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[h3]MacLaine was the daughter of a drama coach and former actress, and a professor of psychology and philosophy. Her brother, Warren Beatty, also grew up to be an important Hollywood figure.[/h3]

MacLaine took dance lessons from age two, performed publicly at age four and, at sixteen, made her Broadway debut as a chorus girl.

In 1954, MacLaine was understudying actress Carol Haney in 'The Pajama Game', when Haney fractured her ankle. MacLaine replaced her and was offered a movie contract by producer Hal Wallis.

She made her film debut in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/286:0/Alfred_Hitchcock.htm]Hitchcock’s[/urlnew] black comedy, 'The Trouble With Harry', in 1955. Later that year, she co-starred opposite [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/9:0/Dean_Martin.htm]Dean Martin[/urlnew] and Jerry Lewis in the comedy, 'Artists and Models'.

MacLaine earned her first Oscar nomination for 'Some Came Running' in 1959. She also appeared with the Rat Pack in 'Oceans Eleven' (1960). She won her second nomination for comedy 'The Apartment', and a third for 'Irma La Douce' (1963).

She actively participated in [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/710:0/Robert_Kennedy.htm]Robert Kennedy's [/urlnew]1968 presidential campaign and served as a Democratic Convention delegate. She was similarly involved in George McGovern's 1972 campaign.

She published her first book, 'Don't Fall Off the Mountain', in 1970. She next tried her hand at series television, starring in the comedy 'Shirley's World'. The role reflected her real-life reputation as a world traveller.

MacLaine returned to Broadway in 1976, with a spectacular one-woman show, 'A Gypsy in My Soul'. For her role in James L. Brooks' 'Terms of Endearment', she finally won an Academy Award in 1983.

That same year, she published 'Out on a Limb', risking public ridicule by describing her experiences and theories concerning out-of-body travel and reincarnation.

In 1988, she made a resounding acting comeback, with three great roles, in 'Madame Sousatzka', 'Steel Magnolias', and particularly 'Postcards from the Edge'(1990).

1996 saw her in the title role in 'Mrs Winterbourne', opposite [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/845:0/Brendan_Fraser.htm]Brendan Fraser[/urlnew]. She remains a popular actress and writer.

MacLaine was married to businessman Steve Parker until they divorced in 1982. They had a daughter, Sachi Parker.
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Poor Things (2008) (pre-production)

Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2009) (TV) (filming)

Closing the Ring (2007)

Rumor Has It... (2005)

In Her Shoes (2005)

Bewitched (2005)

Carolina (2003/I)

Salem Witch Trials (2002) (TV)

Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) (TV)

These Old Broads (2001) (TV)

Bruno (2000)

Joan of Arc (1999) (TV)

"Stories from My Childhood" (1 episode)

A Smile Like Yours (1997) (uncredited)

The Evening Star (1996)

Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

The West Side Waltz (1995) (TV)

Guarding Tess (1994)

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

Used People (1992)

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

Waiting for the Light (1990)

Steel Magnolias (1989)

Madame Sousatzka (1988)

Cannonball Run II (1984)

Terms of Endearment (1983)

A Change of Seasons (1980)

Loving Couples (1980)

Being There (1979)

The Turning Point (1977)

"Shirley's World" (17 episodes, 1972)

The Possession of Joel Delaney (1972)

Desperate Characters (1971)

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)

Sweet Charity (1969)

The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)

Woman Times Seven (1967)

Gambit (1966)

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

What a Way to Go! (1964)

Irma la Douce (1963)

Two for the Seesaw (1962)

My Geisha (1962)

The Children's Hour (1961)

Two Loves (1961)

All in a Night's Work (1961)

Ocean's Eleven (1960) (uncredited)

The Apartment (1960)

Can-Can (1960)

Career (1959)

Ask Any Girl (1959)

Some Came Running (1958)

The Sid Caesar Show (1958) (TV)

The Matchmaker (1958)

Hot Spell (1958)

The Sheepman (1958)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Artists and Models (1955)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

"Shower of Stars" (2 episodes, 1955)
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