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Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty (born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia), is an American actress, well-known not only for her acting but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation. She is the sister of actor/director 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 black comedy The Trouble With HarryThe Trouble With Harry is an American comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, which was released on October 3, 1955 in the United States. The film follows several quirky residents of a small town as they deal with a dead body that has inconveniently tur in 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal. She stayed busy over the next several years, garnering an Academy AwardBob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. The Academy Awards (often better known as Oscars) are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a p nomination in 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23 for The ApartmentThe Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy based on the premise that corporate advancement can be enhanced by loaning your convenient apartment to fellow workers with a more intimate interpretation of the term 'social climbing'. The consequences can be tragi. In 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i, she received a nomination for Best Documentary FeatureThe Academy Award for Documentary Feature is one of the most prestigious awards for documentary films. Winners Following the Academy's practice, films are listed by the "award year", which is also the year in which the film was released under the Academy' for her documentary The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir .
1 Academy Awards and Nominations
She was named after Shirley Temple.
MacLaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1615 Vine Street.
