Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine, an acclaimed actress and Academy Award winner, has also received three Emmy Awards and ten Golden Globe Awards. She has appeared in over fifty films, been nominated for the Academy Award six times, and won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1984. More recently, in 1999, Shirley was honored with the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at the Berlin International Film Festival and in 1998 with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her outstanding contribution to the arts. She has also been recognized with two British Academy Awards, two German Silver Bear and Golden Camera awards, two Volpi Cups from the Venice Film Festival, two David di Donatello Awards in Italy, and awards from the New York and Los Angeles film critics. A long-time advocate for civil rights and liberties, Shirley is the author of eight international bestsellers (Don't Fall Off the Mountain, The Great Journey, Out on a Limb, Dancing in the Light, It's All in the Playing, Going Within, Dance While You Can, My Lucky Stars). She also co-stars and makes her directorial debut in her latest film "Bruno." She resides in Malibu, California, and Abiquiu, New Mexico.