Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine was one of the Broadway stars of the 1950s before she made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 The Trouble With Harry. She also starred in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958) and Ask Any Girl (1959) before delivering a heartbreaking, unforgettable performance in the knowing 1960 comedy The Apartment (above), opposite Jack Lemmon.
She further established herself as one of the greatest stars of the 1960s with roles in The Children’s Hour (1961), Irma la Douce (1963) and Sweet Charity (1969).
She would go one to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for 1983’s Terms of Endearment, and to earn endless accolades for films like Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards From the Edge (1990), and Bernie (2011).
Most recently, the 89-year-old was a standout in the second season of Only Murders in the Building.
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