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Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty (born
April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia), is an
United States|American actress, well-known not
only for her acting but for her devotion to her
belief in reincarnation. She is also the writer of
a large number of autobiographical works, many
dealing with her new age beliefs as well as her
Hollywood career. She is the older sister of
Warren Beatty (Beatty changed his name from Beaty
to Beatty).

Upon graduating from high school, MacLaine moved
to New York City to live out her dream of being a
Broadway actress. She achieved her goal when she
became understudy to actress Carol Haney in The
Pajama Game; Haney broke her ankle and MacLaine
replaced her. A few months thereafter, with Haney
still out of commission, director/producer Hal B.
Wallis was in the audience, took note of MacLaine,
and signed her to go to Hollywood to work for
Paramount Pictures.

Her first film was the Alfred Hitchcock film The
Trouble with Harry in 1955.  She stayed busy over
the next several years, garnering an Academy Award
nomination in 1960 for The Apartment.  In 1975,
she received a nomination for Academy Award for
Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature for
her documentary The Other Half of the Sky: A China
Memoir.

In political circles, MacLaine is known for her
close friendship with Ohio congressman Dennis
Kucinich, a candidate for the 2004 Democratic
presidential nomination.

==Filmography==
*The Trouble with Harry (1955)
*Artists and Models (1955)
*Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
*The Sheepman (1958)
*The Matchmaker (1958)
*Hot Spell (1958)
*Some Came Running (1958)
*Ask Any Girl (1959)
*Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959)
(documentary)
*Career (1959)
*Can-Can (1960)
*The Apartment (1960)
*Ocean's Eleven (1960) (Cameo)
*All in a Night's Work (1961)
*Two Loves (1961)
*The Children's Hour (1961)
*My Geisha (1962)
*Two for the Seesaw (1962)
*Irma la Douce (1963)
*What a Way to Go! (1964)
*The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
*The Car That Became a Star (1965) (short subject)
*John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
*Gambit (1966 movie)|Gambit (1966)
*Woman Times Seven (1967)
*The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
*Sweet Charity (1969)
*Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
*Desperate Characters (1971)
*The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)
*Year of the Woman (1973) (documentary)
*The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975)
(documentary) (also producer, writer, and
director)
*The Turning Point (1977)
*Being There (1979)
*Loving Couples (1980)
*A Change of Seasons (1980)
*Want to Be Beautiful (1981) (documentary)
*Terms of Endearment (1983)
*Cannonball Run II (1984)
*Madame Sousatzka (1988)
*Steel Magnolias (1989)
*Waiting for the Light (1990)
*Postcards from the Edge (1990)
*Defending Your Life (1991) (Cameo)
*Used People (1992)
*Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
*A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
*Guarding Tess (1994)
*The Celluloid Closet (1995) (documentary)
*Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
*The Evening Star (1996)
*A Smile Like Yours (1997)
*Get Bruce (1999) (documentary)
*Bruno (movie)|Bruno (2000) (also director)
*Broadway, the Golden Age: by the Legends Who Were
There (2003) (documentary)
*Carolina (2003)
*Bewitched (2005)
*In Her Shoes (2005) 
*Rumor Has It (2005) 
*Ant Bully (2006) (currently filming)

==TV work==
*Shirley's World (1971-1972)
*Out on a Limb (1987)
*The West Side Waltz (1995)
*Joan of Arc (1999)
*These Old Broads (2001)
*Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
*Salem Witch Trials (2002) (miniseries)


==Academy Awards and Nominations==

*1984 - Won Academy Award for Best Actress|Best
Actress in a Leading Role - Terms of Endearment
*1978 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - The
Turning Point
*1976 - Nominated Academy Award for Documentary
Feature|Best Documentary, Features - The Other
Half of the Sky: A China Memoir
*1964 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - Irma la
Douce
*1961 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - The
Apartment
*1959 - Nominated Academy Award for Best
Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role - Some Came
Running
She was named after Shirley Temple.

MacLaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
at 1615 Vine Street.

==External links==
*http://www.ShirleyMacLaine.com Shirley's Official
Website
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