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Shirley MacLaine
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April 24, 1934 in Richmond, VA
Biography:A dancer, singer, highly regarded actress and metaphysical time traveler, "Shirley MacLaine" is certainly among Hollywood's most unique stars. Born Shirley MacLane Beaty on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine was the daughter of drama coach and former actress Kathlyn MacLean Beaty and Ira O. Beaty, a professor of psychology and philosophy. Her younger brother, "Warren Beatty", also grew up to be an important Hollywood figure as an actor/director/ producer and screenwriter. MacLaine's mother, who gave up her own dreams of stardom for her young family, greatly motivated her daughter to become an actress and dancer. MacLaine took dance lessons from age two, first performed publicly at age four, and at 16 went to New York, making her Broadway debut as a chorus girl in Me and Juliet (1953). When not scrambling for theatrical work, MacLaine worked as a model.

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Filmography
Poor Things (2008) Poor Things (2008) Closing the Ring (2007) Dallas (2006) The Ant Bully (2006) Rumor Has It... (2005) In Her Shoes (2005) Bewitched (2005)
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