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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Shirley MacLean Beaty April 24, 1934 (1934-04-24) (age 75) Richmond, Virginia, United States
Occupation	Actress, Dancer, Author, Activist
Years active	1955–present
Spouse(s)	Steve Parker (1954-1982)

Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 TV work 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links

Early life

Named after Shirley Temple, MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Ira Owens Beaty,¹ was a professor of psychology, public school administrator and real estate agent, and her mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a Nova Scotia-born drama teacher; her grandparents were also teachers. Through her mother she is descended from the Scottish Clan Maclean. The family was devoutly Baptist.²³ MacLaine's father moved the family from Richmond to Norfolk, Virginia and then to Arlington, Virginia while she was still a child, then to Waverly, Virginia between 1932-1936, eventually taking a position at Arlington's Jefferson Middle School. The Beaty family lived in a house in the Western part of the county off Wilson Boulevard where it was said that Shirley and brother, Warren were known around their neighborhood as troublemakers in their pre-adolescent days.

Her early childhood dream was to be a ballerina. Strongly motivated by ballet throughout her youth, she never missed a class. When a piece was performed, she would play the boy's role, being the tallest participant. She was so determined and so set on being a dancer that her recurring childhood nightmare was that she missed the bus to class. She finally played a respectable woman's role, the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, and while warming up backstage, she snapped her ankle. Many would bow out in this particular situation, but she was so determined that she simply tied the ankle ribbon on her toe shoes extra tight and went "on with the show". After it was over, she called for an ambulance.^{citation needed}

Eventually, MacLaine decided that professional ballet was not for her. She said that she did not really have the right body type and that she did not want to starve herself. Also, her feet were not "beautifully constructed" (without high arches and insteps). Nor was she of "exquisite beauty". At that point, she decided to switch her focus to acting. She attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was on the cheerleading squad and acted in the school's productions. The summer before her senior year, she was in New York to try acting on Broadway with some success. After she graduated, she returned and within a year she achieved her goal of becoming a star when she became an understudy to actress Carol Haney in The Pajama Game; Haney broke her ankle, and MacLaine replaced her.

A few months after, with Haney still out of commission, film producer Hal B. Wallis was in the audience, took note of MacLaine, and signed her to work for Paramount Pictures. She would later sue Wallis over a contractual dispute, a suit that is credited with having ended the old-style studio system of actor management.⁴

Career

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She made her debut in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Trouble with Harry (1955), which won her the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress. In 1956, she took parts in Hot Spell and Around the World in Eighty Days. At the same time, she starred in Some Came Running; this film gave her her first Academy Award nomination - one of five that the film received - and a Golden Globe nomination.

She got her second nomination two years later for The Apartment, starring with Jack Lemmon. The film won 5 Oscars, including Best Director for Billy Wilder. She later said, "I thought I would win for The Apartment, but then Elizabeth Taylor had a tracheotomy". She starred in The Children's Hour (1961) also starring Audrey Hepburn, based on the play by Lillian Hellman. She was again nominated for Irma la Douce (1963), for which she reunited with Wilder and Lemmon.

In 1975, she received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for her documentary film The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir. Two years later, she was once again nominated for The Turning Point, along with co-star Anne Bancroft. In 1983 she won her first Oscar for Terms of Endearment. The film won five Oscars; one for Jack Nicholson and three for director James L. Brooks. In the awards season for films of 1988, she became the first actress since the inception of the Golden Globe Awards to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress (Drama)—for Madame Sousatzka—without getting an Oscar nomination for the same performance (Kate Winslet became the second for her performance in Revolutionary Road (2008)). MacLaine won her award for Madame Sousatzka in a three-way tie with Jodie Foster (The Accused) and Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist).

She continued to star in major films, like Steel Magnolias with Julia Roberts. She made her feature-film directorial debut in the quirky film Bruno, written by then new-comer David Ciminello in his Disney-Meets-David Lynch style. MacLaine starred as Helen in this film, which was released to video as The Dress Code. In 2007 she completed Closing the Ring, directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Christopher Plummer. Other notable films in which MacLaine has starred include Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) with Clint Eastwood, Being There (1979) with Peter Sellers, Used People with Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates, Guarding Tess with Nicholas Cage, Sweet Charity (1968), Rumor Has It with Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston and In Her Shoes with Cameron Diaz.

MacLaine is also set to star in Poor Things, a drama. The production has been delayed due to Lindsay Lohan's period in rehab.

MacLaine has also appeared in numerous television projects including Out on a Limb, an autobiographical miniseries based upon the book of the same name, The Salem Witch Trials, These Old Broads written by Carrie Fisher and co-starring Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, and Joan Collins, and Coco, a Lifetime production based on the life of Coco Chanel. She also had a short-lived sit-com called Shirley's World.

MacLaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1615 Vine Street.

Personal life

MacLaine was married to businessman Steve Parker until they divorced in 1982. They had a daughter, Sachi Parker (born 1956).

MacLaine's interest in spirituality is very strong and long-lived. Many of her best-selling books, such as Out on a Limb and Dancing in the Light have it as their central theme. Her beliefs have compelled her to explore herself and the world. This includes walking El Camino de Santiago and working with Chris Griscom.^{citation needed}

MacLaine found her way into many law school casebooks when she sued Twentieth Century-Fox for breach of contract. She was to play a role in a film titled Bloomer Girl, but the production was cancelled.

Twentieth Century-Fox offered her a role in another film, Big Country, Big Man, in hope of getting out of its contractual obligation to pay her for the cancelled film. MacLaine's refusal led to an appeal by Twentieth Century-Fox to the Supreme Court of California in 1970, where the Court ruled against Fox. Parker v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 474 P.2d 689 (Cal. 1970).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1955	The Trouble with Harry	Jennifer Rogers	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
	Artists and Models	Bessie Sparrowbrush
1956	Around the World in 80 Days	Princess Aouda
1958	Some Came Running	Ginnie Moorehead	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
	The Sheepman	Dell Payton
	Hot Spell	Virginia Duval
	The Matchmaker	Irene Molloy
	Ask Any Girl (film)	Meg Wheeler	BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Silver Bear for Best Actress
1959	Career	Sharon Kensington
1960	Ocean's Eleven	Tipsy girl	uncredited cameo
	Can-Can	Simone Pistache
	The Apartment	Fran Kubelik	BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Volpi Cup Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
1961	The Children's Hour	Martha Dobie	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
	All in a Night's Work	Katie Robbins
	Two Loves	Anna Vorontosov
1962	Two for the Seesaw	Gittel Mosca
	My Geisha	Lucy Dell/Yoko Mori
1963	Irma la Douce	Irma la Douce	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress
1964	The Yellow Rolls-Royce	Mae Jenkins
	What a Way to Go!	Louisa May Foster	BAFTA nomination: Best Actress
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home	Jenny Erichson
1966	Gambit	Nicole Chang	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1967	Woman Times Seven	Paulette/Maria Teresa/Linda/Edith/Eve Minou/Marie/Jeanne	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Harriet Blossom
1969	Sweet Charity	Charity Hope Valentine	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1970	Two Mules for Sister Sara	Sara
1971	Desperate Characters	Sophie Bentwood	Silver Bear for Best Actress
1972	The Possession of Joel Delaney	Norah Benson
1975	The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir	Herself	Documentary Writer, direct, producer Nominated — Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary
1977	The Turning Point	Deedee Rodgers	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actress
1979	Being There	Eve Rand	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1980	A Change of Seasons	Karyn Evans
	Loving Couples	Evelyn
1983	Terms of Endearment	Aurora Greenway	Academy Award for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
1984	Cannonball Run II	Veronica
1987	Out on a Limb	Herself	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1988	Madame Sousatzka	Madame Yuvline Sousatzka	Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Volpi Cup
1989	Steel Magnolias	Ouiser Boudreaux	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Doris Mann	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
	Waiting for the Light	Aunt Zena
1991	Defending Your Life	"Past Lives Pavilion" host
1992	Used People	Pearl Berman	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1993	Wrestling Ernest Hemingway	Helen Cooney
1994	Guarding Tess	Tess Carlisle	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1995	The West Side Waltz	Margaret Mary Elderdice
1996	The Evening Star	Aurora Greenway
	Mrs. Winterbourne	Grace Winterbourne	Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997	A Smile Like Yours	Martha	uncredited
1999	Joan of Arc	Madame de Beaurevoir
2000	Bruno	Helen
2001	These Old Broads	Kate Westbourne
2002	Salem Witch Trials	Rebecca Nurse
	Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay	Mary Kay	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2003	Carolina	Grandma Millicent Mirabeau
2005	Rumor Has It	Katharine Richelieu
	Bewitched	Iris Smythson/Endora
	In Her Shoes	Ella Hirsch	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
2007	Closing the Ring	Ethel Ann
2008	Coco Chanel	Coco Chanel	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
	Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning	Amelia Thomas

TV work

• Shirley's World (1971 – 1972) and a 1977 one hour special.
• Where Do We Go From Here? (1978) Winner of the Rose D'Or
• Out on a Limb (1987)

References

Bibliography

• MacLaine, Shirley (1970). "Don't Fall Off the Mountain". New York: W.W. Norton & Company Limited. ISBN 9780393073386. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1972). McGovern: The Man and His Beliefs. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Limited. ISBN 9780393053418. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1975). You Can Get There from Here. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Limited. ISBN 9780393074895. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1983). Out on a Limb. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group. ISBN 9780553050356. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1986). Dancing in the Light. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553761962. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1987). It's All in the Playing. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553052176. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1989). Going Within: A Guide to Inner Transformation. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553678. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1991). Dance While You Can. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553076073. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (1995). My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 9780553097177. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (2000). The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit. New York: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. ISBN 9780743400725. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (2003). Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love. New York: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. ISBN 9780743485067. 
• MacLaine, Shirley (2007). Sage-ing While Age-ing. New York: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. ISBN 9781416550419. 

External links

• Shirley's Official Website
• Shirley MacLaine at the Internet Movie Database
• Shirley MacLaine at the Internet Broadway Database
• Shirley MacLaine at Yahoo! Movies
• Shirley MacLaine interviewed by Ginny Dougary (2005)

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Persondata
NAME	MacLaine, Shirley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beaty, Shirley MacLean
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actress
DATE OF BIRTH	April 24, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Richmond, Virginia, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH