Shirley MacLaine
36 titles
Filmography
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Terms of Endearment
(1983)While widow Aurora fends off a stream of admirers, daughter Emma learns the hard facts of married life.

Gambit
(1966)A cockney thief conspires with an enigmatic dancehall girl to carry out the perfect robbery by stealing a valuable sculpture from under the nose of its ruthless owner.

Two Mules for Sister Sara
(1970)Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine star in this action-packed Western classic about a drifter and a nun who join forces with revolutionaries resisting the French occupation of Mexico.

What a Way to Go!
(1964)After attempting to donate $200 million to the Internal Revenue Service, Louisa (Shirley MacLaine) finds herself in the care of a psychiatrist, Dr. Stephanson (Bob Cummings). She relates the improbable story behind her strange gift. It includes a pair of penniless husbands (Dick Van Dyke, Paul Newman), who build large fortunes before suffering early -- and unusual -- deaths. To break the curse, Louisa weds a millionaire (Robert Mitchum), then a clown (Gene Kelly), without much improvement.

The Children's Hour
(1961)In this provocatively daring film, an attention-seeking schoolgirl vengefully spreads rumors that two of her teachers are lesbian lovers.

Irma la Douce
(1963)A policeman is reassigned to Paris’s Red Light district, where he discovers that the cops ignore the rampant prostitution in exchange for bribes.

Mrs. Winterbourne
(1996)Alone and pregnant, Connie Doyle boards a train where she meets Patricia Winterbourne, who is on her way to meet her in-laws for the first time. When the train derails, killing Patricia and her husband, Connie is mistaken for Patricia.

My Geisha
(1962)A Hollywood actress disguises herself as a geisha to convince her producer-husband to cast her in his Japan-based production of MADAME BUTTERFLY.

The Last Word
(2017)A retired businesswoman and control freak decides to pen her own obituary, resulting in a life-altering friendship with a young journalist.

Closing the Ring
(2007)A young man searches for the owner of a ring that belonged to a U.S. World War II bomber gunner who crashed in Belfast, Northern Ireland in June 1944.

Elsa & Fred
(2014)After losing his wife, Fred (Christopher Plummer) moves into a nearby apartment building where he meets Elsa (Shirley MacLaine). Elsa bursts into his life like a whirlwind, teaching him that time is precious and that he should enjoy life--and love--to the fullest.

Used People
(1992)At her husband's funeral in 1969 Queens, N.Y., a Jewish widow has an encounter with an old friend of her husband's that leads to new beginnings.

The Evening Star
(1996)Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) struggles to keep her family together following the death of her daughter in a sequel to 'Terms of Endearment.' Co-starring Jack Nicholson.

Wild Oats
(2016)A retired history teacher and widow gets an accidental windfall when two zeros are added to the $50,000 life insurance check she was expecting.
Desperate Characters
(1971)Sophie and Otto Bentwood are set in their ways. And unsettled in their hearts. They're Desperate Characters, trapped in a marriage that no longer works... yet unable to break free. In a performance widely cited as a career breakthrough, Shirley MacLaine portrays Sophie in this compelling grown-up drama that, in its own jolting way, is a love story. "Shirley MacLaine achieves one of the great performances of the year," wrote Roger Ebert in The Chicago Sun-Times. "She proves that we were right, when we saw her in films like The Apartment, to know that she really had it all, could go all the way with a serious role.

These Old Broads
(2001)A 40 year old movie's re-release is a hit and there's focus on the 3 main actresses. The adopted son of one has to make these old broads attend a show together. One problem: they hate each other.

Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
(1996)Un documental centrado en Shirley MacLaine, quien a una edad temprana encontró el éxito en los musicales de Broadway y las películas de Hollywood.

The Apartment
(1960)A corporate drone hatches a scheme for success: Let the execs use his apartment for “dates.” It goes beautifully, until his love interest gets hurt.

The Trouble with Harry
(1955)Oscar® winner Shirley MacLaine makes her screen debut in this comedy mystery that stars Edmund Gwenn and John Forsythe and includes romance, humor... and several unearthings of a corpse.

The Sheepman
(1958)Jason Sweet, a tough sheep farmer, moves into Powder Valley and finds himself in a battle with a local cattle baron for land and a woman.