Interesting facts about Shirley MacLaine!
Hollywood diva Shirley MacLaine, an Oscar-winning American actress of the older generation, recently celebrated her 88th birthday.
This actress celebrates her birthday with Barbra Streisand - both were born on the same day.
Shirley MacLaine, an Oscar-winning American actress of the older generation, recently celebrated her 88th birthday. Her brother Warren Beatty was one of the biggest Hollywood seducers, and judging by her love life, Shirley was not far from that in her younger days.
This actress celebrates her birthday with Barbra Streisand. Both were born on the same day, although not in the same year. Shirley was born in 1934, and Barbra in 1942. She does not go to the funerals of her friends, "out of principle", because she believes that the soul travels through space and descends to earth.
Hence her belief in the existence of life outside the Earth and her great interest in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Often because of such thinking, he is the target of jokes by TV presenters and entertainers. However, she herself does not care about negative comments at all. “I like jokes at my own expense” - Shirley points out.
The last time the paparazzi managed to "catch" her was a year ago, while she was drinking a martini in Malibu, Los Angeles. She is one of the last living Hollywood legends.
“I tell people I'm not a diva because it's true. I have to go back in time and say that everything I am today comes from the ballet classes I attended. I have to go back to those ancient times when hard and honest work, with a dose of art, was everything. I stayed in that business and I never thought about quitting, because I wanted to pay for plane tickets for my travels” - the actress said in an interview.
By the way, Shirley's mother took her to ballet when she was three, because of her weak joints. She said that during her life she "earned" the psychology of orphans.
“My parents were always busy, so when I was 11, I had to get up early to go to school on my own, and then to ballet class. I took the bus and tram. I had no one to talk to because my parents were in bed when I came home. Every day I asked myself: Who am I really?” - Shirley talked about her childhood.
She came to New York at the age of 18. She played for the first time in Hollywood in Hitchcock the 1955 film “The Trouble with Harry”. This was followed by the comedy "Around the World in 80 Days", which won the Oscar for Best Picture. She later starred in the acclaimed comedies "The Apartment" and "Irma la Douce". She won the Oscar for the film "Terms of Endearment", in which she starred with Jack Nicholson.
During her career, she never played with her younger brother Warren Beatty. They only ran together in George McGovern's presidential campaign, in the 1972 election, which this Democrat lost to Richard Nixon.
She was in an open marriage for 30 years with her ex-husband Steve Parker. In an interview seven years ago, she stated that the secret of a long and happy marriage is adultery. She has had affairs with many stars. "Jack Lemmon was too good and too nice to be attractive to me, and Jack Nicholson, on the other hand, was too dangerous," Shirley said. From her marriage to Steve, Shirley has a daughter, Sachi Parker. So far, she has written 12 books and sold more than 20 million copies.
