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Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty in 1934, is a multifaceted American icon whose seven-decade career has seen her claim numerous accolades, including an Oscar for Best Actress for "Terms of Endearment." Her early roles in Broadway musicals like "Oklahoma!" and "The Pajama Game" gave way to a film career marked by quirky, headstrong performances in classics such as "The Apartment" and "Steel Magnolias." A six-time Oscar nominee, MacLaine also wrote best-selling books on metaphysics and spirituality, adding depth to her legacy as both a pioneering actress and an influential thinker.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Martha Levinson (archive footage) | Film |
| 2023 | Bella! | Self | Film |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2022 | American Dreamer | Astrid Fanelli | Film |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Self | Film |
| 2017 | The Last Word | Harriet Lauler | Film |
| 2017 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Self (archive footage, uncredited) | Film |
| 2016 | Wild Oats | Eva | Film |
| 2015 | Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2015 | Discovering Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | Film |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna Mitty | Film |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake | The Pianist | Film |
| 2012 | Palme | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Bernie | Marjorie Nugent | Film |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day | Estelle | Film |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel | Film |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas | Film |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann | Film |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Iris Smythson / Endora | Film |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Katharine Richelieu | Film |
| 2005 | Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' | Self | Film |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh | Film |
| 2003 | Carolina | Grandmother Mirabeau | Film |
| 2003 | Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | TV |
| 2002 | Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | Film |
| 2002 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay Ash | Film |
| 2001 | These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne | Film |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert | Herself | Film |
| 2000 | Bruno | Helen | Film |
| 1999 | Get Bruce! | Self | Film |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | Film |
| 1998 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | Film |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Aurora Greenway | Film |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Self | Film |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne | Film |
| 1995 | The West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice | Film |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | Film |
| 1994 | Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle | Film |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney | Film |
| 1992 | Used People | Pearl Berman | Film |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena | Film |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Film |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann | Film |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux | Film |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | Film |
| 1985 | The Shirley MacLaine Show | Herself | Film |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Veronica | Film |
| 1982 | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway | Film |
| 1981 | Be Pretty and Shut Up! | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1980 | A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans | Film |
| 1979 | Being There | Eve Rand | Film |
| 1977 | The Turning Point | Deedee | Film |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Self | Film |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson | Film |
| 1972 | Shirley's World | Shirley Logan | TV |
| 1971 | Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood | Film |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara | Film |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity | Charity | Film |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom | Film |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne | Film |
| 1966 | Gambit | Nicole | Film |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Jenny | Film |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster | Film |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins | Film |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce | Film |
| 1962 | My Geisha | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | Film |
| 1962 | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz | Film |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins | Film |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | Film |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Simone Pistache | Film |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik | Film |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler | Film |
| 1959 | Career | Sharon Kensington | Film |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Virginia Duval | Film |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Dell Payton | Film |
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