Shirley Maclaine
          Actor  
	
	Filmography (All Films)
				 
	  
	        
Trouble with Harry, The (1955) 
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. John Forsythe, Shirley Maclaine 
- The trouble with Harry is that he's dead, and the townspeople, including a young John Forsyth and Shirley Maclaine, don't quite know how to deal with…
 
Artists and Models (1955)
 
- Dir. Frank Tashlin
Feat. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley Maclaine… 
- Bubbly, brain–addled comedy with comic–artist Dean Martin getting his ideas from roommate Jerry Lewis’ wild nocturnal mutterings. Rated…
 
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
 
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. David Niven,  Cantinflas, Shirley Maclaine 
- Lively spectacle in which David Niven attempts to perform the title feat, while no less than 44 other stars make cameo appearances. Garnered four…
 
Some Came Running (1958)
 
- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley Maclaine… 
- Frank Sinatra gives an affecting, lowkey performance as soldier returning from WW2 to pick up his writing career again.
Effective representation…
 
Matchmaker, The (1958) 
- Dir. Joseph Anthony
Feat. Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley Maclaine… 
- Farcical adaptation of the Broadway play about a meddling madam who prides herself on playing cupid to the young folk around town until one day…
 
Sheepman, The (Stranger with a Gun) (1958) 
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Glenn Ford, Shirley Maclaine, Leslie Nielsen… 
- Lighthearted western with Glenn Ford as a hard–bitten sheep farmer duking it out with cattle baron Nielsen and Shirley Maclaine as the object…
 
Apartment, The (1960)
 
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine 
- Neurotic insurance clerk Jack Lemmon wheedles his way up the corporate ladder by loaning his apartment keys to philandering executives, unknowing…
 
Ocean's Eleven (Ocean's 11) (1960) 
- Dir. Lewis Milestone
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Jr. Davis, Peter Lawford… 
- The definitive 'Rat Pack' movie, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jnr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among the eleven confederates who…
 
Can-Can (1960) 
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Frank Sinatra, Shirley Maclaine, Maurice Chevalier… 
- Agreeable Cole Porter musical by way of Old Blue Eyes' Rat Pack croon. Sinatra teams up with Shirley Maclaine, here the proprietor of Parisian cafe…
 
Children's Hour, The (1961)
 
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner… 
- Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
 
Two For The Seesaw (1962) 
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shirley Maclaine, Edmon Ryan… 
- 'Odd couple' comedy set in NYC, where a Nebraskan lawyer (Mitchum) moves to start life anew and hits the romantic playground in the company of kooky…
 
Irma La Douce (1963) 
- Dir. Billy Wilder
Feat. Jack Lemmon, Shirley Maclaine, Tura Satana 
- On patrol in the red–light district of Paris, gendarme Jack Lemmon pines after whore–with–a–heart–of–gold Shirley…
 
What a Way to Go! (1964) 
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum… 
- Stacked, big–budget comedy has fun at the expense of a cursed Shirley MacLaine: she plays a wealthy widow whose $200 million fortune has been…
 
Yellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964) 
- Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif… 
- Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
 
Gambit (1966) 
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Michael Caine 
- Charming, clever heist flick about a Cockney conman and a kooky showgirl whose brilliantly elaborate plan to steal an invaluable sculpture backfires…
 
Woman Times Seven (1967) 
- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Rossano Brazzi, Vittorio Gassman… 
- Shirley MacLaine inhabits seven different women in seven fanciful, star–studded mini–stories of adultery for Italian dir. Vittorio De…
 
Sweet Charity (1968)
 
- Dir. Bob Fosse
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Ricardo Montalban, John McMartin… 
- Neil Simon's Broadway version of Fellini's NIGHTS OF CABIRIA makes a smashing musical film thanks to the director's razzamatazz, late 60's chic, and…
 
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) 
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Shirley Maclaine 
- Mexican–set western adventure following a mysterious nun pursued by the French Army who begins a mutually beneficial relationship with a…
 
Possession of Joel Delaney, The (1972) 
- Dir. Waris Hussein
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Perry King, David Elliott 
- Horror based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Ramona Stewart, about an upper–class Manhattan divorcee who starts to suspect her younger…
 
Turning Point, The (1977) 
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov… 
- Rarely are ballet films quite so dramatically satisfying – if still laden with a few cliches – than this tale of two friends reuniting,…
 
A Change of Seasons (1980) 
- Dir. Richard Lang
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Anthony Hopkins, Bo Derek 
- Comedy of tangled relationships and mid–life crises, following a forty–something woman who begins a relationship with a young,…
 
Terms of Endearment (1983)
 
- Dir. James L. Brooks
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Jack Nicholson, Debra Winger… 
- Classic family saga of loss and reconciliation with Shirley Maclaine and Jack Nicholson, who both won Oscars, as did the film.
 
Cannonball Run 2 (1984) 
- Dir. Hal Needham
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin… 
- The answer to the trivia question: which film features both Jackie Chan and Frank Sinatra? More star–studded carnage in this fitfully amusing…
 
That's Dancing! (1985) 
- Dir. Jack Haley, Jr.
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, James Cagney… 
- A compilation of splendid dance sequences from dozens of Hollywood films. Includes over fifty top dancers, with the best of the crop generally dating…
 
Out on a Limb (1987) 
- Dir. Robert Butler
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Charles Dance, Anne Jackson… 
- Unusual docudrama that follows the epic journey of self–discovery of actress Shirley MacLaine, as she travels the world in search of…
 
Madame Sousatzka (1988) 
- Dir. John Schlesinger
Feat. Shirley Maclaine 
- Shirley Maclaine is acutely cast as an eccentric, reclusive piano teacher forced to confront the modern world when her talented pupils deny her their…
 
Steel Magnolias (1989) 
- Dir. Herbert Ross
Feat. Julia Roberts, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah… 
- Light comedy–come–tearjerker in which six Southern belles congregate at a beauty salon over several years. 
 
Postcards from the Edge (1990) 
- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine 
- Loose adaptation of Carrie Fisher's autobiography with Meryl Streep as the high–strung actress coping with the pitfalls of show–biz.…
 
Waiting for the Light (1990) 
- Dir. Christopher Monger
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Teri Garr, Clancy Brown 
- Shirley MacLaine is a hoot in this silly family film about a former magician who moves her straight–laced niece and her mischievous children to…
 
Defending Your Life (1991) 
- Dir. Albert Brooks
Feat. Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn… 
- Albert Brooks plays a high–flying executive who dies in a car accident, then is shifted off to 'Judgement City' – an otherworldly halfway…