Shirley MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty to Virginia native Ira Owens Beaty, an American, and Kathlyn Corinne MacLean, from Nova Scotia, Canada. Her brother, Warren Beatty, was born on March 30, 1937. Shirley was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. Just after she graduated from Washington-Lee High School...See full bio »
1985That's Dancing!
(documentary)
(performer: "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This")
1979Shirley MacLaine at the Lido
(TV movie)
(performer: "Un Homme et Une Femme/C'est Si Bon/Chanson D'Amour/La Vie en Rose", "I Could've Danced All Night", "Send in the Clowns")
1969Sweet Charity
(performer: "My Personal Property" - uncredited, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" - uncredited, "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" - uncredited, "It's a Nice Face" - uncredited, "I'm a Brass Band" - uncredited, "Where Am I Going?" - uncredited)
1991The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture & Presenter: Cecil B. DeMille Award
It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.
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Trivia:
In her book, "My Lucky Stars", MacLaine wrote that before production on
My Geisha began, Yves Montand bet her husband, Steve Parker, that he could seduce her. Parker, whom MacLaine learned later, was having an affair at the time, took Montand up on the bet; Montand won.
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Strong-willed characters who fluctuate between endearing and abrasive
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