007 Tavis Smiley (TV series)

2001-2007 Larry King Live (TV series)

2007 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)

2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (TV documentary)

2005-2006 Sunday Morning Shootout (TV series)

2006 Film '72 (TV series)

2006 The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

2005 Corazón de... (TV series)

2005 The Heaven and Earth Show (TV series documentary)

1975-2005 Today (TV series)

2005 This Morning (TV series)

2005 Made in Hollywood (TV series)

2005 Sinatra: Dark Star (TV documentary)

2005 Bewitched: Star Shots (video documentary short)

2005 Reel Comedy (TV series)

2005 Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (video documentary short)

2004 Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (video documentary short)

2004 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Meryl Streep (TV special)

2004 The Life and Times of Arthur Erickson (TV documentary)

2003 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)

2003 V Graham Norton (TV series)

2003 Private Screenings (TV series)

2003 Voxtours (TV series documentary)

2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (documentary)

1996-2003 Biography (TV series documentary)

2003 The Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)

2003 Dolly Parton: Platinum Blonde (TV documentary)

2003 Elizabeth Taylor: Facets (TV movie)

2002 In Full Bloom (video documentary short)

2001 Rescued from the Closet (video documentary)

2001 Timeless: Live in Concert (TV special)

2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)

2001 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (TV special documentary)

2000 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (TV special documentary)

2000 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)

2000 The Unknown Peter Sellers (TV special documentary)

2000 Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth (TV documentary)

1999 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

1999 Get Bruce (documentary)

1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV special documentary)

1999 Forever Hollywood (TV documentary)

1998 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)

1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)

1998 The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)

1998 Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (documentary)Narrator

1997 Lo + plus (TV series)

1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (TV special)

1996 Jack Lemmon (TV movie)Narrator

1996 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)

1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)

1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)

1994 The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (TV special)

1994 The 66th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)

1994 The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (TV special)

1993 Reflections on the Silver Screen (TV series)

1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)

1992 In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (TV documentary)

1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1992 Aspel & Company (TV series)

1991 The 45th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1991 Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (TV series)

1991 Defending Your Life

1991 Viva el espectáculo (TV series)

1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)

1990 Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (TV special documentary)

1990 CBS This Morning (TV series)

1990 Good Morning America (TV series)

1975-1990 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)

1990 Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV series)

1990 America's Dance Honors (TV movie)

1990 Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration (TV special)

1989 The Phil Donahue Show (TV series)

1989 Cinema 3 (TV series)

1989 Inner Workout (video)

1988 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)

1988 Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (TV movie)

1988 The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Lemmon (TV special documentary)

1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1987 Out on a Limb (TV movie)

1987 The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (TV movie)

1987 The American Film Institute Salute to Barbara Stanwyck (TV special documentary)

1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary)

1986 The American Film Institute Salute to Billy Wilder (TV special documentary)

1985 The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (TV special documentary)

1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards

1984 The 38th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)

1984 The 56th Annual Academy Awards

1983 Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance (TV documentary)

1982 Shirley MacLaine... Illusions (TV movie)

1982 Live from Lincoln Center (TV series)

1982 Baryshnikov in Hollywood (TV movie)

1982 I Love Liberty (TV special)

1981 The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)

1981 Sois belle et tais-toi (documentary)

1980 Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement' (TV movie)

1979 Shirley MacLaine at the Lido (TV movie)

1979 The 51st Annual Academy Awards

1978 The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)

1978 Parkinson (TV series)

1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1978 The American Film Institute Salute to Henry Fonda (TV special documentary) (uncredited)

1977 America Salutes the Queen (TV movie)

1977 The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (TV movie)

1977 Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (TV movie)

1976 Life Goes to the Movies (TV documentary)

1976 Celebration: The American Spirit (TV movie)

1976 Gypsy in My Soul (TV movie)

1975 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)

1975 Salute to Lew Grade (TV documentary)

1975 At Long Last Cole (TV movie)

1975 The 47th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1975 The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (documentary)

1975 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)

1974 Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (TV movie)

1974 ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (TV series)

1974 The 46th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1974 The American Film Institute Salute to James Cagney (TV special documentary)

1973 Year of the Woman (documentary)

1970 A World of Love (TV documentary)

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)

1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)

1970 The 24th Annual Tony Awards

1967 Paris aktuell (TV series documentary)

1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1965 The Car That Became a Star (documentary short)

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)

1964 The 36th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)

1960 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)

1959 Premier Khrushchev in the USA (documentary)

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1956-1959 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)

1956 The George Gobel Show (TV series)

1956 Shower of Stars (TV series)

1955 Frankie Laine Time (TV series)

1955 The Easter Seal Teleparade of Stars (TV movie)

MacLaine, Shirley (1970). Don't Fall Off the Mountain.

MacLaine, Shirley (1972). McGovern: The Man and His Beliefs.

MacLaine, Shirley (1975). You Can Get There from Here.

MacLaine, Shirley (1983). Out on a Limb.

MacLaine, Shirley (1986). Dancing in the Light.

MacLaine, Shirley (1987). It's All in the Playing.

MacLaine, Shirley (1989). Going Within: A Guide to Inner Transformation.

MacLaine, Shirley (1991). Dance While You Can.

MacLaine, Shirley (1995). My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir.

MacLaine, Shirley (2000). The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit.

MacLaine, Shirley (2003). Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love.

MacLaine, Shirley (2007). Sage-ing While Age-ing.
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Academy Awards

1984 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

1978 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Turning Point (1977).

1976 Nominated Oscar Best Documentary, Features for: The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975).

1964 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Irma la Douce (1963).

1961 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Apartment (1960).

1959 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Some Came Running (1958).

American Comedy Awards

1993 Won Lifetime Achievement Award in Comedy

1990 Nominated American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for: Steel Magnolias (1989).

BAFTA Awards

1991 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Postcards from the Edge (1990).

1991 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Steel Magnolias (1989).

1985 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

1981 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress for: Being There (1979).

1965 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: Irma la Douce (1963) and What a Way to Go! (1964). USA.

1961 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: The Apartment (1960). USA.

1960 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: Ask Any Girl (1959). USA.

1957 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: The Trouble with Harry (1955). USA.

Berlin International Film Festival

1999 Won Honorary Golden Berlin Bear

1971 Won Silver Berlin Bear Best Actress for: Desperate Characters (1971). Tied with Simone Signoret for Le chat (1971).

1959 Won Silver Berlin Bear Best Actress for: Ask Any Girl (1959).

CableACE Awards

1985 Nominated ACE Performance in a Music Special for: Shirley MacLaine (TV) .

Chicago International Film Festival

2005 Won Career Achievement Award

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

1962 Won CEC Award Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) for: Can-Can (1960).

David di Donatello Awards

1984 Won David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniero) for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

1964 Won David Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) for: Irma la Douce (1963).

Denver International Film Festival

2000 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Emmy Awards

2009 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Coco Chanel (2008) (TV).

1980 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Variety or Music Program for: Shirley MacLaine... 'Every Little Movement' (1980) (TV).

1979 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program for: Shirley MacLaine at the Lido (1979) (TV).

1977 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music for: The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (1977) (TV).

1976 Won Emmy Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music for: Gypsy in My Soul (1976) (TV).

1975 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music for: Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now (1974) (TV).

Film Society of Lincoln Center

1995 Won Gala Tribute

GLAAD Media Awards

2002 Won Vanguard Award

Golden Apple Awards

1959 Won Golden Apple Most Cooperative Actress

Golden Camera, Germany

1997 Won Golden Camera For lifetime achievement.

Golden Globes

2009 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Coco Chanel (2008) (TV).

2006 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: In Her Shoes (2005).

2003 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for: Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) (TV).

1998 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award For outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.

1995 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Guarding Tess (1994).

1993 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical for: Used People (1992).

1991 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Postcards from the Edge (1990).

1989 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Madame Sousatzka (1988). Tied with Sigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988) and Jodie Foster for The Accused (1988). Shirley MacLaine was not present at the awards ceremony.

1988 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Out on a Limb (1987) (TV).

1984 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

1980 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Being There (1979).

1970 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Sweet Charity (1969).

1968 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Woman Times Seven (1967).

1967 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Gambit (1966).

1964 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Irma la Douce (1963).

1962 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: The Children's Hour (1961).

1961 Won Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: The Apartment (1960).

1960 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Ask Any Girl (1959).

1959 Won Special Award For the most versatile actress.

1959 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Some Came Running (1958).

1955 Won Golden Globe Most Promising Newcomer - Female Together with Kim Novak and 'Karen Sharpe Kramer' .

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA

1963 Won Woman of the Year

Laurel Awards

1971 Nominated Golden Laurel Best Comedy Performance, Female for: Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970). 5th place.

1970 2nd place Golden Laurel Female Comedy Performance for: Sweet Charity (1969).

1970 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 5th place.

1968 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 8th place.

1967 3rd place Golden Laurel Female Comedy Performance for: Gambit (1966).

1967 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 5th place.

1966 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 6th place.

1965 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 5th place.

1964 Won Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance for: Irma la Douce (1963).

1964 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 5th place.

1963 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Dramatic Performance for: Two for the Seesaw (1962). 4th place.

1963 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 9th place.

1962 Won Golden Laurel Top Female Dramatic Performance for: The Children's Hour (1961).

1962 Won Golden Laurel 2nd place Golden Laurel Top Female Star

1961 Won Golden Laurel Female Dramatic Performance for: The Apartment (1960).

1961 Won Golden Laurel 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Female Star

1960 Won Golden Laurel Top Female Musical Performance for: Can-Can (1960).

1960 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 4th place.

1959 3rd place Golden Laurel Top Female Dramatic Performance for: Some Came Running (1958).

1959 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 8th place.

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

1997 Won Lone Star Film & Television Award Best Actress for: The Evening Star (1996).

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1983 Won LAFCA Award Best Actress for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

National Board of Review, USA

1983 Won NBR Award Best Actress for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1983 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress for: Terms of Endearment (1983).

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2006 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Satellite Awards

2005 Nominated Satellite Award Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for: In Her Shoes (2005).

1997 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for: Mrs. Winterbourne (1996).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2009 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for: Coco Chanel (2008) (TV).

Venice Film Festival

1988 Won Volpi Cup Best Actress for: Madame Sousatzka (1988). Tied with Isabelle Huppert for Une affaire de femmes (1988).

1960 Won Volpi Cup Best Actress for: The Apartment (1960).

Walk of Fame (Hollywood)

Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 1615 Vine Street.

Women in Film Crystal Awards

1978 Won Crystal Award

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Named after Shirley Temple

Is a horse lover

Was close friends with the members of the Rat Pack.

MacLaine's mother was a drama teacher and enrolled her daughter in a ballet class as a toddler to strengthen her weak ankles.

Her younger brother is actor and director Warren Beatty.

Turned down the role of Diane Freeling in Poltergeist (1982)

After her junior year in high school, she moved to New York to pursue her studies. Auditions were being held for the revival of Oscar and Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma. MacLaine auditioned and got a part in the chorus.

Salary

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) $800,000 + 10% of the profits.

Sweet Charity (1969) $800,000 + percentage of profits

Irma la Douce (1963) $350,000 + 7.5% of the profits.

The Apartment (1960) $175,000

Some Came Running (1958) $37,500

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) $6,000
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