Shirley MacLaine Movie Rankings
1
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 3.1126 out of 4 stars for Being There
3.1126
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television. ... more about Being There
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $6.49 
(1 sellers)
2
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 3.0177 out of 4 stars for Around the World in Eighty Days
3.0177
When Phileas Fogg is challenged to prove his contention that a man can go around the world in 80 days, he bets his entire fortune and leaves with a new butler on a world tour. This Victorian adventure has a kicker, the bank of England has been robbed. ... more about Around the World in Eighty Days
DVD from $7.63 
(6 sellers)
3
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.9406 out of 4 stars for Trouble with Harry
2.9406
Trouble erupts in a small, quiet New England town when a man's body is found in the woods. The problem is that almost everyone in town thinks that they had something to do with his death. ... more about Trouble with Harry
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
DVD from $8.65 
(7 sellers)
4
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.9375 out of 4 stars for Some Came Running
2.9375
Dave Hirsch, a writer and army veteran, returns to 1948 Parkman, Indiana, his hometown. His prosperous brother introduces him to Gwen French, a local teacher. ... more about Some Came Running
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Not Available on DVD
5
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.9369 out of 4 stars for Broadway: The Golden Age
2.9369
In their own words, and not a moment too soon - 'Broadway' tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. ... more about Broadway: The Golden Age
DVD from $8.55 
(4 sellers)
6
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.9308 out of 4 stars for Apartment
2.9308
Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. ... more about Apartment
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Venice Film Festival - Best Actress
DVD from $4.24 
(5 sellers)
7
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.9115 out of 4 stars for Terms of Endearment
2.9115
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. ... more about Terms of Endearment
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $2.10 
(4 sellers)
8
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.8875 out of 4 stars for In Her Shoes
2.8875
Maggie (Diaz) and Rose Feller (Collette) are both best friends and polar opposites when it comes to values, goals and personal style. This is the alternately hilarious and heart-rending story of two sisters with nothing in common but size 8 ½ feet. ... more about In Her Shoes
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Satellite Awards - Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
DVD from $1.15 
(5 sellers)
9
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.8652 out of 4 stars for Defending Your Life
2.8652
Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. ... more about Defending Your Life
DVD from $5.79 
(5 sellers)
10
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.8533 out of 4 stars for Steel Magnolias
2.8533
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. ... more about Steel Magnolias
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
DVD from $4.36 
(5 sellers)
11
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.7921 out of 4 stars for Celluloid Closet
2.7921
A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to positive reflections of gay characters and the troubles of actors and actresses. ... more about Celluloid Closet
DVD from $9.89 
(6 sellers)
12
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.7464 out of 4 stars for Irma la Douce
2.7464
Naive, by the book French police officer Nester Patou, is transferred to the Red Light district. Upon witnessing what must be a brothel, he calls the station and organizes a raid, transporting all the 'ladies' to the jail. ... more about Irma la Douce
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $2.58 
(3 sellers)
13
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.6640 out of 4 stars for Postcards from the Edge
2.6640
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. ... more about Postcards from the Edge
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $3.14 
(7 sellers)
14
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.6515 out of 4 stars for Children's Hour
2.6515
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student, Mary Tilford, accuses the two young women who run the school of having a lesbian relationship. ... more about Children's Hour
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
DVD from $6.99 
(5 sellers)
15
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.5737 out of 4 stars for Artists and Models
2.5737
Eugene and Rick are two struggling artists who share apartment. However, Rick has problems with that, because Eugene is obsessed with pulp fiction comic books and has nightmares because of that. ... more about Artists and Models
Not Available on DVD
17
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.4906 out of 4 stars for Can-Can
2.4906
1896, Montmartre: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless Simone has it performed every day in her night club. ... more about Can-Can
Actor Awards
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain - Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
Not Available on DVD
18
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.4700 out of 4 stars for Evening Star
2.4700
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line. ... more about Evening Star
Actor Awards
Lone Star Film & Television Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $10.59 
(0 sellers)
19
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.4173 out of 4 stars for Guarding Tess
2.4173
Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle, widow of a former U.S. President, and close personal friend of the President. ... more about Guarding Tess
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $3.92 
(8 sellers)
20
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.4172 out of 4 stars for Bewitched
2.4172
Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel is trying to reinvent herself. A naïve, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a normal life. ... more about Bewitched
DVD from $1.06 
(6 sellers)
21
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.3689 out of 4 stars for Rumor Has It...
2.3689
Sarah Huttington, recently engaged, goes home to Pasadena with fiancé Jeff for a family wedding. She hears a rumor that "The Graduate" (book and movie) are based on her family. ... more about Rumor Has It...
DVD from $0.97 
(6 sellers)
23
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.3112 out of 4 stars for Ask Any Girl
2.3112
When naive young girl (Shirley MacLaine) goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job in a marketing firm run by brothers David Niven and Gig Young. She convinces stodgy David Niven to market her as a potential wife to playboy Gig Young. ... more about Ask Any Girl
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Not Available on DVD
24
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.2524 out of 4 stars for Yellow Rolls-Royce
2.2524
Three stories about the lives and loves of those who own a certain yellow Rolls-Royce: **First purchased by the Marquess of Frinton for his wife as a belated anniversary present, the Marchiness finds her own use for the vehicle - one which prompts her ... more about Yellow Rolls-Royce
Not Available on DVD
25
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.1229 out of 4 stars for Change of Seasons
2.1229
A self-centred university lecturer thinks it quite all right that he has taken one of his students as a lover, but is deeply hurt when his wife retaliates by taking a similar approach with a visiting carpenter. ... more about Change of Seasons
DVD from $1.26 
(3 sellers)
26
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.0966 out of 4 stars for Career
2.0966
Not Available on DVD
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Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.0774 out of 4 stars for All in a Night's Work
2.0774
Colonel Ryder, the publisher of a magazine, dies while on vacation. Tony, his swinging nephew, inherits the magazine and takes over. Presently, the magazine is planning to expand and to do so they need some capital. ... more about All in a Night's Work
DVD from $3.88 
(0 sellers)
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Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.0580 out of 4 stars for Mrs. Winterbourne
2.0580
Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant her boyfriend has kicked her out. She accidentaly ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. ... more about Mrs. Winterbourne
Actor Awards
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
DVD from $3.99 
(5 sellers)
31
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.0385 out of 4 stars for Sweet Charity
2.0385
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. ... more about Sweet Charity
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $6.45 
(6 sellers)
32
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 2.0277 out of 4 stars for Smile Like Yours
2.0277
A childless couple (Kinnear & Holly) attempting to conceive discover that his sperm are "lazy". Several trips to a fertility clinic prove fruitless. ... more about Smile Like Yours
DVD from $3.00 
(0 sellers)
33
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.9891 out of 4 stars for Gambit
1.9891
Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and windowdressing. He outlines his ideas about his perfect crime in a dream sequence and then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite right again. ... more about Gambit
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Not Available on DVD
35
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.9493 out of 4 stars for Two Mules for Sister Sara
1.9493
Set in Mexico, a nun called Sara is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan, who is on his way to do some reconnaissance, for a future mission to capture a French fort. ... more about Two Mules for Sister Sara
DVD from $7.22 
(6 sellers)
36
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.8262 out of 4 stars for Two for the Seesaw
1.8262
Jerry Ryan is wandering aimlessly around New York, having given up his law career in Nebraska when his wife asked for a divorce. ... more about Two for the Seesaw
Not Available on DVD
37
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.8132 out of 4 stars for Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1.8132
Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. ... more about Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Not Available on DVD
38
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.7282 out of 4 stars for Bruno
1.7282
Bruno is the story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno (Alex D. Linz), whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey. ... more about Bruno
DVD from $27.50 
(0 sellers)
39
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.6434 out of 4 stars for Madame Sousatzka
1.6434
Bengali speaking Sushila Sen, her husband and son, Manek, re-locate to London, England and begin their lives as immigrants. Tragically, Mr. Sen passes away, leaving Sushila to struggle with everyday living, and looking after a school-going Manek. ... more about Madame Sousatzka
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Venice Film Festival - Best Actress
Not Available on DVD
40
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.6418 out of 4 stars for Used People
1.6418
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. ... more about Used People
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Not Available on DVD
41
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.6400 out of 4 stars for Sheepman
1.6400
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. ... more about Sheepman
Not Available on DVD
42
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.5475 out of 4 stars for Desperate Characters
1.5475
Actor Awards
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actress
Not Available on DVD
43
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 1.3148 out of 4 stars for Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1.3148
Harriet Blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer, breaks her sewing machine and ends up in bed with the repairman, a mechanic from one of her husband's factories. ... more about Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Not Available on DVD
44
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.8401 out of 4 stars for Waiting for the Light
0.8401
A former vaudevillian magician (MacLaine) moves her straight-laced niece (Garr) and her two mischievous children to a small town. ... more about Waiting for the Light
DVD from $3.75 
(1 sellers)
45
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.8260 out of 4 stars for Turning Point
0.8260
The story of two women whose lives are dedicated to ballet. Deedee left her promising dance career to become a wife and mother and now runs a ballet school in Oklahoma. Emma stayed with a company and became a star though her time is nearly past. ... more about Turning Point
DVD from $2.03 
(0 sellers)
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Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.6526 out of 4 stars for Cannonball Run II
0.6526
Our racers are back for a second cannonball run - the illegal race that takes place all over the country... Almost every star of the first film is here, along with new ones. Will J.J. ... more about Cannonball Run II
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actress
DVD from $3.41 
(5 sellers)
48
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Hot Spell
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
50
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for My Geisha
0.0001
Paul Robaix (Yves Montand) is a well known director, married to Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine), a famous movie star. ... more about My Geisha
DVD from $7.62 
(3 sellers)
52
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Two Loves
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for What a Way to Go!
0.0001
This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she's crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. ... more about What a Way to Go!
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actress
DVD from $4.20 
(6 sellers)
54
Shirley MacLaine scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Woman Times Seven
0.0001
Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur Night," angry wife becomes streetwalker out of revenge; "Two Against One," seemingly prudish girl turns out otherwise; "Super Simone," wife vainly ... more about Woman Times Seven
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy
Not Available on DVD
 
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Shirley MacLaine
Birthdate:
April 24, 1934

Shirley MacLaine

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1950s
9
total ranking of 2.7489  2.7489
1960s
15
total ranking of 2.7237  2.7237
1970s
7
total ranking of 2.2663  2.2663
1980s
6
total ranking of 2.1429  2.1429
1990s
12
total ranking of 2.5240  2.5240
2000s
6
total ranking of 2.7345  2.7345
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.1395
Shirley MacLaine is ranked overall as 3.1395 of of 4 stars
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