The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013
As Edna Mitty
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Shirley MacLaine
Born
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018). MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983).
Filmography (129)
The Apartment1960
As Fran Kubelik
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Bewitched2005
As Iris Smythson / Endora
TMDb 5.1 / 10
In Her Shoes2005
As Ella Hirsh
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rumor Has It...2005
As Katharine Richelieu
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Around the World in 80 Days1956
As Princess Aouda
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Valentine's Day2010
As Estelle
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Guarding Tess1994
As Tess Carlisle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Steel Magnolias1989
As Ouiser Boudreaux
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Cannonball Run II1984
As Veronica
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Ocean's Eleven1960
As Tipsy Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Children's Hour1961
As Martha Dobie
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Last Word2017
As Harriet Lauler
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Two Mules for Sister Sara1970
As Sara
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Terms of Endearment1983
As Aurora Greenway
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Little Mermaid2018
As Eloise
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Being There1979
As Eve Rand
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Trouble with Harry1955
As Jennifer Rogers
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Postcards from the Edge1990
As Doris Mann
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Noelle2019
As Elf Polly
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Irma la Douce1963
As Irma La Douce
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Yellow Rolls-Royce1964
As Mae Jenkins
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mrs. Winterbourne1996
As Grace Winterbourne
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Forever Hollywood1999
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Defending Your Life1991
As Shirley MacLaine
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Gambit1966
As Nicole
TMDb 7.0 / 10
American Dreamer2022
As Astrid Fanelli
TMDb 5.9 / 10
What a Way to Go!1964
As Louisa May Foster
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Artists and Models1955
As Bessie Sparrowbush
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Get Bruce!1999
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wide-Awake2012
As The Pianist
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Woman Times Seven1967
As Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Turning Point1977
As Deedee
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Some Came Running1958
As Ginnie Moorehead
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bernie2012
As Marjorie Nugent
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sweet Charity1969
As Charity
TMDb 6.9 / 10
My Geisha1962
As Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Commitment to Life2023
As Self (archive footage)
Closing the Ring2007
As Ethel Ann
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Matchmaker1958
As Irene Molloy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Two for the Seesaw1962
As Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Coco Chanel2008
As Coco Chanel
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rat Pack2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Change of Seasons1980
As Karyn Evans
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Evening Star1996
As Aurora Greenway
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Used People1992
As Pearl Berman
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Sheepman1958
As Dell Payton
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Celluloid Closet1996
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
These Old Broads2001
As Kate Westbourne
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Be Pretty and Shut Up!1981
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway1993
As Helen Cooney
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021
As Self
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965
As Jenny
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Wild Oats2016
As Eva
TMDb 6.1 / 10
All in a Night's Work1961
As Katie Robbins
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Can-Can1960
As Simone Pistache
TMDb 6.7 / 10
That's Dancing!1985
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Mike Wallace Is Here2019
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ask Any Girl1959
As Meg Wheeler
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The West Side Waltz1995
As Margaret Mary Elderdice
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Waiting for the Light1990
As Aunt Zena
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Best of So Graham Norton2004
As Self (archive footage)
Madame Sousatzka1988
As Madame Yuvline Sousatzka
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning2008
As Amelia Thomas
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Smile Like Yours1997
As Martha (uncredited)
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Rescued from the Closet2001
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Loving Couples1980
As Evelyn
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Elsa & Fred2014
As Elsa
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Bruno2000
As Helen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema2023
As Self - Actress (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/202026
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand2001
As self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration1990
As Self
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film2014
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's1980
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Possession of Joel Delaney1972
As Norah Benson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Desperate Characters1971
As Sophie Bentwood
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels1996
As Self
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom1968
As Harriet Blossom
TMDb 6.8 / 10
I Love Liberty1982
As Self
Carolina2003
As Grandmother Mirabeau
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History2008
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists2018
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
A Heavenly Christmas2016
As Pearl
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Royal Variety Performance 19771977
The All-Star Christmas Show1958
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Palme2012
As Self
TMDb 7.6 / 10
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story1990
As Self (archive footage)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life1997
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent2026
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hot Spell1958
As Virginia Duval
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Jack Paar: Smart Television2003
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do2015
As Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D.2009
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bella!2023
As Self
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy1998
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu1998
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration2024
As Martha Levinson (archive footage)
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration1988
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Year of the Woman1973
As Self
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Vito2011
As Self (archive)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lucy Boomer
Lucy BoomerRelease date TBA
As Lucy Boomer
Career1959
As Sharon Kensington
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert2001
As Herself
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul1976
As Self
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay2002
As Mary Kay Ash
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now1974
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Discovering Audrey Hepburn2015
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Inside 'The Apartment'2008
As Self
Two Loves1961
As Anna Vorontosov
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical2008
As Self
Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove'2004
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Shirley MacLaine Show1985
As Herself
TMDb 10.0 / 10
People Not Places
People Not PlacesRelease date TBA
As Clare
The Car That Became a Star1965
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?1977
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Baryshnikov in Hollywood1982
As Self - Cameo Performance
Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched'2005
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Margret and Stevie
Margret and StevieRelease date TBA
As Margret Rey
Men of Granite
Men of Granite2015
As Sophia Prather
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'1980
As Self
The Unknown Peter Sellers2000
As Self
TMDb 8.2 / 10
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir1975
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma1969
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions1982
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Circasia1976
As Clown
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout1989
As self
Filmography and biography: TMDb