Shirley MacLaine is 89 years old, but she’s not taking it easy!
She’s an actress who won an important award called the Academy Award. Even at her age, she’s often seen in Hollywood enjoying martinis while eating out.
She’s been working in movies for over 70 years, and she has seen and done a lot. Her life stories are really special and not many people can compare to them.
Shirley MacLaine has a really long history in making wonderful movies. Some of her best ones are The Apartment, The Trouble With Harry, Two Mules For Sister Sara, and Guarding Tess.
Even though a lot of people still talk about how great she was in the famous movie Steel Magnolias from 1989, she’s not really like the grumpy character Ouiser Boudreaux that she played in the movie.
She once said in 2019, “I don’t get bothered by things too much. I believe our attitude is something we can choose. We can choose to be angry, we can choose to be calm, and we can even choose sarcasm – which is something I’m good at.”
Shirley MacLaine says her life is really great right now. She enjoys eating and sleeping whenever she wants, and she spends a lot of time with her pet rat terriers on her ranch in New Mexico.
Shirley was born on April 24, 1934. She started her amazing career in New York on Broadway. In 1955, when she was 21 years old, she got a lot of attention for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s funny and dark movie, “The Trouble with Harry.”
She said Hitchcock was a fun person to be around. She joked, “I’m glad I wasn’t tall, skinny, mysterious, and beautiful, or I might not have liked him.”
She has acted in more than 50 movies and is definitely one of the best actors in Hollywood history. Recently, she appeared in a TV show called “Only Murders in the Building” and she’s still acting, even though she’s in her late 80s.
Shirley MacLaine likes to travel a lot. She stayed in show business because it helped her pay for plane tickets to go to new places. She didn’t really do the Hollywood-style socializing. She preferred exploring countries she hadn’t been to before. So, when she thinks about her life, she values her travels even more than her work in show business.
Even though she sometimes goes to Hollywood, she feels happiest outdoors. She believes spending time in nature is what makes her truly happy, not just staying busy. That’s why she enjoys being on her ranch in New Mexico so much. She recently moved there, and even though she also has a home in Malibu, she feels most energized when she’s surrounded by nature.
Shirley really believes in living harmoniously with nature and encourages others to do the same.
There have been rumors and speculations about Shirley’s love life over the years. She was married to a man named Steve Parker for nearly 30 years, and they had a daughter together in 1956. Shirley has been honest about having other relationships while she was married.
Her daughter, Sachi Parker, wrote a book a few years ago where she claimed that Steve wasn’t actually her biological father. She said that her real father was an astronaut named Paul. Shirley was really hurt by this and said it was not true at all. She was upset that her daughter would say something like that about her. She had always spoken lovingly and truthfully about Sachi in her own books. She was sad to see her daughter say things that weren’t true.
Sachi believes that a man named Paul, who was an astronaut, is her real father, even though Shirley says it’s not true. Because of this, their relationship has become strained, and they’re said to not talk anymore.
Shirley has talked openly about her different ideas about love and relationships. When she spoke with Oprah Winfrey in 2011, she shared about her past with her ex-husband Steve Parker. Then, in 2012, she surprised everyone by saying she had been with not just one, but two prime ministers in her life.
In her book “Out on a Limb,” Shirley talked about meeting a politician in a fancy hotel in Sweden. She called him “Gerry.” Even though Olof Palme, the Swedish prime minister at the time, denied it, many people thought she was talking about him. She also mentioned being with Andrew Peacock, who was the Australian Foreign Minister, and Pierre Trudeau, who was the Canadian Prime Minister.
She had good things to say about Trudeau. She thought he was smart and had a strong presence. She also liked his kids, who she thought were really cute and a bit mischievous.
When Shirley says she was with prime ministers, it’s important to remember that these are only her words, and there’s no proof to confirm or deny them. We don’t know if they’re true or not.
Shirley has had some romantic relationships in the past. She was with a famous actor named Robert Mitchum for three years, and she had a short but strong attraction to Dean Martin that lasted for about six weeks.
Shirley MacLaine is an amazing and lively person, even at 89 years old. She really enjoys taking on new creative challenges. In a recent talk, she hinted that she might still want to do more in movies. Her role in “Only Murders in the Building” showed everyone just how talented she still is.
She said, “I love making movies. Again, I keep coming back to creativity. I loved being Leonora Folger in ‘Murders.’ It was so much fun doing those scenes. It was great to see my old friends Steve [Martin] and Marty [Short], and I’ve known the creator John Hoffman for a long time. I just really enjoyed being with them,” she told Advocate.
I’ve always been a fan of Shirley. She’s a wonderful actress, and I’ve loved watching her movies for a long time.
We wish Shirley MacLaine lots of happiness and good health. She’s a real treasure in Hollywood and a famous actress. We hope her love for acting and zest for life keeps on inspiring us for many more years!
