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
Wendy Torrance
for Wendy Torrance in The Shining (1970)
Suggested by michaelcooper411
Jack Torrance, a struggling writer and recovering alcoholic, accepts a job as winter caretaker of the isolated Overlook Hotel in the Colorado mountains. He brings his wife Wendy and psychic son Danny, hoping the solitude will help him finish his novel and stay sober. As winter traps them inside, the hotel's malevolent supernatural forces awaken. Danny's terrifying psychic abilities—his "shining"—intensify as he communes with the hotel's vengeful ghosts. Jack's fragile sanity crumbles under the building's influence, transforming him into a dangerous threat to his family. Wendy must protect Danny while confronting both the hotel's dark history and her husband's descent into madness. A chilling exploration of isolation, addiction, and the supernatural, where the line between psychological breakdown and genuine haunting blurs into terrifying ambiguity.
