Shirley MacLaine Movies

Want to know the best Shirley MacLaine movies?  How about the worst Shirley MacLaine movies?  Curious about Shirley MacLaine’s box office grosses or which Shirley MacLaine movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Shirley MacLaine movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Lately it seems that almost every other movie I watched starred Shirley MacLaine.  Last week I was watching Can-Can with MacLaine and Frank Sinatra….I was amazed at her singing and dancing in that movie.  I did a quick IMDB check on her career and quickly realized that I have not been giving her career enough attention…and that she would be a great addition to my Ultimate Movie Rankings website.  Shirley MacLaine (1934-) is an Oscar® winning actress, dancer, singer and director. .  She has been nominated for six Oscars® …..winning for her performance in Terms of Endearment.

Her IMDb page shows over 79 acting since 1955. This page will rank Shirley MacLaine movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.

Shirley MacLaine in 1960's The Apartment
Shirley MacLaine in 1960’s The Apartment

Shirley MacLaine Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

 Shirley MacLaine Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Shirley MacLaine movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Shirley MacLaine movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
  • Sort Shirley MacLaine movies by yearly box office rank
  • Sort Shirley MacLaine movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Shirley MacLaine movie received.
  • Sort Shirley MacLaine movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • To get the most out of this table please use the sort and search buttons….as it makes it very interactive

Adjusted Shirley MacLaine Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses 

Shirley MacLaine in 1979's Being There
Shirley MacLaine in 1979’s Being There

Possibly Interesting Facts About Shirley MacLaine

1.  Shirley MacLaine was born in Richmond, Virginia and was named after Shirley Temple.

2.  Shirley MacLaine’s little brother is Oscar® winner Warren Beatty.

3.  Shirly MacLaine had weak ankles as a child.  To help with her ankles her mother enrolled her into ballet class at the age of 3.  Her dancing skills eventually took her to Broadway.

4.  Shirley MacLaine was the understudy for Carol Haney in the Pajama Game.  When Haney got hurt, MacLaine took over the part and eventually signed a movie contract with Paramount Pictures.

5.  Shirley MacLaine’s first movie was The Trouble With Harry….which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  The Beaver (Jerry Mathers) played her son in that movie.

6.  Shirley MacLaine has been nominated for 6 Oscars® in her career.  She won the Best Actress Oscar® for her role in 1983’s Terms of Endearment.  5 of her nominations were for acting…she also picked up a Best Documentary nomination for 1975’s The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir.

7.  Shirley MacLaine has been nominated for 15 Golden Globe® nominations for her movie roles.  She has won four Golden Globes® for the following movies.  1960’s The Apartment, 1964’s Irma La Douce, 1983’s Terms of Endearment and 1988’s Madame Sousatzka.

8.  Shirley MacLaine has been married one time.  She was married to Steve Parker from 1954-1982…they have one daughter, actress Sachi Parker.

9. Roles Shirley MacLaine turned down or was seriously considered for:  All That Jazz, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Exorcist, The Graduate, and Superman.

10.  Shirley MacLaine is still going strong…according to IMDb, she has 3 movies in different stages of production…she runs her own website http://www.shirleymaclaine.com/  and has been appearing on popular television shows like Glee and Downtown Abbey.

Check out Shirley MacLaine‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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70 thoughts on “Shirley MacLaine Movies”

  1. Before the era of the world wide web and Netflix, I used to tape every one of your movies that aired on television to add to my collection…it was old fashioned fun. If possible, I tried to be present to pause the recordings during commercials! I still have a box full of newspaper and magazine clippings too.

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    2. Hey Suzanne B….one more try….just too many Suzannes…lol. I love the fact that movies are everywhere now….my local library has 1000s of DVDs just waiting to be checked out….including many MacLaine movies

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  2. I’ve seen many of them. I was always a fan of the movies, and then became a fan of the author when I read “Don’t Fall Off the Mountain.”

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    1. Hey Suzanne….I love the fact that movies are everywhere now….my local library has 1000s of DVDs just waiting to be checked out….including many MacLaine movies

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      1. Sorry I got the two Suzanne comments mixed up. I will have to check out that book…thanks for the comment.

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      2. I saw many of them when they first came out. I think my favorite was Can Can. Sinatra and MacLaine. I went out and bought the soundtrack.

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        1. Hey Suzanne L. Can-Can was one of her movies that got me motivated to do this page….after watching Can-Can…I went to IMDB and started checking out her career….and boy did I discover that she had made great movie after great movie.

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    1. @Skip…..Bernie is a great underrated movie…it actually got Jack Black some Oscar buzz….and MacLaine is very memorable in the movie.

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  4. Just watched “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Wonderfully crafted, it seems to have been so unappreciated at the box office.

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    1. @Carol….I was pleasantly surprised by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty….I will be adding that one to my DVD collection very soon.

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  5. Still A big lover of “Sweet Charity” , a role that was such a perfect fit with your musical dancing , comic & great dramatic pull as “Charity” just grabs ones heart but nothing works the way she dreams. Huge influence towards my love of musical Movies

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    1. @Jerry…I actually watched Sweet Charity the other day…she gives a wonderful performance and some of the Bob Fosse dances are incredible.

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