Shirley Maclaine Beaty

Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, director, screenwriter and producer. In the past, a singer and ballerina. Known as a writer, author of a series of autobiographical works describing her beliefs, travels around the world and Hollywood career. Oscar winner, recipient of the Kennedy Center Lifetime Contribution to American Culture.

Shirley MacLean Beaty was born on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, named after actress Shirley Temple.

Her father, Ira Owens Beaty, was a psychology professor, public school administrator and real estate agent, and her mother, Kathleen Corinna (née MacLane), was a drama teacher from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. The family had two children, the younger brother is an actor, writer and director Warren Beaty. Their parents raised them in the Baptist faith.

When Shirley was little, the McLain Beaty toured the country: from Richmond to Norfolk, then to Waverley, finally they settled in Arlington, where in 1945 they sent their daughter to Thomas Jefferson High School. McLaine played baseball for the boys' team and held the record for home runs.

As a child, Shirley had weak ankles, she constantly fell and got injured, so her mother decided to enroll the 3-year-old girl in a dance class at the Washington School of Ballet. The future actress immediately fell in love with the stage, she never missed classes. In classics such as Romeo and Juliet and The Sleeping Beauty, she got male roles due to her tall stature and lack of boys in the class.

Shirley broke her ankle once during the warm-up before the play Cinderella, where she played the Good Fairy, but still performed her act. MacLaine had to give up her professional ballet career when she was young, because she grew too thin and tall (height 170 cm, weight 58 kg) and could not perfectly master the technique.

On vacation before her senior year at school, McLaine traveled to New York to try out on Broadway. She was enrolled in a dance ensemble in the production of "Me and Juliet", which was on stage in 1953-1954. Then Shirley became a stunt double for actress Carol Haney in the musical "The Pajama Game".

In May 1954, during a morning performance, the main actress was injured, and McLaine replaced her for several months. The girl was noticed by producer Hal B. Wallis, and soon she signed a contract with the Paramount Pictures film studio.

In film, Shirley MacLaine made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's Trouble with Harry in 1955. For this work, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Emerging Actress. This was followed by roles in the films "Artists and Models", where her partners were Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and "Around the World in 80 Days."

In 1958, Shirley starred in the film And They Run with Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. This work earned the rising star her first Oscar nomination. The second came 2 years later for the film "Apartment" with Jack Lemmon in the title role, which was a continuation of the film "Some like it hot" (in the Russian box office "There are only girls in jazz").

The film won five Oscars, including Best Director (Billy Wilder). McLain had hoped for an award for Best Actress, but Elizabeth Taylor took it away. The actress received a Golden Globe for “Apartment”.

In 1961, together with the famous Audrey Hepburn, Shirley starred in the drama "Children's Hour" based on the play by Lillian Hellman. The story of two women who started a private school, accused of having a lesbian relationship, who lost everything, was praised by critics. Then there was the comedy "My Geisha", where the actress performed two roles at the same time. Yves Montand became her partner in the film.

In the melodramatic comedy Tender Irma, the actress was once again lucky to work with Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon. The role of the charming priestess of love, which was intended for Marilyn Monroe, was nominated for an Oscar in 1964, but the actress did not get the award, but she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress.

In the 60s, many films with the participation of Shirley MacLaine were released: the western "Two mules for Sarah", "Keep it up!", "Gambit", "Seven times a woman", "Bliss of Mrs. Blossom", "Sweet Charity" and others.

In between filming, the actress worked on her own projects. One of them is the 1975 documentary The Other Half of Heaven: Chinese Memories, co-produced with Claudia Weill, about the problems of women in China. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976.

At the same time, MacLaine performed in a series of concerts at London's Palladium Theater and New York's Palace. The latter came out as a live album "Shirley MacLaine Live at the Palace". One of the performances was attended by Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky. Inspired by the performance of the actress, he wanted to invite her for a role in the film "Siberiade", but Shirley did not have time. As a result, Taya Solomina was played by Elena Koreneva, who looks like an American star in some photos.

In 1977, Shirley portrayed a retired ballerina very similar to herself in Turning Point and was nominated for an Oscar, while Anne Bancroft played the other lead role.

The 80s began with the filming of The Change of Seasons with Anthony Hopkins. The long-awaited Oscar came in 1984. The Film Academy named McLaine "Best Actress" in the film "The Language of Tenderness." Jack Nicholson, her co-star, received the award for Best Supporting Actor. In addition, the film received awards for directing and adaptation. In the same year, Shirley was awarded the Golden Globe for "The Language of Tenderness".

In the 90s, MacLaine's filmography was replenished with such films as "Steel Magnolias" with Sally Field and Julia Roberts, "Postcards from the End of the Abyss" with Meryl Streep, "Tess's Bodyguard" with Nicholas Cage and others.

MacLaine has appeared on numerous television projects, including the autobiographical miniseries On the Edge, based on the actress's book. Among others - "Jeanne d'Arc", "Battle of Mary Kay", "Coco Chanel". The actress appeared in the 3rd and 4th seasons of the British drama Downton Abbey as Martha Levinson, Cora's mother, Countess of Grantham, in 2012-2013.

In the 2000s, "Bernie", "The Incredible Story of Walter Mitty", "Insurance Youth" and other full-length films with the participation of MacLaine were released.

In her youth, Shirley became interested in esotericism. She read the book "Inhabitant of Two Planets" by Frederick Oliver, written in 1886, which opened a new page in MacLane's biography. The idea of ​​communicating with other civilizations, reincarnation and reincarnation captured the actress. She developed an interest in spirituality and metaphysics, the central theme of her bestselling books.

In a memoir entitled "Dancing in the Light" ("Dancing in the circle of light") MacLaine describes an affair with Andrei Konchalovsky, discusses the theme of the suffering Russian soul.

In Going Within, the actress shares an enlightened program of spiritual techniques and mental exercises aimed at becoming healthier, happier, and attuned to natural harmony with the environment and inner world.

"Dance While You Can" is filled with the most intimate thoughts and feelings about aging, interpersonal relationships, work, parents, daughter, own future as an artist and a woman.

"I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions" is a funny and ironic description of the actress's career.

Shirley has been married to businessman Steve Parker since 1954. In 1956, their daughter, Sachi Parker, was born. For the actress, Steve became a husband and mentor, but their relationship was "free".

Parker and his daughter lived in Tokyo, where he had a mistress, a Japanese woman, Miki. Shirley, who knew this, was having fun in Las Vegas. She was part of the "Rat Pack", an acting clan of Frank Sinatra, whose members did not suspect that the actress has a husband in her personal life.

On the set of Two on a Swing, MacLaine fell in love with her partner Robert Mitchum, for a while they had an affair, marred by the tantrums of the actor's wife.

Shirley returned to her family while working in Tokyo on My Geisha. She and her husband seemed happy, but one man was not enough for the actress, and she started an affair with Yves Montand. Steve closed his eyes to his wife's hobbies.

In Hollywood, the actress became famous for falling in love with male partners on the set, except for Jack Lemmon and Jack Nicholson, but the novels were fleeting. In 1977, MacLaine became inflamed with Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palma.

MacLaine and Parker have been married for 28 years. They divorced in 1982, when the actress found out that her husband had lied to her all his life about himself, parents, and work. In fact, he was a gigolo, without earning a penny, living on his wife's money.

After the breakup, Shirley thought about suicide, but she pulled herself together, took her daughter and began to move on. The actress never married again, although she had relationships with men. In the 80s, she had an affair with Andrei Konchalovsky, during his stay in Hollywood.

Shirley MacLaine lives in Malibu. Now the actress is working on new projects in cinema and literature. She has inexhaustible energy, every morning she walks Terry's dog.

In 2018, the family film The Little Mermaid was released, in which the actress played the role of an elderly lady telling her grandchildren a fairy tale in which she herself was a heroine.

1955 - "Trouble with Harry" 1958 - "And They Run Up" 1960 - "Apartment" 1962 - "My Geisha" 1963 - "Tender Irma" 1970 - "Two Mules for Sister Sara" 1977 - "Turning Point" 1983 - "Language Tenderness "1989 -" Steel Magnolias "1992 -" Second Wind "1999 -" Joan of Arc "2008 -" Coco Chanel "2012 -" Downton Abbey "2013 -" The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty "2018 -" The Little Mermaid "

1970 - Don't Fall Off the Mountain 1972 - McGovern: The Man and His Beliefs 1975 - You Can Get There from Here 1983 - Out on a Limb 1986 - Dancing in the Light 1990 - Going Within: A Guide to Inner Transformation 1991 - Dance While You Can 2000 - The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit 2011 - I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions 2016 - Above the Line: My Wild Oats Adventure

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