The legendary Shirley MacLaine kicked off her 90th birthday celebrations on Thursday with a potluck lunch in Malibu.
The Oscar winner sported a trucker cap over her white hair and wore black sunglasses for her low-key celebrations.
“I have my friends and I’m very healthy,” Shirley told People On Wednesday.
“I started my dance training at age three and stopped around age 67. It taught me discipline, loving music, working with people and dealing with pain.”
MacLaine was accompanied by a fellow blonde before her intimate birthday dinner with friends: “We’re getting together and I’m hoping to eat something good.”
The legendary Shirley MacLaine kicked off her 90th birthday celebrations on Thursday with a potluck lunch in Malibu.
The Oscar winner sported a trucker cap over her white hair and wore black sunglasses for her low-key celebrations.
The Only Murders in the Building guest star just announced that Crown will publish her 288-page memoir The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime on October 22.
‘I have lived a wonderful life and I wanted to share it. “All the photographs brought back wonderful memories,” Shirley said.
‘About 45 years ago, I put up about ten framed photographs of friends, family and people I’ve worked with, all grouped together on a living room wall. Everyone who came loved seeing this montage, and thus The Wall of Life was born. I am pleased to share a selection of these photographs (and some of the stories behind them) in this book.’
The $35 book will include stories from MacLaine’s seven-decade career, advice for Elvis Presley, information about Jack Nicholson and the Dalai Lama, as well as his childhood with his brother Warren Beatty.
The Virginia-born redhead moved to New York City at age 16 in 1950 and got her big break in 1954 as an understudy in Broadway’s The Pajama Game before landing roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 comedy The Trouble starring 1960s romance novel by Harry and Billy Wilder. -com The Apartment.
After earning five Academy Award nominations, Shirley finally won Oscar gold for her biting performance as Houston socialite Aurora Greenway, whose daughter battles cancer, in James L. Brooks’ 1983 comedy-drama Terms of Endearment.
MacLaine is also famous for her performances in Sweet Charity (1969), The Turning Point (1977), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), etc.
The Emmy winner, who was the only female Rat Packer, loved and abandoned the likes of her What a Way to Go star Robert Mitchum, as well as Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, novelist Pete Hamill and French heartthrob Yves Montand. .
Shirley was accompanied by a blonde companion before her intimate birthday dinner with friends: “We are going to get together and I hope to eat something good”
MacLaine (born MacLean Beaty) just announced that Crown will publish her 288-page memoir The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime on October 22.
Shirley, who reduced the price of her Plaza Blanca ranch in New Mexico to $4.3 million last October, is notoriously estranged from her daughter Sachi Parker, who wrote a scathing account in 2013 titled Lucky Me.
MacLaine gave birth to her only child during her 28-year open marriage to the late Steve Parker, which ended in 1982.
The 67-year-old actress has two adult children: Frank, 27; and her daughter Arin, 25, from her 18-year marriage to investment banker Frank Murray, which ended in 2011.
The New York Times bestselling author has previously published 20 books including memoirs and tomes on metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation.
Shirley will soon fly to Atlantic City in New Jersey to film her role as “a vivacious woman in her twilight years who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a homeless man” in Brad Furman’s drama People Not Places.
“It’s a wonderful script and we’re getting ready to go and we’ll see what happens,” MacLaine said.
‘[I’m so grateful] that I can continue working.”
The Downton Abbey scene-stealer was honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute in 1995, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2013.
The $35 book will include stories from the Only Murders in the Building guest star’s seven-decade career, advice for Elvis Presley, information about Jack Nicholson and the Dalai Lama, as well as his childhood with his brother Warren Beatty (right). , in the photo). 1966)
Shirley moved to New York City at age 16 in 1950 and got her big break in 1954 as an understudy in Broadway’s The Pajama Game before landing roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 comedy The Trouble with the 1960 romantic comedy by Harry and Billy Wilder The Apartment. (in the photo)
After earning five Academy Award nominations, MacLaine finally won Oscar gold for her biting performance as Houston socialite Aurora Greenway, whose daughter battles cancer, in James L. Brooks’ 1983 comedy-drama Terms. of Endearment.
The Virginia-born redhead is also famous for her performances in Sweet Charity, The Turning Point, Steel Magnolias, Postcards from the Edge (pictured in 1990), etc.
Shirley, who was the only female Rat Packer, loved and abandoned the likes of her What a Way to Go star Robert Mitchum (right, pictured in 1964), as well as Prime Minister Olof Palme of Sweden, novelist Pete Hamill and the French heartthrob. Yves Montand
MacLaine will soon fly to Atlantic City in New Jersey to film her role as “a vivacious woman in her twilight years who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a homeless man” in Brad Furman’s (L, pictured 2012) drama, People Not Places.