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Shirley MacLaine

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Celebrity Birthdays, April 24 -- Shirley MacLaine

Happy Birthday to prolific screen actress Shirley MacLaine (1934)

Shirley MacLaine Convinced Pet Dog Speaks To Her

Veteran actress Shirley MacLaine is convinced her pet dog can communicate with her. The Terms Of Endearment star owns 11 other canines but insists her relationship with rat terrier Terry is so uniq... [more]

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Biography

Shirley MacLaine won a best actress Oscar for playing quirky matriarch Aurora Greenway in the tearjerker Terms of Endearment (1983, with Deborah Winger and Jack Nicholson). MacLaine got her start as a... [more]

Trivia

  • Turned down the role of Diane Freeling in Poltergeist (1982) to play the Oscar-winning role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983).
  • Attended Washington-Lee H.S. in Arlington, VA.

Quotes

  • I can`t define longevity. I don`t know what it means.

Snapshot

Date of Birth: 24th of April, 1934
Occupation: Actress
Height: 5' 7" (170cm)
Gender: Female
Claim to Fame: Oscar-winning star of Terms of Endearment
Hair Colur: Red
Nationality: United States
Ethnicity: White