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  Shirley MacLaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shirley MacLaine (born April 24, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actress well-known not only for her acting, but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation.
MacLaine was born Shirley MacLean Beaty in Richmond, Virginia to an American father of English descent and a Canadian mother of Irish and Scottish ancestry.
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).
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Shirley MacLaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Shirley MacLaine, born Shirley MacLean Beaty (born April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia), is an American actress of Scottish-Irish descent, well-known not only for her acting but for her devotion to her belief in reincarnation.
MacLaine was also the only female member of the infamous Rat Pack, alongside Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
In political circles, MacLaine is known for her close friendship with Ohio congressman Dennis Kucinich, a candidate for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Shirley_MacLaine   (414 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine - Biography - Moviefone
Born Shirley MacLane Beaty on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine was the daughter of drama coach and former actress Kathlyn MacLean Beaty and Ira O. Beaty, a professor of psychology and philosophy.
MacLaine earned her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a pathetic tart who shocks a conservative town by showing up on the arm of young war hero Frank Sinatra in Some Came Running (1959).
MacLaine was memorable starring as a lonely political wife opposite Peter Sellers' simple-minded gardener in Being There (1979), but did not again attract too much attention until she played the over-protective, eccentric widow Aurora Greenway in James L. Brooks' Terms of Endearment (1983), a role that finally won MacLaine an Academy Award.
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 Shirley MacLaine
Born in Richmond, Virginia, Shirley MacLaine was named for child star Shirley Temple, who was at the height of her fame in 1934.
Divorced in 1982, MacLaine and her husband were estranged for many years before that and her daughter, Sachi, was raised by her father in Japan from the age of six.
MacLaine lives in Southern California and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 1615 Vine Street.
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 Shirley MacLaine pictures, photos, wallpapers, desktop themes, posters, music, videos, DVDs, and memorabilia
Shirley MacLane Beaty was born 24 April 1934 in Richmond, Virginia.
MacLaine got her start as a Broadway chorine in the 1950s, eventually moving to Hollywood to began a film career.
MacLaine was nominated for a best documentary Oscar as a producer and star of The Other Half of the Sky, her memoir of a trip to China.
www.entertainzones.com /actresses/m/shirley-maclaine   (326 words)

  
 A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine was reportedly named after Shirley Temple, who was only 6 years old when MacLaine was born (her birthday is one day after Temple's), but was already a big star.
Where Shirley Temple was cute and non-controversial, and grew up to be a Republican, Shirley MacLaine has spoken out on the environment, UFOs, reincarnation, animal rights, dreams, and other issues both spiritual and political, all while maintaining her famous sense of humor.
Shirley got her big break in 1954, when she was a dancer in a Broadway chorus line and was tapped for the lead in The Pajama Game, replacing Carol Haney.
www.classicmovies.org /articles/shirleymaclaine1.htm   (704 words)

  
 Shirley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shirley is the name of several places in the world:
Shirley, London in the London Borough of Croydon
Shirley Manson, singer, lead vocalist of the band Garbage
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 Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine-an Oscar-winning actress, acclaimed dancer, singer, and best-selling author-turned 62 on April 24, a fact she's not reluctant to admit.
MacLaine's seventh book, My Lucky Stars, reflects on her friendship with the tightly knit group of high-living celebrities known as the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Peter Lawford, all stars she worked with.
While the boudoir may serve as her literary realm, MacLaine is not known for languid repose.
www.grandtimes.com /maclaine2.html   (925 words)

  
 CBS News | Shirley MacLaine's Recent Lives | September 18, 2002 13:27:12
Shirley MacLaine says her new film is about the triumph of individuality.
She was born Shirley MacLaine Beaty in Richmond, Va. (Her younger brother, Warren, changed the spelling of the family name to Beatty when he entered show business.) MacLaine was a chorus gypsy on Broadway at the age of 18.
Along her trek MacLaine was guided by visions and people from ancient civilizations who became the gateway to her past lives, she wrote.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/05/16/60minutes/main195992.shtml   (1501 words)

  
 Latino Review
Shirley Maclaine: "Well, you know, it's an entertaining thing, and I loved the idea in a fantasy setting that was acceptable to the public, because it was such a successful series, of doing something that utilizes magic powers, which I think are possible in real life and are sort of quasi-acceptable now.
Shirley Maclaine: "I just got dressed, but on my makeup and my wig and went in and went [she strikes a spell-casting pose].
Shirley Maclaine: "No, I sock him and hit him and stuff like that, for what he did to me and also my daughter, and he had this whole thing going with the granddaughter.
www.latinoreview.com /films_2005/sonypictures/bewitched/maclaine-interview.html   (1525 words)

  
 "OUT ON A LIMB" An article examining Shirley MacLaine's "Out On A Limb." Believersweb.org
MacLaine begins by telling us it was an affair with a married man which awakened her spiritual hunger.
Shirley is hesitant to accept all this new information so quickly, hardly sure of her own status as a manifestation of God.
MacLaine and her New Age counterparts should be honest enough to admit the basic incompatibility of these views.
www.believersweb.org /view.cfm?ID=659   (1606 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine's parents were both frustrated performers, her father a violinist and her mother an actress.
As a toddler, MacLaine was enrolled in ballet classes to strengthen her weak ankles, and about a year later at age 3 she appeared on stage for the first time.
MacLaine had several boyfriends and lived with journalist Pete Hamill in the 1970s, finally divorcing Parker in 1983.
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 Shirley MacLaine pictures, posters, photos, interviews and wallpapers.
MacLaine displayed a more serious side of her character in the late 1960s, when she began an active involvement in liberal politics.
MacLaine went on to flamboyantly play John Schlesinger's "Madame Sousatzka" (1988), joined the stellar ensemble of actresses in Herbert Ross' "Steel Magnolias" (1989), and provided a role model for Meryl Streep in Mike Nichols' "Postcards from the Edge" (1990).
She was also reasonably convincing as the formidable Jewish mom of Kathy Bates in "Used People" (1992) and had been a showbiz institution for long enough to be good casting as a feisty First Lady whose energy taxes her bodyguard in "Guarding Tess" (1994).
www.perfectpeople.net /biopage.php3/cid=688   (542 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine
More recently recognized for her belief in New Age philosophies such as reincarnation and channeling, MacLaine has enjoyed an enduring and varied career in the entertainment industry.
Born in 1934 in Virginia to a drama teacher/actress and a professor of psychology and philosophy, MacLaine was named after the child star Shirley Temple.
To date, MacLaine has appeared in over fifty films, including Two Loves (1961), Woman Times Seven (1967), Being There (1979), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), and The Evening Star (1996), in which she reprised her Oscar-winning role as Aurora from Terms of Endearment.
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 Amazon.co.uk: The Camino: A Pilgrimage of Courage: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Typical of MacLaine, this is a personal story with enormous adventure, a smattering of flashbacks, and a hefty serving of cosmic revelations.
Like a true pilgrim, MacLaine travels solo, willing to strip herself down to the backpacking essentials and find deeper meaning in all the bizarre, frightening, and coincidental events she encounters along the way.
Shirley MacLaine has written an entertaining and inspiring account of her pilgrimage.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0743409213   (970 words)

  
 AMCTV.com BIOGRAPHY - Shirley MacLaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
MacLaine's pixie charm and rich versatility earned her attention at the box-office and among the critics, but it was for her personality as much as for her performances that gained her notoriety.
Later on in the era, MacLaine focused her attention on government issues and became an active participant in liberal politics.
MacLaine returned to film in the 1980s and received renewed respect as an actress whose work had deepened with age.
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 Amazon.com: The Camino : A Journey of the Spirit: Books: Shirley MacLaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the earthly plane, MacLaine seems to enjoy evading the press, which she compares to fearsome dogs, and whose pursuit escalates as she gets closer to the end of the journey.
The reader is treated to flashbacks of Shirley's past lives as she once lived along the Camino, including an amazing past life in Lemuria and Atlantis.
I found Shirley's honesty and candor refreshing, and many of her insights hit directly home with me. I do believe that the reader will also gain as many insights as I did and stop and let it all sink in.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743400739?v=glance   (2380 words)

  
 Dialogue: Shirley MacLaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At 71, an age when most actresses have already seriously considered retirement, Shirley MacLaine has enjoyed one of her busiest years ever.
Shirley MacLaine: Sometimes, I'm shocked to look at the calendar and see the year.
MacLaine: No, but he thought he was having a love affair with me. We never had lunch or dinner together because that made it easier for him to keep the love affair going in his own head.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001349240   (701 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The other was afraid of it." MacLaine's brother, Warren Beatty, the multi-talented actor-producer-director, added an extra 'T" to the family name, but the siblings share the same compulsion to over excel and overachieve.
Looking back on her life, Shirley realized how much "I had been motivated by living out the dreams my mother never fulfilled for herself." Her father, she believes, never took her seriously until she began writing books in the '70s.
MacLaine's exploration led her to write several books on her beliefs in re-incarnation, channeling, and metaphysics.
www.grandtimes.com /maclaine.html   (207 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine Interview
Shirley MacLaine's book, The Camino, is about a famous pilgrimage that has been taken by people for centuries called the Santiago de Compostela Camino across northern Spain.
For Shirley, the Camino is an intense spiritual and physical challenge.
A woman in her sixth decade completing such a grueling trip on foot in 30 days at 20 miles per day is nothing short of remarkable.
www.shareguide.com /MacLaine.html   (2636 words)

  
 CTVA UK- "Shirley's World" (ITC) ( 1972) starring Shirley Maclaine
Shirley is in London and she causes a sensation when she leads a
Shirley is a suspect when the famous Matchworth Diamonds are stolen.
Shirley is suspicious, and she is right to be so.
www.angelfire.com /retro/cta/UK/ShirleysWorld.htm   (617 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine's Words of Wisdom - New York Times
Shirley MacLaine's résumé covers more than five decades, and includes an Academy Award for best actress in 1983 for "Terms of Endearment" and 10 popular books, the latest being "Out on a Leash." Now Ms.
MacLaine about what she has learned and what she thinks her co-stars can learn from her.
Shirley MacLaine wonders why young actors do not ask her about he lessons she has learned.
www.nytimes.com /2005/10/16/movies/16modd.html?ex=1287115200&en=4ee876be4840b2b7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (449 words)

  
 A College Comes of Age From Shirley MacLaine to Al Roker
Both Shirley MacLaine and Al Roker have delivered commencement addresses to graduating classes at New York College, and while the former is certainly far from center Al Roker from the "Today Show” is about as mainstream as you can get.
"Shirley MacLaine is a brilliant woman and while I might not agree with everything she says she was fascinating to listen to.
Both Shirley MacLaine and Al Roker have delivered commencement addresses to graduating classes at New York College.
www.prweb.com /releases/2006/6/prweb396897.htm   (861 words)

  
 A Walk in Shirley MacLaine's Shoes - iVillage
MacLaine and her costars play second fiddle to a closet of fabulous shoes.
At 71, and after 50 years in show business, Shirley MacLaine is far from ready to retire from the spotlight, trotting out on stage only for Academy Award retrospectives and documentaries about the old days in Hollywood.
While all the actresses have to play second fiddle to a closet full of the most fabulous shoes, MacLaine provides the emotional heft as Ella Hirsch, a retiree living in Florida who was cut off from her family after her daughter died and hadn't seen the girls since they were little.
entertainment.ivillage.com /features/0,,89jkh38q,00.html   (286 words)

  
 Shirley Maclaine Talks About Being In Her Shoes
Shirley Maclaine: Not much, but, there must be something or I wouldn't have been attracted to it or I wouldn't have been so comfortable.
Shirley Maclaine: You're like the guy yesterday who said, ‘Do you have any siblings?' (Laughs.) I said I had a brother and they said, ‘Oh, well what's he like?' And I said, ‘Well his first name is Henry,' which it is. ‘And he's so ugly.
Shirley Maclaine: No, the only one I read was ‘Terms' and I read that three years later.
www.movieweb.com /news/news.php?id=9495   (2693 words)

  
 Shirley MacLaine
It is from him that Shirley later in life sought the mysteries of life and inner self.
MacLaine received her first Oscar nomination 1958 for her role in Some Came Running.
MacLaine's education at Washington School of Ballet and Washington-Lee Ballet paid off in several Broadway roles and her current occupation on the stage in Las Vegas.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/movie_stars/59068   (423 words)

  
 Sex, chakras and terriers -- That must be Shirley MacLaine, bringing her brand of spiritualism (and her pooch, Terry) ...
Snuggled into an oversize chair with room for her pet terrier, MacLaine closes her eyes and cocks her head to the right as she goes through what's known in her circle as the seven energy centers or chakras.
At 5:15, 45 minutes before the seminar was to end, MacLaine says she's stopping now to allow time to sign copies of "Out on a Leash." She goes off to retrieve Terry, who -- perhaps having been through more than his share of meditations -- has left the stage.
Also for sale in the lobby are videos of MacLaine's guided meditation, for those who didn't find their day with Shirley MacLaine enough.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/24/DD228282.DTL   (1165 words)

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