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Shirley MacLaine
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Born: Apr 24, 1934
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Shirley MacLaine was born to Virginia native Ira Owens Beaty and his wife, Kathlyn. Ira and Kathlyn gave up their dreams to raise their family. Before Shirley was three years old, her brother and rival Warren Beatty was born. Shirley was the tallest in her ballet classes at the Washington School of Ballet. She had an excellent batting average in baseball but, as she discovered, it wasn't a good thing for a girl to do, so she tossed aside her cleats for a pair of pom-poms and joined the cheerleading squad in her high school, Washington-Lee. As soon as she graduated, she packed her bags and headed for New York. While auditioning for Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Me and Juliet", she had a problem with the producer, who kept mispronouncing her name. He asked, "Okay, Beaty. Do you have another name, kid?" She then changed her name from Shirley MacLean Beaty to Shirley MacLaine. She later joined another play called "The Pajama Game". With her high-octane performance, she won a part and the role as an understudy to Carol Haney. Unfortunately, Haney was known for never having missed a performance in her life. A few months into the play, Shirley was going to ditch "The Pajama Game" and take the lead role in another Broadway hit, "Can-Can". She left for the theatre after being 15 minutes late because the train broke down. She then heard that Carol had broken her ankle and she was to go on in her place. Despite making many mistakes, she endeared herself to the audience. She replaced Carol again three months later following another injury. Shirley knew her lines this time and knocked them dead. Hal B. Wallis was in the audience that night with a Five-year contract and signed her to Paramount Pictures. She agreed to the contract, and, three months later, she was off to shoot the movie The Trouble with Harry. She then took roles in Hot Spell and Around the World in Eighty Days, completed not too long before her daughter Sachi Parker (born Stephanie) was born. With Shirley's career o...[MORE]
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Shirley MacLaine Nude and Sexy
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