Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Oscar winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013. She is known for her New Age beliefs, and has an interest in spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a series of autobiographical works that describe these beliefs, document her world travels, and describe her Hollywood career.
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| Full name at birth | Shirley MacLane Beaty
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| Claim to fame | her role as the anxious and quippy widow Aurora Greenway in James L. Brooks's 1983 family comedy-drama film Terms of Endearment
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| Date of birth | 24 April 1934
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| Place of birth | Richmond, Virginia, USA
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| Occupation | Actress, singer, dancer, author, activist
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PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height | 5' 7" (170 cm)
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| Weight | 121 lbs (55 kg)
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| Distinctive feature | Red Hair.
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| Shoe size | 9
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $50,000,000 USD
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| High school | Washington-Lee High School, Arlington, Virginia, United States (1952)
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- Her childhood dinner for many years consisted of tabasco and saltine crackers (which often resulted in bad dreams--her missing the bus to ballet class).
- Measurements: 34B-24-34.
- Father was a professor, then a real estate agent. Mother was a teacher.
- Columbia originally wanted to cast her as Fanny Brice in _Funny Girl (1968)_, however Ray Stark who produced the Broadway show and was Brice's son-in-law, insisted on `Barbra Streisand' repeating her Broadway role.
- Turned down the role of Diane Freeling in Poltergeist (1982) to play the Oscar-winning role of Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment (1983).
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