Apr 24, 1934

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty) is an Academy Award-winning 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, such as solipsism, as well as her Hollywood career. She is the older sister of Warren Beatty (Beatty changed his name from 'Beaty' to 'Beatty').<br/><br/>
Her first film was the Alfred Hitchcock film The Trouble... ... (read more...) with Harry in 1955. Her film career is now in its fifth decade. MacLaine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role five times: in 1958 for Some Came Running, in 1960 for The Apartment, in 1963 for Irma La Douce, in 1977 for The Turning Point and in 1983 for Terms of Endearment (which she finally won). In 1975, she also received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for her documentary The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir. She recently appeared as the maternal grandmother to Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette in In Her Shoes.