Shirley MacLaine: movies and TV shows
Shirley MacLaine has 189 credits in the archive: 141 films and 48 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Only Murders in the Building (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1975 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Shirley MacLaine, comme un torrent | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 92 |
| 2024 | Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration | Martha Levinson (archive footage) | Film | 4.5 | 90 |
| 2023 | Commitment to Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2023 | Bella! | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2023 | MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 89 |
| 2022 | American Dreamer | Astrid Fanelli | Film | 6.0 | 88 |
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 88 |
| 2021 | Only Murders in the Building | Rose Cooper | TV | 8.4 | 87 |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2019 | Noelle | Elf Polly | Film | 6.6 | 85 |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 85 |
| 2018 | The Little Mermaid | Eloise | Film | 5.0 | 84 |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists | Self | Film | 7.1 | 84 |
| 2017 | The Last Word | Harriet Lauler | Film | 6.6 | 83 |
| 2017 | The Last Word | Film | 6.6 | 83 | |
| 2017 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds | Self (archive footage, uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2016 | A Heavenly Christmas | Pearl | Film | 6.1 | 82 |
| 2016 | Wild Oats | Eva | Film | 6.1 | 82 |
| 2015 | Men of Granite | Sophia Prather | Film | 10.0 | 81 |
| 2015 | Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 81 |
| 2015 | Discovering Audrey Hepburn | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Elsa | Film | 5.9 | 80 |
| 2014 | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Self | Film | 4.8 | 80 |
| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Edna Mitty | Film | 7.2 | 79 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2012 | Wide-Awake | The Pianist | Film | 5.8 | 78 |
| 2012 | Bernie | Marjorie Nugent | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2012 | Palme | Self | Film | 7.6 | 78 |
| 2011 | Vito | Self (archive) | Film | 6.9 | 77 |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Martha Levinson | TV | 8.1 | 76 |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day | Estelle | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2009 | Glee | June Dolloway | TV | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2009 | Vittorio D. | Self | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 2008 | Coco Chanel | Coco Chanel | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 2008 | Inside 'The Apartment' | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Amelia Thomas | Film | 5.7 | 74 |
| 2008 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History | Self | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2008 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Ethel Ann | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It... | Katharine Richelieu | Film | 5.7 | 71 |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Ella Hirsh | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2005 | Bewitched | Iris Smythson / Endora | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 2005 | Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' | Self | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2004 | Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and 'Dr. Strangelove' | Self | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2003 | Salem Witch Trials | Rebecca Nurse | TV | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | Carolina | Grandmother Mirabeau | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | Jack Paar: Smart Television | Self | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2003 | Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | TV | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2002 | Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay | Mary Kay Ash | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2001 | These Old Broads | Kate Westbourne | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2001 | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand | self | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 2001 | Rescued from the Closet | Self | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2001 | Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert | Herself | Film | 8.3 | 67 |
| 2000 | Bruno | Helen | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2000 | Bruno | Film | 6.5 | 66 | |
| 2000 | The Unknown Peter Sellers | Self | Film | 8.2 | 66 |
| 1999 | Beckmann | Self | TV | 4.3 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1999 | Get Bruce! | Self | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Madame de Beaurevoir | TV | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | Film | 8.3 | 65 |
| 1998 | Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1998 | Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy | Self | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 63 |
| 1997 | A Smile Like Yours | Martha (uncredited) | Film | 4.0 | 63 |
| 1997 | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne | Grace Winterbourne | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Self | Film | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1996 | The Evening Star | Aurora Greenway | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1996 | Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels | Self | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1995 | The West Side Waltz | Margaret Mary Elderdice | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1994 | Guarding Tess | Tess Carlisle | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self (archive footage) | TV | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1993 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Helen Cooney | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1992 | Used People | Pearl Berman | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 57 |
| 1991 | Defending Your Life | Shirley MacLaine | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1990 | Waiting for the Light | Aunt Zena | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Doris Mann | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 56 |
| 1990 | Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration | Self | Film | 8.7 | 56 |
| 1989 | Steel Magnolias | Ouiser Boudreaux | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1989 | Shirley MacLaine's Inner Workout | self | Film | — | 55 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Madame Yuvline Sousatzka | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1988 | Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | Shirley MacLaine | TV | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | TV | 5.4 | 53 | |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | TV | 5.4 | 53 | |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | Film | 6.9 | 51 | |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Shirley MacLaine Show | Herself | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Shirley MacLaine Show | Film | 10.0 | 51 | |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Veronica | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Aurora Greenway | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1983 | Harty | Self | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1982 | I Love Liberty | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 1982 | Baryshnikov in Hollywood | Self - Cameo Performance | Film | — | 48 |
| 1982 | Shirley MacLaine... Illusions | Self | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1981 | Be Pretty and Shut Up! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1980 | Loving Couples | Evelyn | Film | 4.8 | 46 |
| 1980 | A Change of Seasons | Karyn Evans | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | Film | 4.0 | 46 |
| 1980 | Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement' | Self | Film | — | 46 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1979 | Being There | Eve Rand | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1977 | Please Turn the Page | Self | TV | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1977 | The Royal Variety Performance 1977 | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1977 | The Turning Point | Deedee | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1977 | Laugh-In | Guest Performer | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1977 | The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? | Self | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1977 | The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? | Film | 6.5 | 43 | |
| 1976 | Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1976 | Circasia | Clown | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self - Guest | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self | TV | — | 41 |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Self | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1975 | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1974 | Der große Preis | Self | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1974 | Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Self | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1974 | Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Film | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1973 | Year of the Woman | Self | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1972 | Shirley's World | Shirley Logan | TV | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Possession of Joel Delaney | Norah Benson | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1971 | Desperate Characters | Sophie Bentwood | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara | Sara | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity | Charity | Film | 6.9 | 35 |
| 1969 | From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Harriet Blossom | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1968 | The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom | Film | 6.8 | 34 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 33 | |
| 1967 | The Carol Burnett Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 33 |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1966 | Gambit | Nicole | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Jenny | Film | 3.8 | 31 |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Film | 3.8 | 31 | |
| 1965 | The Car That Became a Star | Self | Film | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Louisa May Foster | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce | Mae Jenkins | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce | Film | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1962 | My Geisha | Lucy Dell / Yoko Mori | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1962 | My Geisha | Film | 6.8 | 28 | |
| 1962 | Two for the Seesaw | Gittel 'Mosca' Moscawitz | Film | 6.6 | 28 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1961 | The Children's Hour | Martha Dobie | Film | 7.7 | 27 |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Katie Robbins | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1961 | Two Loves | Anna Vorontosov | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik | Film | 8.2 | 26 |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Tipsy Girl (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1960 | Can-Can | Simone Pistache | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Meg Wheeler | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1959 | Career | Sharon Kensington | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | Dell Payton | Film | 6.9 | 24 |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Ginnie Moorehead | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Film | 6.0 | 24 |
| 1958 | The Matchmaker | Irene Molloy | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1958 | Hot Spell | Virginia Duval | Film | 5.9 | 24 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 22 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 22 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 22 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Princess Aouda | Film | 6.7 | 22 |
| 1955 | The Trouble with Harry | Jennifer Rogers | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Bessie Sparrowbush | Film | 6.7 | 21 |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self | TV | 5.0 | 20 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 15 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | TV | 7.1 | 10 |
| Lucy Boomer | Lucy Boomer | Film | — | — | |
| People Not Places | Clare | Film | — | — | |
| Margret and Stevie | Margret Rey | Film | — | — |