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Filmography
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Known For
Terms of Endearment Aurora Greenway (1983) -
The Apartment Fran Kubelik (1960) -
Steel Magnolias Ouiser Boudreaux (1989) -
Known For
The Trouble with Harry Jennifer Rogers (1955) -
Actress
Only Murders in the Building Leonora Folger (2022) -
American Dreamer Astrid Fanelli (2022) -
Noelle Elf Polly (2019) -
The Little Mermaid Grandmother / Elle (2018) -
The Last Word Harriet (2017) -
A Heavenly Christmas Pearl (2016) -
Wild Oats Eva (2016) -
Glee June Dolloway (2014) -
Elsa & Fred Elsa (2014) -
Downton Abbey Martha Levinson (2012-2013) -
![The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]( "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty")
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Edna Mitty (2013) -
![Bernie]( "Bernie")
Bernie Marjorie Nugent (2011) -
![Valentine's Day]( "Valentine's Day")
Valentine's Day Estelle (2010) -
![Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]( "Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning")
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning Amelia Thomas (2008) -
![Coco Chanel]( "Coco Chanel")
Coco Chanel Old Coco Chanel (2008) -
![Closing the Ring]( "Closing the Ring")
Closing the Ring Ethel Ann (2007) -
![Rumor Has It...]( "Rumor Has It...")
Rumor Has It... Katharine Richelieu (2005) -
![In Her Shoes]( "In Her Shoes")
In Her Shoes Ella Hirsh (2005) -
![Bewitched]( "Bewitched")
Bewitched Iris Smythson / Endora (2005) -
![Carolina]( "Carolina")
Carolina Grandma Mirabeau (2003) -
![Salem Witch Trials]( "Salem Witch Trials")
Salem Witch Trials Rebecca Nurse (2002) -
![The Battle of Mary Kay]( "The Battle of Mary Kay")
The Battle of Mary Kay Mary Kay (2002) -
![These Old Broads]( "These Old Broads")
These Old Broads Kate Westbourne (2001) -
![Bruno]( "Bruno")
Bruno Helen (2000) -
![Joan of Arc]( "Joan of Arc")
Joan of Arc Madame de Beaurevoir (1999) -
![Stories from My Childhood]( "Stories from My Childhood")
Stories from My Childhood Narrator (1998) -
![A Smile Like Yours]( "A Smile Like Yours")
A Smile Like Yours Martha (1997) -
![The Evening Star]( "The Evening Star")
The Evening Star Aurora Greenway (1996) -
![Mrs. Winterbourne]( "Mrs. Winterbourne")
Mrs. Winterbourne Grace Winterbourne (1996) -
![The West Side Waltz]( "The West Side Waltz")
The West Side Waltz Margaret Mary Elderdice (1995) -
![Guarding Tess]( "Guarding Tess")
Guarding Tess Tess Carlisle (1994) -
![Wrestling Ernest Hemingway]( "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway")
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Helen Cooney (1993) -
![Used People]( "Used People")
Used People Pearl Berman (1992) -
![Defending Your Life]( "Defending Your Life")
Defending Your Life Shirley MacLaine (1991) -
![Postcards from the Edge]( "Postcards from the Edge")
Postcards from the Edge Doris Mann (1990) -
![Waiting for the Light]( "Waiting for the Light")
Waiting for the Light Aunt Zena (1990) -
![Steel Magnolias]( "Steel Magnolias")
Steel Magnolias Ouiser Boudreaux (1989) -
![Madame Sousatzka]( "Madame Sousatzka")
Madame Sousatzka Madame Sousatzka (1988) -
![Out on a Limb]( "Out on a Limb")
Out on a Limb Shirley MacLaine (1987) -
![Cannonball Run II]( "Cannonball Run II")
Cannonball Run II Veronica (1984) -
![Terms of Endearment]( "Terms of Endearment")
Terms of Endearment Aurora Greenway (1983) -
![A Change of Seasons]( "A Change of Seasons")
A Change of Seasons Karyn Evans (1980) -
![Loving Couples]( "Loving Couples")
Loving Couples Evelyn (1980) -
![Being There]( "Being There")
Being There Eve Rand (1979) -
![Laugh-In]( "Laugh-In")
Laugh-In Guest Performer (1977) -
![The Turning Point]( "The Turning Point")
The Turning Point Deedee (1977) -
![Circasia]( "Circasia")
Circasia Clown (1976) -
![The Nutcracker]( "The Nutcracker")
The Nutcracker Narrator (1973) -
![The Possession of Joel Delaney]( "The Possession of Joel Delaney")
The Possession of Joel Delaney Norah Benson (1972) -
![Shirley's World]( "Shirley's World")
Shirley's World Shirley Logan (1971-1972) -
![Desperate Characters]( "Desperate Characters")
Desperate Characters Sophie Bentwood (1971) -
![Two Mules for Sister Sara]( "Two Mules for Sister Sara")
Two Mules for Sister Sara Sara (1970) -
![Sweet Charity]( "Sweet Charity")
Sweet Charity Charity (1969) -
![The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]( "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom")
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom Harriet Blossom (1968) -
![Woman Times Seven]( "Woman Times Seven")
Woman Times Seven Paulette / Maria Teresa (1967) -
![Gambit]( "Gambit")
Gambit Nicole (1966) -
![John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]( "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!")
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Jenny Ericson (1965) -
![The Yellow Rolls-Royce]( "The Yellow Rolls-Royce")
The Yellow Rolls-Royce Mae Jenkins (1964) -
![What a Way to Go!]( "What a Way to Go!")
What a Way to Go! Louisa May Foster (1964) -
![Irma la Douce]( "Irma la Douce")
Irma la Douce Irma La Douce (1963) -
![Two for the Seesaw]( "Two for the Seesaw")
Two for the Seesaw Gittel Mosca (1962) -
![My Geisha]( "My Geisha")
My Geisha Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori (1962) -
![The Children's Hour]( "The Children's Hour")
The Children's Hour Martha Dobie (1961) -
![Two Loves]( "Two Loves")
Two Loves Anna Vorontosov (1961) -
![All in a Night's Work]( "All in a Night's Work")
All in a Night's Work Katie Robbins (1961) -
![Ocean's Eleven]( "Ocean's Eleven")
Ocean's Eleven Tipsy Girl (1960) -
![The Apartment]( "The Apartment")
The Apartment Fran Kubelik (1960) -
![Can-Can]( "Can-Can")
Can-Can Simone Pistache (1960) -
![Career]( "Career")
Career Sharon Kensington (1959) -
![Ask Any Girl]( "Ask Any Girl")
Ask Any Girl Meg Wheeler (1959) -
![Some Came Running]( "Some Came Running")
Some Came Running Ginnie Moorehead (1958) -
![The Matchmaker]( "The Matchmaker")
The Matchmaker Irene Molloy (1958) -
![Hot Spell]( "Hot Spell")
Hot Spell Virginia Duval (1958) -
![The Sheepman]( "The Sheepman")
The Sheepman Dell Payton (1958) -
![Around the World in 80 Days]( "Around the World in 80 Days")
Around the World in 80 Days Princess Aouda (1956) -
![Artists and Models]( "Artists and Models")
Artists and Models Bessie Sparrowbrush (1955) -
Actress
![The Trouble with Harry]( "The Trouble with Harry")
The Trouble with Harry Jennifer Rogers (1955) -
Soundtrack
![Glee]( "Glee")
Glee (2014) -
![Downton Abbey]( "Downton Abbey")
Downton Abbey (2012) -
![These Old Broads]( "These Old Broads")
These Old Broads (2001) -
![Postcards from the Edge]( "Postcards from the Edge")
Postcards from the Edge (1990) -
![AFI Life Achievement Award]( "AFI Life Achievement Award")
AFI Life Achievement Award (1988) -
![That's Dancing!]( "That's Dancing!")
That's Dancing! (1985) -
![Shirley MacLaine at the Lido]( "Shirley MacLaine at the Lido")
Shirley MacLaine at the Lido (1979) -
![Dubbelleven]( "Dubbelleven")
Dubbelleven (1978) -
![Gypsy in My Soul]( "Gypsy in My Soul")
Gypsy in My Soul (1976) -
![47th Annual Academy Awards]( "47th Annual Academy Awards")
47th Annual Academy Awards (1975) -
![Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals]( "Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals")
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![Sweet Charity]( "Sweet Charity")
Sweet Charity (1969) -
![The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]( "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom")
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968) -
![John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]( "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!")
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![What a Way to Go!]( "What a Way to Go!")
What a Way to Go! (1964) -
![My Geisha]( "My Geisha")
My Geisha (1962) -
![Can-Can]( "Can-Can")
Can-Can (1960) -
![Some Came Running]( "Some Came Running")
Some Came Running (1958) -
![The Sheepman]( "The Sheepman")
The Sheepman (1958) -
![Artists and Models]( "Artists and Models")
Artists and Models (1955) -
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Soundtrack
![Shower of Stars]( "Shower of Stars")
Shower of Stars (1955) -
Producer
![The Last Word]( "The Last Word")
The Last Word (2017) -
![Shirley MacLaine... Illusions]( "Shirley MacLaine... Illusions")
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![The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir]( "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir")
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Producer
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WriterKingdom Come (1999)
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![Out on a Limb]( "Out on a Limb")
Out on a Limb (1987) -
The Shirley MacLaine Show (1985)
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Writer
![The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir]( "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir")
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Director
![Bruno]( "Bruno")
Bruno (2000) -
Director
![The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir]( "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir")
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Archive footage
![The Andy Warhol Diaries]( "The Andy Warhol Diaries")
The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022) -
![Reframed: Marilyn Monroe]( "Reframed: Marilyn Monroe")
Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022) -
![The Beat with Ari Melber]( "The Beat with Ari Melber")
The Beat with Ari Melber (2021) -
![Viaje al centro de la tele]( "Viaje al centro de la tele")
Viaje al centro de la tele (2020) -
![Hormigas blancas]( "Hormigas blancas")
Hormigas blancas (2020) -
![Ancient Aliens]( "Ancient Aliens")
Ancient Aliens (2020) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2008-2019) -
![The Movies]( "The Movies")
The Movies (2019) -
![Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch]( "Dans l'ombre d'Hitchcock, Alma et Hitch")
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![Mike Wallace Is Here]( "Mike Wallace Is Here")
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) -
![1968: The Year That Changed America]( "1968: The Year That Changed America")
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![Defunctland]( "Defunctland")
Defunctland (2018) -
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![Feminists: What Were They Thinking?]( "Feminists: What Were They Thinking?")
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![Mythos Geschichte]( "Mythos Geschichte")
Mythos Geschichte (2018) -
![Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn]( "Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn")
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![Zeit.geschichte]( "Zeit.geschichte")
Zeit.geschichte (2018) -
![Hal]( "Hal")
Hal (2018) -
![Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me]( "Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me")
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![Fox and Friends]( "Fox and Friends")
Fox and Friends (2017) -
![Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds]( "Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds")
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![Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood]( "Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood")
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![Sinatra: All or Nothing at All]( "Sinatra: All or Nothing at All")
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![The Sixties]( "The Sixties")
The Sixties (2014) -
![Talking Pictures]( "Talking Pictures")
Talking Pictures (2014) -
![Up Late with Alec Baldwin]( "Up Late with Alec Baldwin")
Up Late with Alec Baldwin (2013) -
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Downton Abbey Revisited (2012)
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![Palme]( "Palme")
Palme (2012) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (1990-2012) -
![60 Minutes]( "60 Minutes")
60 Minutes (1991-2012) -
![Vito]( "Vito")
Vito (2011) -
![The Many Faces of...]( "The Many Faces of...")
The Many Faces of... (2011) -
![Special Collector's Edition]( "Special Collector's Edition")
Special Collector's Edition (2011) -
![Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood]( "Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood")
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¡Feliz 2010! Cuéntame (2009)
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![50 años de]( "50 años de")
50 años de (2009) -
![Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep]( "Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep")
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![The 80th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 80th Annual Academy Awards")
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Hoge bomen: Pioniers (2007)
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![La rentadora]( "La rentadora")
La rentadora (2007) -
![La tele de tu vida]( "La tele de tu vida")
La tele de tu vida (2007) -
Carta blanca (2006)
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![The Best of the Royal Variety]( "The Best of the Royal Variety")
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![CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton]( "CMT Greatest Moments: Dolly Parton")
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![Billy Wilder Speaks]( "Billy Wilder Speaks")
Billy Wilder Speaks (2006) -
![Corazón de...]( "Corazón de...")
Corazón de... (2005) -
![Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That]( "Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That")
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![De Caunes/Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle Part Ailleurs 2... suite et fin!]( "De Caunes/Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle Part Ailleurs 2... suite et fin!")
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![Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe]( "Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe")
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![Cinema mil]( "Cinema mil")
Cinema mil (2005) -
![Screen Goddesses]( "Screen Goddesses")
Screen Goddesses (2005) -
![Penn & Teller: Bullshit!]( "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!")
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2005) -
![The Best of 'So Graham Norton']( "The Best of 'So Graham Norton'")
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![101 Biggest Celebrity Oops]( "101 Biggest Celebrity Oops")
101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) -
Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003)
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![Timeshift]( "Timeshift")
Timeshift (2002) -
![Histoires de festival]( "Histoires de festival")
Histoires de festival (2002) -
![Biography]( "Biography")
Biography (1998-2002) -
![Timeless Cinema]( "Timeless Cinema")
Timeless Cinema (2001) -
![Private Screenings]( "Private Screenings")
Private Screenings (2001) -
![Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years]( "Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years")
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![If These Walls Could Talk 2]( "If These Walls Could Talk 2")
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) -
![The Rat Pack]( "The Rat Pack")
The Rat Pack (1999) -
![The Real Las Vegas]( "The Real Las Vegas")
The Real Las Vegas (1996) -
![Parkinson: The Interviews]( "Parkinson: The Interviews")
Parkinson: The Interviews (1996) -
50 Years of Funny Females (1995)
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![The 65th Annual Academy Awards]( "The 65th Annual Academy Awards")
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![Oscar's Greatest Moments]( "Oscar's Greatest Moments")
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) -
![The Nicholas Craig Masterclass]( "The Nicholas Craig Masterclass")
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![Parkinson]( "Parkinson")
Parkinson (1978-1982) -
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![Be Pretty and Shut Up]( "Be Pretty and Shut Up")
Be Pretty and Shut Up (1981) -
![Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's]( "Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's")
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![Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals]( "Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals")
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Film Review (1968)
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![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963) -
Archive footage
![Hollywood: The Great Stars]( "Hollywood: The Great Stars")
Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963) -
![Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer]( "Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer")
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Additional Crew
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Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
Release of book, "Dancing in the Light".
Quotes
[on Oscars] I love to win those things. Love it. The only part about it I don't like is the red carpet and getting a dress and walking around in high heels and holding in my stomach. I hate that.
Trademark
Short hair (the only time in her adult life she's had long hair was a period in her late 30s)
Star Sign
Taurus
Personal Details
Born
Shirley MacLean Beaty
Richmond, Virginia, USA
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