List of awards and nominations received by Shirley MacLaine
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| Nominations | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) is an American actress. She is known for her work in film and television and is one of the last remaining stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. She has received various accolades including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and six Golden Globe Awards as well as a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She gained stardom for her role as lonely elevator girl in the Billy Wilder directed romantic drama The Apartment (1960) as well as Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She was further Oscar-nominated for Best Actress for her performances as the fun loving central character in the drama Some Came Running (1958), a prostitute in the romantic comedy Irma La Douce (1963), a ballerina in the drama The Turning Point (1977). For her portrayal of a difficult mother in the emotional family drama Terms of Endearment (1983) she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.
MacLaine's acting debut came with Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955) and followed by roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ocean's 11 (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Sweet Charity (1969), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Used People (1992), Guarding Tess (1994), In Her Shoes (2005), Coco Chanel (2008), and Bernie (2011).
On television, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special for Gypsy in My Soul (1976). She was nominated for four other variety specials in that category. For her portrayal of the fashion designer Coco Chanel in the HBO film Coco Chanel (2008), she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
Over her career she has received several honorary awards including a Motion Picture Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Film at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1995, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear in 1999, the French Legion of Honor in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013.
Major associations
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Best Actress | Some Came Running | Nominated | [1] | 
| 1960 | The Apartment | Nominated | [2] | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Nominated | [3] | |
| 1975 | Best Documentary Feature | The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir | Nominated | [4] | 
| 1977 | Best Actress | The Turning Point | Nominated | [5] | 
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Won | [6] | 
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Academy Film Awards | ||||
| 1956 | Best Foreign Actress | The Trouble with Harry | Nominated | [7] | 
| 1959 | Ask Any Girl | Won | [8] | |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Won | [9] | |
| 1964 | Irma la Douce / What a Way to Go! | Nominated | [10] | |
| 1980 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Being There | Nominated | [11] | 
| 1984 | Terms of Endearment | Nominated | [12] | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Nominated | [13] | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Steel Magnolias | Nominated | [14] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 1975 | Outstanding Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Special | Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now | Nominated | [16] | 
| 1976 | Gypsy in My Soul | Won | [17] | |
| 1977 | Shirley MacLaine: Where Do We Go from Here? | Nominated | [18] | |
| 1979 | Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Program | Shirley MacLaine at the Lido | Nominated | [19] | 
| 1980 | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Shirley MacLaine...'Every Little Movement' | Nominated | [20] | 
| 2009 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Coco Chanel | Nominated | [21] | 
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Coco Chanel | Nominated | 
Other awards and nominations
| Organizations | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Film Festival | 1959 | Silver Bear for Best Actress | Ask Any Girl | Won | [22] | 
| 1971 | Desperate Characters | Won | [23] | ||
| 1999 | Honorary Golden Bear | — | Honored | [24] | |
| Venice Film Festival | 1960 | Volpi Cup for Best Actress | The Apartment | Won | [25] | 
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Won | [26] | 
Honorary awards
| Organizations | Year | Award | Result | Ref. | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Film Institute | 2012 | AFI Life Achievement Award | Honored | [27] | 
| Berlin International Film Festival | 1999 | Honorary Golden Bear | Honored | [28] | 
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2005 | Career Achievement Award | Honored | |
| Elle Women in Hollywood | 2005 | Icon Award | Honored | |
| 2012 | Woman of the Year | Honored | ||
| Film Society at Lincoln Center | 1995 | Chaplin Gala Tribute | Honored | [29] | 
| Golden Globe Awards | 1998 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Honored | [30] | 
| Government of France | 2001 | Legion of Honor | Honored | |
| Hollywood Walk of Fame | 1960 | Motion Picture Star at 1617 Vine Street | Honored | |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 2013 | Kennedy Center Honors | Honored | [31] | 
| Palm Springs International Film Festival | 2006 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Honored | |
| Telluride Film Festival | 1996 | Silver Medallion Award | Honored | 
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