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Also Known As	Shirley MacLean Beaty
Born	April 24, 1934 (age 92) • Richmond • Virginia
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (2013) • Academy Award (1984) • Academy Award (1984): Actress in a Leading Role • Cecil B. DeMille Award (1998) • Emmy Award (1976): Outstanding Special - Comedy-Variety or Music • Golden Globe Award (1989): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1984): Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama • Golden Globe Award (1964): Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1961): Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy • Golden Globe Award (1959): Special Achievement Award • Golden Globe Award (1955): New Star of the Year - Actress
Notable Works	“Don’t Fall off the Mountain” • “Out on a Limb”
Notable Family Members	brother Warren Beatty
Married To	Steve Parker (1954–1982)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Two for the Seesaw" (1962) • "The Children's Hour" (1961) • "Joan of Arc" (1999) • "Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer" (2018) • "Stories from My Childhood" (1998) • "Bernie" (2011) • "A Change of Seasons" (1980) • "Defending Your Life" (1991) • "The Possession of Joel Delaney" (1972) • "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013) • "What a Way to Go!" (1964) • "Madame Sousatzka" (1988) • "Laugh-In" (1977) • "Being There" (1979) • "Elsa & Fred" (2014) • "Around the World in 80 Days" (1956) • "Rumor Has It..." (2005) • "Artists and Models" (1955) • "Shirley's World" (1971–1972) • "Waiting for the Light" (1990) • "The Apartment" (1960) • "Wrestling Ernest Hemingway" (1993) • "Can-Can" (1960) • "Sweet Charity" (1969) • "Woman Times Seven" (1967) • "The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom" (1968) • "Wild Oats" (2016) • "The Trouble with Harry" (1955) • "Postcards from the Edge" (1990) • "The Evening Star" (1996) • "Ask Any Girl" (1959) • "Valentine's Day" (2010) • "The Matchmaker" (1958) • "My Geisha" (1962) • "Mrs. Winterbourne" (1996) • "Irma la Douce" (1963) • "Noelle" (2019) • "Bruno" (2000) • "Desperate Characters" (1971) • "Terms of Endearment" (1983) • "Two Loves" (1961) • "Bewitched" (2005) • "Carolina" (2003) • "Some Came Running" (1958) • "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964) • "Closing the Ring" (2007) • "Out on a Limb" (1987) • "The Sheepman" (1958) • "The Last Word" (2017) • "Gambit" (1966) • "The Little Mermaid" (2018) • "All in a Night's Work" (1961) • "Used People" (1992) • "In Her Shoes" (2005) • "Guarding Tess" (1994) • "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!" (1965) • "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970) • "Hot Spell" (1958) • "Loving Couples" (1980) • "Career" (1959) • "Steel Magnolias" (1989) • "Downton Abbey" (2012–2013) • "Cannonball Run II" (1984) • "The Turning Point" (1977) • "Glee" (2014)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir" (1975) • "Bruno" (2000)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Kingdom Come" (1999) • "Out on a Limb" (1987) • "The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir" (1975)