Age: 92
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Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018). MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983).
Shirley MacLaine
Claire Russell
for Claire Russell in The Jackson Ladies
Suggested by jakubduda
11 women and 3 men have been called into Sheriff Dixon's office to each testify in turn about what happened at the home improvement store on Friday night. Someone Died. We are located in a small town Jackson near Sacramento. The interviewers are revealed throughout the film, so the audience does not know which of the characters are alive and who has died, therefore number of women and men in the office isn't immediately known. Among the people are Nicol, her husband Richard, Sara, Betty, Tory, Nicol's 3 best friends, they know her since childhood, her ex-bff Hannah, who over time became her biggest enemy, Pam, who has kids in the same school as the others and she is Richard's co-worker, also Lucy and Carol who are bffs, very good friends of other women, and own a cafe together, John, an old and wise gentleman that everyone knows and he knows everyone and everything, loves golf and sports, movies, country, people, he is a man loved by all, Claire, John's wife, 2nd mom for them all, saleswoman Ethel who sees and knows everything and knows the others from school, Valeria, UK widowed mom and good friend of others, Molly, dau of john, raped by Rick, Derek a local adventist preacher. Throughout the film many secrets and real personalities are revealed, Richard is described by everyone as very abusive husband, he is the 1 who died there. Everyone knows who did it, and no one said anything, so the case is closed as an accident where a wrench fell on his head from top shelf.
