Shirley MacLaine
Highest Rated: 100% Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017)
Lowest Rated: 0% Wild Oats (2016)
Birthday: Apr 24, 1934
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Broadway hoofer, dramatic talent, spiritual eccentric, activist, Oscar winner... Over the course of a varied and distinguished career, actress Shirley MacLaine earned these titles many times over. A former ballerina hopeful-turned-chorus girl, she rose to fame in the early 1950s after Hollywood producers noticed her in Broadway's "Pajama Game." She made the transition to features in a series of roles that emphasized her quirkiness and heartbreaking vulnerability, most notably in "Some Came Running" (1960), "The Apartment" (1960) and "Irma La Douce" (1963). The redheaded pixie dropped out of features in the late 1960s - watching her brother Warren Beatty rise to fame at that time -but reemerged in the late 1970s with several acclaimed performances in such films as "The Turning Point" (1977), "Being There" (1979) and "Terms of Endearment" (1983), the latter of which brought her a long-overdue Oscar for Best Actress. She remained a vital presence in efforts like "Steel Magnolias" (1989), "Postcards from the Edge" (1990) and "Guarding Tess" (1994), while extolling alternative beliefs in reincarnation and extraterrestrials that occasionally earned derision from pundits. Well into her seventies, the actress continued to command attention in acclaimed projects, ranging from the biopic "Coco Chanel" (Lifetime, 2008) to the black comedy "Bernie" (2012). Not that the validation was necessary, but an AFI Life Achievement Award merely punctuated the fact that MacLaine remained among the most gifted of Hollywood and stage performers for over 40 years - a distinction that she continued to earn well into the new millennium.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54% | 58% | Noelle | Elf Polly (Character) | - | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver | Mrs. Grindtooth (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 20% | 24% | The Little Mermaid | Eloise (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Himself (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 40% | 64% | The Last Word |
Harriet (Character), Executive Producer |
$1.8M | 2017 |
| 0% | 36% | Wild Oats | Eva (Character) | $21.6K | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | A Heavenly Christmas | Pearl (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 32% | 50% | Elsa & Fred | Elsa (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 51% | 71% | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna (Character) | $58.2M | 2013 |
| 88% | 73% | Bernie | Marjorie Nugent (Character) | $9.2M | 2011 |
| 18% | 47% | Valentine's Day | Estelle (Character) | $110.5M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Coco Chanel | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 37% | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 32% | 58% | Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 19% | 41% | Rumor Has It ... | Katharine Richelieu (Character) | $43M | 2005 |
| 75% | 66% | In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh (Character) | $32.9M | 2005 |
| 25% | 28% | Bewitched |
Iris Smythson/ |
$62.3M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Carolina | Grandma Millicent Mirabeau (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | Salem Witch Trials | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 20% | 69% | Bruno |
Helen (Character), Director |
- | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Forever Hollywood | Herself (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 71% | 44% | Get Bruce! | Herself (Character) | $43.2K | 1999 |
| 10% | 57% | Joan of Arc | Madame de Beaurevoir (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 6% | 19% | A Smile Like Yours | Martha (Character) | $3.3M | 1997 |
| 22% | 62% | The Evening Star | Aurora Greenway (Character) | $12.7M | 1996 |
| 10% | 63% | Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne (Character) | $8.8M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 57% | 47% | Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle (Character) | $26.2M | 1994 |
| 57% | 69% | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney (Character) | $62.6K | 1993 |
| 44% | 37% | Used People | Pearl Berman (Character) | $17.1M | 1992 |
| 97% | 83% | Defending Your Life | Herself (Character) | $16.2M | 1991 |
| 84% | 66% | Postcards From the Edge | Doris Mann (Character) | $36.9M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena (Character) | $334.7K | 1990 |
| 68% | 89% | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux (Character) | $79.4M | 1989 |
| 78% | 65% | Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka (Character) | $2.9M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Out on a Limb |
Herself (Character), Writer |
- | 1987 |
| 13% | 46% | Cannonball Run II | Veronica (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 78% | 83% | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Loving Couples | Dr. Evelyn Lucas Kirby (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 95% | 92% | Being There | Eve Rand (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 65% | 67% | The Turning Point | Deedee (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIFE Goes to the Movies | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 69% | 73% | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 83% | 74% | Sweet Charity | Charity Hope Valentine (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Woman Times Seven |
Paulette/ |
- | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Gambit | Nicole (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 18% | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home | Jenny Ericson (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Car That Became a Star | Herself (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 22% | 66% | What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 76% | 79% | Irma La Douce | Irma La Douce (Character) | - | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | My Geisha |
Lucy Dell/ |
- | 1962 |
| 43% | 57% | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel "Mosca" Moscawitz (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 78% | 84% | The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 93% | 94% | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | Can-Can | Simone Pistache (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 48% | 81% | Ocean's Eleven | Tipsy Girl (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Career | Sharon Kensington (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Spell | Virginia Duval (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Sheepman | Dell Payton (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | The Matchmaker | Irene Molloy (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 83% | 76% | Some Came Running | Ginny Moorhead (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 69% | 57% | Around the World in 80 Days | Princess Aouda (Character) | - | 1956 |
| 90% | 73% | The Trouble With Harry | Jennifer Rogers (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 78% | 76% | Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbrush (Character) | - | 1955 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jess Cagle Interview | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2016-2017 2013 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Today Live | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016 |
| 86% | 94% | Downton Abbey on Masterpiece |
Martha Levinson (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2012-2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2014 |
| 70% | 71% | Glee | June Dolloway (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gayle King Show | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Joy Behar Show | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Guest | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Unknown (Character) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fox Legacy With Tom Rothman | Guest | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2008-2009 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Morning Show With Mike & Juliet | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio Spotlight | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Early Show | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tribunal de Brujas | Unknown (Character) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dick Cavett Show | Guest | 1972 |
QUOTES FROM Shirley MacLaine CHARACTERS
Fran Kubelik says: I just have this talent for falling in love with the wrong guy in wrong place at the wrong time.
Emma says: How old were you when you started taking lessons?
Deedee says: Seven.
Emma says: I was eight. Our bodies always objected, didn't they? The thing is-- you didn't stick around long enough to find out they revolt.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: I am just about at the end of my rope with you.
Drum Eatenton says: Well, then why don't you tie a noose and slip it 'round your head?
Ouiser Boudreaux says: What's the matter with you these days, M'Lynn? You got a reindeer up your butt?
Nicole Chang says: You're not even honest enough to be crook.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: This is it, I've found it, I'm in hell.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: He is a boil on the butt humanity!
Ouiser Boudreaux says: A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: Drum, eat shit and die.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: You are a pig from hell.
Ouiser Boudreaux says: I'm not crazy, I've just been in a very bad mood for fourty years!
Ouiser Boudreaux says: I'm not as sweet as I used to be.
Eve Rand says: What do we know of the man? Absolutely nothing. We don't have an inkling of his past. That could be an asset. A man's past cripples him. His background turns into a swamp and invites scrutinity.
Fran Kubelik says: What's the matter?
C.C. Baxter says: Eh. The mirror.. it's broken.
C.C. Baxter says: Eh. The mirror. It's broken.
Fran Kubelik says: Yes, I know. I like it that way. Makes me look the way I feel.
Fran Kubelik says: [Regarding Mrs. Dreyfuss, Baxters neighbor] She doesn't seem to like you very much.
Fran Kubelik says: She doesn't seem to like you very much.
C.C. Baxter says: Oh, I don't mind. As a matter of fact I'm flattered. That anybody'd think a girl like you would do a thing like this over a guy like me.
Fran Kubelik says: Why can't I ever fall in love with somebody nice like you?
C.C. Baxter says: Yeah, well... That's the way it crumbles, cookiewise.
C.C. Baxter says: Yeah, well, that's the way it crumbles, cookiewise.
Hogan says: There's just one thing. [to sr. Sara]
Sister Sara says: What's that? [answers]
Hogan says: I shoulda never met ya.
Hogan says: I sure wish I met up with you before you took up with them vows.
Sister Sara says: You make good coffee.
Hogan says: [answers] A man's got to take care of himself.
Hogan says: Look, I told you not to brother me! (to Sister Sara)
Hogan says: Look, I told you not to brother me! [to Sister Sara]
Hogan says: Alright, its a small shrine, make it a small prayer. (Sr. Sara stopped to pray at a shrine)
Hogan says: Alright, its a small shrine, make it a small prayer. [Sr. Sara stopped to pray at a shrine]
Doris Mann says: It twirled up!
Suzanne Vale says: That's a comedy...rule?
Suzanne Vale says: That's a comedy... rule?
Fran Kubelik says: That's how it crumbles..you know, cookie wise!!
Fran Kubelik says: That's how it crumbles... you know, cookie wise!
C.C. Baxter says: "I love you Miss Kubelik... Did you hear what i said Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you"
C.C. Baxter says: [playing cards] I love you, Miss Kubelik. Did you hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Fran Kubelik says: "Shut up and deal"
Fran Kubelik says: Shut up and deal.
Fran Kubelik says: Shut up and deal.
Aurora Greenaway says: Would you like to come in?
Garrett Breedlove says: I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.
C.C. Baxter says: I love you Miss Kubelik.
Fran Kubelik says: (Continues counting cards)
C.C. Baxter says: Did you hear what I said? I absolutely adore you.
Fran Kubelik says: Shut up and deal.