Shirley MacLaine
Honored by AFI
Sir Howard Stringer, Chair of the American Film Institute’s Board of Trustees, announced today the Board’s decision to honor Shirley MacLaine with the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film.
The award will be presented to MacLaine at a gala tribute on Thursday, June 7, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. TV Land will broadcast the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute on TV Land later in June 2012. The event will celebrate MacLaine’s extraordinary life and all her endeavors – movies, television, Broadway, author and beyond.
"Shirley MacLaine is a powerhouse of personality that has illuminated screens large and small across six decades," said Stringer. "From ingénue to screen legend, Shirley has entertained a global audience through song, dance, laughter and tears, and her career as writer, director and producer is even further evidence of her passion for the art form and her seemingly boundless talents. There is only one Shirley MacLaine, and it is AFI’s honor to present her with its 40th Life Achievement Award."
Last year’s AFI Tribute brought together icons of the film community to honor Morgan Freeman. Sidney Poitier opened the tribute, and Clint Eastwood presented the award at evening’s end. Also participating were Casey Affleck, Dan Aykroyd, Matthew Broderick, Don Cheadle, Bill Cosby, David Fincher, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Ashley Judd, Matthew McConaughey, Helen Mirren, Rita Moreno, Tim Robbins, Chris Rock, Hilary Swank, Forest Whitaker, Betty White, Renée Zellweger and surprise musical guest Garth Brooks.
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| MacLaine with her daughter Satchi Parker, in a photo by the late, great Allan Grant |
About Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine’s illustrious career comprises more than 50 feature films highlighted by an Academy Award® win and six nominations, six Emmy® Awards nominations, seven Golden Globe® Awards – including the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award – and the title of international best-selling author. Recently, MacLaine appeared in the ensemble film, VALENTINE’S DAY, and the Lifetime made-for-TV movie COCO CHANEL, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe® and SAG Award®. She released her best-selling book “SAGE-ING WHILE AGE-ING” in 2008, followed by her latest New York Times best-seller, “I’M OVER ALL THAT – AND OTHER CONFESSIONS,” released on April 5th, 2011. In the fall of 2011, she received France’s most prestigious cultural award, the Legion of Honor, presented by France’s Minister of Culture and Communication, Frederic Mitterrand, at the French Cinematheque.
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| In Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry |
MacLaine made her professional debut dancing in a Broadway revival of OKLAHOMA! in the 1950s. Her first film appearance was in Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY, earning her a Golden Globe Award for “New Star of the Year – Actress” in 1955. At the same time, she starred in SOME COME RUNNING, which led to her first Academy Award® nomination and an additional Golden Globe® nomination. She also starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in THE CHILDREN’S HOUR, based on a play by Lillian Hellman. MacLaine received a second Oscar® nomination for her work in the award winning film, THE APARTMENT, co-starring Jack Lemmon and directed by Billy Wilder. She reunited with Lemmon and Wilder for IRMA LA DOUCE in 1963, earning yet another Academy Award® nomination.
In 1975, MacLaine received her fourth Oscar® nomination, this time for best documentary as a producer and star of THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY: A CHINA MEMOIR. Two years later, she was once again nominated for her starring role in THE TURNING POINT. In 1983, MacLaine finally won an Oscar for her work in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. Later, she also received a Golden Globe® Award for her 1989 performance in MADAME SOUSATZKA. MacLaine was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998.
MacLaine’s additional credits include notable films such as STEEL MAGNOLIAS with Julia Roberts, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE with Meryl Streep, IN HER SHOES with Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette, and RUMOR HAS IT with Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner.
MacLaine’s television credits include the telefilms, “THESE OLD BROADS,” “CAROLINA” and “SALEM WITCH TRIALS.” She also starred in the CBS miniseries, “HELL ON HEELS: THE BATTLE OF MARY KAY,” the life story of the cosmetics queen Mary Kay Ash.
A longtime outspoken advocate for civil rights and liberties, women’s rights, and spiritual understanding, MacLaine is known for her faith in reincarnation, angels, the power of crystals and other New Age beliefs. She addresses these topics at length, as well as her Hollywood career, in her books, OUT ON A LIMB and DANCING IN THE NIGHT. MacLaine went on to author numerous other books including THE CAMINO and OUT ON A LEASH, all of which are international bestsellers.
MacLaine can be seen next in BERNIE, staring Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey. She can also be seen on stage during her one-woman show tour as it hits cities across the globe, combining a montage of memorable film moments with private revelations about her extraordinary life, career and spiritual journey.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Actress
Bernie - 2011
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning - 2010 - PBS
Valentine's Day - 2010
Coco Chanel - Lifetime TV - 2008
Closing the Ring - 2007
Rumor Has It - 2005
Bewitched - 2005
In Her Shoes - 2004
Carolina - 2003
Salem Witch Trials – 2003 (Shirley discusses her account of the filming of Salem Witch Trials for CBS)
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay - 2003
Bruno/The Dress Code - 2000
These Old Broads - 2000
Get Bruce - 1999
A Smile Like Yours - 1997
The Evening Star - 1996
Mrs. Winterbourne - 1996
The Celluloid Closet - 1996
Guarding Tess - 1994
A Century of Cinema - 1994
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway - 1993
Used People - 1992
Defending Your Life - 1991
Waiting for the Light - 1990
Postcards from the Edge - 1990
Steel Magnolias - 1989
Madame Sousatzka - 1988
Out On A Limb - 1987
Cannonball Run II - 1984
Terms of Endearment - 1983
Loving Couples - 1980
A Change of Seasons - 1980
Being There - 1979
The Turning Point - 1977
The Possession of Joel Delaney - 1972
Desparate Characters - 1971
Two Mules for Sister Sara - 1970
Sweet Charity - 1969
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom - 1968
Woman Times Seven - 1967
Gambit - 1966
The Yellow Rolls-Royce - 1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home - 1964
What a Way to Go! - 1964
Irma la Douce - 1963
Two for the Seesaw - 1962
My Geisha - 1962
The Children's Hour/The Loudest Whisper - 1962
All in a Night's Work - 1961
Two Loves - 1961
Can-Can - 1960
Ocean's Eleven - 1960
The Apartment - 1960
Career - 1959
Ask Any Girl - 1959
Some Came Running - 1958
Hot Spell - 1958
The Matchmaker - 1958
The Sheepman - 1958
Around the World in 80 Days - 1956
Artists and Models - 1955
The Trouble With Harry - 1955
Director
Bruno/The Dress Code - 2000 (Producer, Screenwriter and Co-Director)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir - 1975
Television
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning - 2008
Coco Chanel - 2008
Salem Witch Trials - 2003
Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay - 2003
The West Side Waltz - 1995 (Movie)
Out on a Limb - 1986 (Mini-Series; Performer, Director)
The Shirley MacLaine Show - 1985 (Special)
Shirley MacLaine: Illusions - 1982
Shirley MacLaine...Every Little Movement - 1980 (Performer, Producer)
Shirley MacLaine at the Lido - 1979 (Performer, Producer)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go From Here? - 1977 (Special)
Gypsy in My Soul - 1976 (Performer, Producer)
The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir - 1975 (Documentary; Performer, Producer, Director)
Amelia - 1975 (Performer, Producer)
Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now - 1974 (Performer, Producer)
Shirley's World - 1971-1972 (Series)
BOOKS:
Don't Fall Off the Mountain - 1970
McGovern: The Man and His Beliefs - 1972
You Can Get There from Here - 1975
Out on a Limb - 1983
Dancing in the Light - 1986
It's All in the Playing - 1987
Going Within: A Guide to Inner Transformation - 1989
Dance While You Can - 1991
My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir - 1995
The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit - 2000
Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love - 2003
Sage-ing While Age-ing - 2007
I'm Over All That: And Other Confessions - 2011
About the AFI Life Achievement Award
The highest honor given for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the AFI Board of Trustees on February 26, 1973. It is presented to a single honoree each year based on the following criteria as mandated through a resolution passed by the AFI Board of Trustees:
"The recipient should be one whose talent has in a fundamental way advanced the film art; whose accomplishment has been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time."
AFI Life Achievement Award Recipients
Shirley MacLaine joins an esteemed group of individuals who have been chosen for this distinguished honor since its inception in 1973.
1973 John Ford
1974 James Cagney
1975 Orson Welles
1976 William Wyler
1977 Bette Davis
1978 Henry Fonda
1979 Alfred Hitchcock
1980 James Stewart
1981 Fred Astaire
1982 Frank Capra
1983 John Huston
1984 Lillian Gish
1985 Gene Kelly
1986 Billy Wilder
1987 Barbara Stanwyck
1988 Jack Lemmon
1989 Gregory Peck
1990 David Lean
1991 Kirk Douglas
1992 Sidney Poitier
1993 Elizabeth Taylor
1994 Jack Nicholson
1995 Steven Spielberg
1996 Clint Eastwood
1997 Martin Scorsese
1998 Robert Wise
1999 Dustin Hoffman
2000 Harrison Ford
2001 Barbra Streisand
Tom Hanks
Robert De Niro
2004 Meryl Streep
2005 George Lucas
2006 Sean Connery
2007 Al Pacino
2008 Warren Beatty
2009 Michael Douglas
2010 Mike Nichols
2011 Morgan Freeman
2012 Shirley MacLaine
About the American Film Institute
AFI is America’s promise to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of storytellers. AFI provides leadership in film, television and digital media and is dedicated to initiatives that engage the past, the present and the future of the moving image arts.
AFI preserves the legacy of America’s film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, an authoritative record of American films from 1893 to the present, and the AFI Archive, which contains rare footage from across the history of the moving image.
AFI honors the artists and their work through a variety of annual programs and special events, including the AFI Life Achievement Award and AFI Awards. For 40 years, the AFI Life Achievement Award has remained the highest honor for a career in film while AFI Awards, the Institute’s almanac for the 21st century, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year. AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies television events and movie reference lists, as well as AFI Night at the Movies, have introduced and reintroduced classic American movies to millions of film lovers. And as the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the United States, AFI offers film enthusiasts a variety of events throughout the year, including AFI Fest presented by Audi, the longest running international film festival in Los Angeles, celebrating its 25th edition this year; AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs, the largest documentary festival in the US; and year-round programming at the AFI Silver Theatre in the Washington, DC area.
AFI educates the next generation of storytellers at its world-renowned AFI Conservatory, which was named the #1 film school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter. AFI Conservatory offers a two-year Master of Fine Arts degree in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Producing, Production Design and Screenwriting. AFI also explores new digital technologies through special workshops.
Additional information about AFI is available at AFI.com.
