List of awards and nominations received by Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine awards and nominations

MacLaine in 1960
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 6 BAFTA Awards 2 8 Emmy Awards 1 6 Golden Globes 7 21 SAG Awards 0 1
Totals [a]
Wins	30
Nominations	69
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) is an American actress. She is known for her work in film and television and is one of the last remaining stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. She has received various accolades including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and seven Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Awards.

She gained stardom for her role as lonely elevator girl in the Billy Wilder directed romantic drama The Apartment (1960) as well as Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She was further Oscar-nominated for Best Actress for her performances as the fun loving central character in the drama Some Came Running (1958), a prostitute in the romantic comedy Irma La Douce (1963), a ballerina in the drama The Turning Point (1977). For her portrayal of a difficult mother in the emotional family drama Terms of Endearment (1983) she won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

MacLaine's acting debut came with Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry (1955) and followed by roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ocean's 11 (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Sweet Charity (1969), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Used People (1992), Guarding Tess (1994), In Her Shoes (2005), Coco Chanel (2008), and Bernie (2011).

On television, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special for Gypsy in My Soul (1976). She was nominated for four other variety specials in that category. For her portrayal of the fashion designer Coco Chanel in the HBO film Coco Chanel (2008), she was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie.

Over her career she has received several honorary awards including a Motion Picture Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Film at Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1995, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the Berlin International Film Festival's Honorary Golden Bear in 1999, the French Legion of Honor in 2001, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2013.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1958	Best Actress	Some Came Running	Nominated	[1]
1960		The Apartment	Nominated	[2]
1963		Irma la Douce	Nominated	[3]
1975	Best Documentary Feature	The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir	Nominated	[4]
1977	Best Actress	The Turning Point	Nominated	[5]
1983		Terms of Endearment	Won	[6]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1956	Best Foreign Actress	The Trouble with Harry	Nominated	[7]
1959		Ask Any Girl	Won	[8]
1960		The Apartment	Won	[9]
1964		Irma la Douce / What a Way to Go!	Nominated	[10]
1980	Best Actress	Being There	Nominated	[11]
1984		Terms of Endearment	Nominated	[12]
1990		Postcards from the Edge	Nominated	[13]
	Best Supporting Actress	Steel Magnolias	Nominated	[14]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1954	Most Promising Newcomer - Female	The Trouble with Harry	Won	[15]
1958	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	Some Came Running	Nominated	[15]
	Special Award - For Most Versatile Actress	—	Won	[15]
1959	Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	Ask Any Girl	Nominated	[15]
1960		The Apartment	Won	[15]
1961	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	The Children's Hour	Nominated	[15]
1963	Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	Irma la Douce	Won	[15]
1966		Gambit	Nominated	[15]
1967		Woman Times Seven	Nominated	[15]
1969		Sweet Charity	Nominated	[15]
1979		Being There	Nominated	[15]
1983	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	Terms of Endearment	Won	[15]
1987	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Out on a Limb	Nominated	[15]
1988	Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama	Madame Sousatzka	Won	[15]
1990	Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Postcards from the Edge	Nominated	[15]
1992	Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical	Used People	Nominated	[15]
1994		Guarding Tess	Nominated	[15]
1997	Cecil B. DeMille Award	—	Won	[15]
2002	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay	Nominated	[15]
2005	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	In Her Shoes	Nominated	[15]
2008	Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film	Coco Chanel	Nominated	[15]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1975	Outstanding Variety Special	Shirley MacLaine: If They Could See Me Now	Nominated	[16]
1976		Gypsy in My Soul	Won	[17]
1977		Shirley MacLaine: Where Do We Go from Here?	Nominated	[18]
1979		Shirley MacLaine at the Lido	Nominated	[19]
1980		Shirley MacLaine...'Every Little Movement'	Nominated	[20]
2009	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie	Coco Chanel	Nominated	[21]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Coco Chanel	Nominated

Other awards and nominations

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
Berlin Film Festival	1959	Silver Bear for Best Actress	Ask Any Girl	Won	[22]
	1971		Desperate Characters	Won	[23]
	1999	Honorary Golden Bear	—	Won	[24]
Venice Film Festival	1960	Volpi Cup for Best Actress	The Apartment	Won	[25]
	1988		Madame Sousatzka	Won	[26]

Honorary awards

Organizations	Year	Award	Result	Ref.
American Film Institute	2012	AFI Life Achievement Award	Honored	[27]
Berlin International Film Festival	1999	Honorary Golden Bear	Honored	[28]
Chicago Film Critics Association	2005	Career Achievement Award	Honored
Elle Women in Hollywood	2005	Icon Award	Honored
	2012	Woman of the Year	Honored
Film Society at Lincoln Center	1995	Chaplin Gala Tribute	Honored	[29]
Golden Globe Awards	1998	Cecil B. DeMille Award	Honored	[30]
Government of France	2001	Legion of Honor	Honored
Hollywood Walk of Fame	1960	Motion Picture Star at 1617 Vine Street	Honored
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	2013	Kennedy Center Honors	Honored	[31]
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2006	Lifetime Achievement Award	Honored
Telluride Film Festival	1996	Silver Medallion Award	Honored

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