Shirley MacLaine Returns To The McCallum Theatre 3/7

The McCallum Theatre welcomes the return of Shirley MacLaine on Monday, March 7, at 8:00pm. Academy Award®-winning actress, dancer and author Shirley MacLaine will share with the audience a montage of memorable film moments and private revelations about her extraordinary life, career and spiritual journey.

Shirley MacLaine's illustrious career comprises more than 50 feature films highlighted by an Academy Award® win and six nominations, six Emmy® Award nominations, seven Golden Globe® Awards - including the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award - and the title of international best-selling author.

Ms. MacLaine made her professional debut dancing in a Broadway revival of Oklahoma! in the 1950s. Her first film appearance was in Alfred Hitchcock's The Trouble with Harry, earning her a Golden Globe Award for "New Star of the Year - Actress" in 1955. At the same time, she starred in Some Came Running which led to her first Academy Award® nomination and an additional Golden Globe® nomination. She also starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in The Children's Hour, based on a play by Lillian Hellman. Ms. MacLaine received a second Oscar® nomination for her work in the award winning film The Apartment, co-starring Jack Lemmon and directed by Billy Wilder. She reunited with Lemmon and Wilder for Irma la Douce in 1963, earning yet another Academy Award® nomination.

In 1975, Ms. MacLaine received her fourth Oscar® nomination, this time for best documentary as a producer and star of The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir. Two years later, she was once again nominated for her starring role in The Turning Point. In 1983, she finally won an Oscar for her work in Terms of Endearment. Later, she also received a Golden Globe® Award for her 1989 performance in Madame Sousatzka and was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998.

Ms. MacLaine's additional credits include notable films such as Steel Magnolias (1989) with Julia Roberts, Postcards from the Edge (1990) with Meryl Streep, In Her Shoes (2005) with Cameron Diaz and Toni Collette, and Rumor Has It (2005) with Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner. Her most recent films include the Lifetime made-for-TV movie Coco Chanel (2008) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe® and SAG Award® and the ensemble film Valentine's Day (2010). In 2011, she appeared in Bernie, followed by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty in 2013, Elsa & Fredin 2014 and Wild Oats (2015).

Ms. MacLaine's television credits include the telefilms, These Old Broads (2001), Salem Witch Trials (2002) , Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) and Caroline (2003). Her most recent television roles were in "Downton Abbey" and "Glee."

A best-selling author, her most recent book, I'm Over All That - And Other Confessions, was released in 2011. An advocate for civil rights and liberties, women's rights, and spiritual understanding, Ms. MacLaine is known for her New Age beliefs. She addresses these topics at length, as well as her Hollywood career, in her books Out On A Limb and Dancing In The Night. She authored numerous other books including The Camino and Out On A Leash, all of which are international bestsellers.

The McCallum Theatre presents Shirley MacLaine on Monday, March 7, at 8:00pm. Tickets are priced at $97, $87, $67 and $47 and are available online at www.mccallumtheatre.com or by calling the McCallum Theatre Box Office at (760) 340-2787. McCallum Theatre, located at 73000 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert CA 92260, accepts payment by cash, personal check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

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