Shirley MacLaine

Acting

Born 1934-04-24 Richmond, Virginia, USA 170 credits Academy Awards 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 6 BAFTA Awards 2 Volpi Cup for Best Actress 2 Silver Bear for Best Actress 2 Kennedy Center Honors 1 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1

Awards

Won 1 Academy Award

Academy Awards 1 won · 5 nominated

1984 Best Actress Won Terms of Endearment
1978 Best Actress Nominated The Turning Point
1976 Best Documentary Feature Film Nominated The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
1964 Best Actress Nominated Irma la Douce
1961 Best Actress Nominated The Apartment
1959 Best Actress Nominated Some Came Running

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won

1976 Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special Won

Golden Globe Awards 6 won

1989 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Won Madame Sousatzka
1988 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won
1984 Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Won Terms of Endearment
1964 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won Irma la Douce
1961 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Won The Apartment
1955 New Star of the Year – Actress Won The Trouble with Harry

BAFTA Awards 2 won

1961 Best Actress in a Leading Role Won The Apartment
1960 Best Actress in a Leading Role Won Ask Any Girl

Volpi Cup for Best Actress 2 won

1988 Best Actress Won Madame Sousatzka
1960 Best Actress Won The Apartment

Silver Bear for Best Actress 2 won

1971 Best Actress Won Desperate Characters
1959 Best Actress Won Ask Any Girl

Kennedy Center Honors 1 won

— Kennedy Center Honors Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won

— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won

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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).