Shirley MacLaine

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Career

MacLaine went to New York City to try acting on Broadway during her senior year of high school, where she had minor success in the chorus of Oklahoma. She returned and was in the dancing ensemble of Me and Juliet's Broadway debut (1953-1954). Carol Haney, a young child, appeared in The Pajama Game, but MacLaine replaced her in May 1954; Haney fractured her ankle during a Wednesday matinee; Carol Haney lost her legs, and Haney replaced her; Hal B. Wallis, a film director, saw MacLaine's performance and invited her to work for Just a few months later, with Haney injured, film director Hal B. Wallis catching her performance and committing her to

MacLaine made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. MacLaine's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Hollywood's later years. The Trouble with Harry was followed quickly by her appearance in the Martin and Lewis film Artists and Models (also 1955). She appeared in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), which earned the Academy Award for Best Picture shortly thereafter. Hot Spell and a leading role in Some Came Running (1958) were both introduced; for the latter film, she received her first Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination.

MacLaine appeared in Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960), alongside Jack Lemmon, in 1960. The film, which is shot on the Upper West Side, revolves around C.C. Baxter (Lemmon), an insurance clerk who allows his coworkers to use his apartment for their extramarital affairs, is a travel agent. Baxter is attracted to Fran Kubelik (MacLaine), the insurance company's elevator operator who is already having a chat with Baxter's boss (Fred MacMurray). The film, which was a blend of romantic drama and comedy, received ten Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction (Black and White), and Best Film Editing. Despite being the odds-on favorite, MacLaine was unable to win the Best Actress award. "I thought I'd win for The Apartment," Elizabeth Taylor [who triumphed] had a tracheotomy." MacLaine's signature role has been highlighted in Roger Ebert's list of the 101 Great Movies in 2001, which has remained his favorite film. Charlize Theron, a 89th Academy Awards winner, lauded MacLaine's performance as "raw and funny," as well as saying "this black and white movie looks like it's in color."

Audrey Hepburn and James Garner appeared in The Children's Hour (1961), which was also based on Lillian Hellman's script and directed by William Wyler. She was re-nominated again, this time for Irma la Douce (1963), which brought her reunited with Wilder and Lemmon.

In her debut memoir, Don't Fall Off the Mountain (1970), MacLaine devoted several pages to a 1963 incident in which she marched into The Hollywood Reporter's Los Angeles headquarters and punched columnist Mike Connolly in the mouth. She was enraged by what he had written in his column about her pending labor dispute with producer Hal Wallis, who had introduced her to the film business in 1954 and later sued successfully for breaching the terms of their employment. On the front page of the New York Post on June 11, 1963, Connolly's incident earned a headline. The complete story appeared on page 5 under the heading "Shirley Delivers A Punchy Line" byline Bernard Lefkowitz.

Marilyn Monroe was in two projects in which Monroe had planned at the end of her life, including Irma la Douce (1963) and What a Way to Go. (1964): A.K.A. (1964) MacLaine was a student at the University of Gambit (1966).

MacLaine appeared in the film version of the musical Sweet Charity directed by Bob Fosse and based on the script for Fellini's Nights of Cabiria, which appeared a decade earlier. Gwen Verdon, who performed onstage, had hoped to appear in Charity in the film version, but MacLaine was given the role due to her name being more well known to audiences at the time. Verdon took over as assistant choreographer, helping MacLaine's dances and guiding the camera through some of the more difficult routines. MacLaine was nominated for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical by the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Although not a financial success, Fosse's film directing career began with Cabaret (1972), his next film being Cabaret (1972).

Don Siegel, MacLaine's director on Sister Sara (1970), said of her: "It's impossible to feel any warmth to her." She's too unfeminine and has way too many balls. She's very, very difficult."

In a short-lived television sitcom Shirley's World (1971-1972), sheldon Leonard and ITC co-produced and shot in the United Kingdom, MacLaine was cast as a photojournalist. Claudia Weill's documentary film The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (1975), co-directed with Claudia Weill, focuses on women in China. It was nominated for the year's Documentary Feature Oscar. MacLaine appeared in a string of concerts at the London Palladium and New York's Palace Theatre in 1976. The latter of these recordings was released as part of Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace, a critically acclaimed live collection. In The Turning Point (1977), MacLaine portrayed a former ballerina much like herself; she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role. In 1978, she was given the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their perseverance and their exceptional work, have helped to expand the role of women in the entertainment industry.

She appeared in Hal Ashby's satirical film Being There in 1979. Chance (Sellers), a simpleminded, sheltered gardener who becomes a surprising trusted advisor to a wealthy businessman and an insider in Washington politics, is the subject of the film's wealth. Roger Ebert wrote a huge acclaim for the film's "for having the courage to bring this completely bizarre concept to a close and tragic conclusion." Despite not receiving an Academy Award nomination, MacLaine was nominated for a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role.

MacLaine appeared in A Change of Seasons (1980) with Anthony Hopkins in 1980. The two youngsters did not get along with each other, and the film was not a hit due to what critics criticized as the screenplay. MacLaine, on the other hand, had positive feedback from critics. In his The New York Times article, Vincent Canby said that the film "exhibits no sense of humor or no appreciation for the ridiculous... the screenplay [is] often dreadful... the only appealing appearance is Miss MacLaine's, and she's too sweet to be true." A change of seasons isn't the only thing, but it does mean one thing. A farce about characters who have been stripped of their traditional duties quickly becomes pointless."

MacLaine appeared in James L. Brooks' comedy-drama film Terms of Endearment (1983), portraying Debra Winger's mother. The film focuses on a difficult love between mother and daughter over the past 30 years. Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow appeared in the film. The film was a huge critical and commercial success, grossing $108.4 million at the domestic box office and becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1983. At the 56th Academy Awards, the film received five nominations, five of which included Best Picture. MacLaine received her first Academy Award for her work.

MacLaine has continued to appear in major films, including Herbert Ross' family's Steel Magnolias (1989) directed by Herbert Ross, as well as starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, and Dolly Parton. The film explores a family's bond in a small-town Southern community and how they cope with the death of a loved one. The film was a box office hit, earning $96.8 million off a budget of $15 million. MacLaine was given a British Academy Film Award for her work. She appeared in Mike Nichols' film Postcards from the Edge (1990), alongside Meryl Streep, in which she played a fictionalized Debbie Reynolds from a screenplay starring Reynolds' daughter Carrie Fisher. Fisher created the screenplay based on her novel. MacLaine received another Golden Globe Award nomination for her work.

MacLaine continued to act in films including Used People (1992), with Jessica Tandy and Kevin Bates; Guarding Tess (1994), with Kevin Costner and Barbaran Fraser; and The Evening Star (2005), directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Christopher Plummer; Also starring Stephen Plummer (1995), with Kevin Costner and Margaret Cove; and The Evening Star (1994), with Lisa Tandy and Deborah Blair; and Finally, With Nicolas Cage (1992); In the 2014 comedy film Elsa & Fred directed by Michael Radford, she will reunite with Plummer. She made her feature-film directorial debut in 2000 and appeared in Bruno, which was renamed to YouTube as The Dress Code. MacLaine appeared in Richard Linklater's dark comedy film Bernie, alongside Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey.

MacLaine has appeared in several television shows, including an autobiographical miniseries based on the book Out on a Limb; The Salem Witch Trials; Carrie Fisher's These Old Broads starring Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, and Joan Collins; In 2009, she appeared in Coco Before Chanel, a Lifetime production based on Coco Chanel's life, earning her Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. Martha Levinson, mother to Cora, Countess of Grantham (played by Elizabeth McGovern), and Harold Levinson (played by Paul Giamatti) appeared in the third and fourth seasons of the acclaimed British drama Downton Abbey in 2013.

MacLaine appeared in Wild Oats with Jessica Lange in 2016. In 2018, she appeared in the live action family film The Little Mermaid, based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. In 2022, she returned to the small screen in the film Only Murders in the Building.

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