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Shirley MacLaine is an American film, television, and character actor and dancer. Born Shirley MacLean Beaty on April 24, 1934, in Richmond, Virginia, she began her work period in 1955. She is left-handed and speaks American English. Her notable works include the films *ʻAl saf tehom*, *הקמינו*, *Zeh ha-kol ba-miśḥaḳ*, *Reḳod kol ʻod atah yakhol*, and *你能夠從這裏到達那裏*.
MacLaine has received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Kennedy Center Honors, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and the Knight of the Legion of Honour. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. She is a member of the Democratic Party and identifies with the Baptist worldview. Her children include Sachi Parker, and her sibling is Warren Beatty.
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- ʻAl saf tehom
- הקמינו
- Zeh ha-kol ba-miśḥaḳ
- Reḳod kol ʻod atah yakhol
- 你能夠從這裏到達那裏
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Richmond, Virginia, USA
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…
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- Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent — Self (archive footage)2026
- Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration — Martha Levinson (archive footage)2024
- Bella! — Self2023
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema — Self - Actress (archive footage)2023
- Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
- American Dreamer — Astrid Fanelli2022
- Rat Pack — Self (archive footage)2022
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Only Murders in the Building — Rose Cooper2021
- Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)2019
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Known as the girl with big red curls and weak ankles, Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty on April 24, 1934, to Virginia native Ira Owens Beaty and his wife, Kathlyn. Ira and Kathlyn gave up their dreams to raise their family. Before Shirley was three years old, her brother and rival Warren Beatty was born on March 30 or 31, 1937. Shirley was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. She had an excellent batting average in baseball but <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shirley+Maclaine">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author. With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups, and two Silver Bears. She has been honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute in 1995, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014. MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Me and Juliet and The Pajama Game. MacLaine's career began during the final years of the Golden Age of Hollywood where she 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), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969).
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