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3	->''"I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I've written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part."''
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5	Shirley [=MacLaine=] (born Shirley [=MacLean=] Beaty; April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American film and theater actress, dancer, activist, and author.
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7	The older sister of Creator/WarrenBeatty, she made her screen debut in 1955, in Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/TheTroubleWithHarry'', and over the years she has appeared in such films as ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956'', ''Film/TheApartment'', ''Film/SweetCharity'', ''Film/BeingThere'', and ''Film/SteelMagnolias''. She won the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Actress in 1983 for her role in ''Film/TermsOfEndearment'', and has been nominated five other times. Offscreen, she is well-known for her beliefs in New Age spirituality and reincarnation, and has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs.
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9	She played the character of GrandeDame Martha Levinson, mother of Creator/ElizabethMcGovern's Lady Cora Crawley, in the third season of ITV's ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. The contrast between her and Creator/MaggieSmith's Dowager Countess Violet is generally considered priceless.
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12	!!Shirley [=MacLaine=] roles with pages on TV Tropes:
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15	[[folder:Film roles]]
16	* ''Film/TheTroubleWithHarry'' (1955) as Jennifer Rogers
17	* ''Film/ArtistsAndModels'' (1955) as Bessie Sparrowbush
18	* ''[[Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956 Around the World in 80 Days]]'' (1956) as Princess Aouda
19	* ''Film/SomeCameRunning'' (1958) as Ginny
20	* ''Film/Oceans11'' (1960) as Tipsy Woman (cameo)
21	* ''Theatre/CanCan'' (1960) as Simone Pistache
22	* ''Film/TheApartment'' (1960) as Fran Kubelik
23	* ''Theatre/TheChildrensHour'' (1962) as Martha Dobie
24	* ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'' (1963) as Irma la Douce
25	* ''Film/WhatAWayToGo'' (1964) as Louisa May Foster
26	* ''Film/TheYellowRollsRoyce'' (1965) as Mae
27	* ''Film/TheBlissOfMrsBlossom'' (1968) as Harriet Blossom
28	* ''Theatre/SweetCharity'' (1969) as Charity Hope Valentine
29	* ''Film/TwoMulesForSisterSara'' (1970) as Sara
30	* ''[[Film/TheTurningPoint1977 The Turning Point]]'' (1977) as Deedee Rodgers
31	* ''Film/BeingThere'' (1979) as Eve Rand
32	* ''Film/TermsOfEndearment'' (1983) as Aurora Greenway
33	* ''[[Film/TheCannonballRun Cannonball Run II]]'' (1984) as Veronica
34	* ''Film/SteelMagnolias'' (1989) as Louisa Boudreaux
35	* ''Film/PostcardsFromTheEdge'' (1990) as Doris Mann
36	* ''Film/DefendingYourLife'' (1991) {{as Herself}} (cameo)
37	* ''Film/GuardingTess'' (1994) as Tess Carlisle
38	* ''Film/MrsWinterbourne'' (1996) as Grace Winterbourne
39	* ''Film/{{Bewitched}}'' (2005) as Iris Smythson/Endora
40	* ''Literature/InHerShoes'' (2005) as Ella Hirsch
41	* ''Film/RumorHasIt'' (2005) as Katharine Richelieu
42	* ''Film/ValentinesDay'' (2010) as Estelle Paddington
43	* ''Film/{{Bernie}}'' (2011) as Marjorie Nugent
44	* ''Film/TheSecretLifeOfWalterMitty'' (2013) as Edna Mitty
45	* ''Film/{{The Little Mermaid\|2018}}'' (2018) as Grandmother
46	* ''Film/{{Noelle}}'' (2019) as Elf Polly
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49	[[folder:Television roles]]
50	* ''Series/JoanOfArc'' (1999) as Madame de Beaurevoir
51	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' (3 episodes, 2012–13) as Martha Levinson
52	* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' (2 episodes, 2014) as June Dolloway
53	* ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' (2 episodes, 2022) as Leonora Folger/[[spoiler:Rose Cooper]]
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