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Mikhail Baryshnikov made his film debut in this lightweight but entertaining drama about the relationship between a renowned ballerina (Anne Bancroft) and the woman (Shirley MacLaine) who had trained with her but had given up dance to become a wife, mother, and teacher. Between MacLaine's envy over her friend's career and the attention her own ballerina daughter (Leslie Browne) is getting, ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Leslie Browne, Tom Skerritt
Directed By: Herbert Ross

Manufacturer: Live / Artisan
Starring: Shirley Maclaine, Suzanne Doucet, Constance Demby

Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Charles Dance, John Heard, Anne Jackson, Jerry Orbach
Directed By: Robert Butler

Adventures in geezer land--make that lovable geezer land--describes this often manipulative comedy-drama that is rescued only by the personalities of its leads. Richard Harris is a feisty retired sea captain in a Florida retirement community who still wants to chase girls and squeeze the most out of life. He forces his friendship on an also-retired, shy, and routine-loving Cuban exile ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock, Micole Mercurio
Directed By: Randa Haines

Thanks to an extraordinary, delicately balanced performance by Peter Sellers, Being There received mixed reviews during its theatrical release in 1979, but has since become a celebrated comedy with a loyal following. It's one of the most unusual black comedies ever made, simply because it stretches a simple premise over 130 minutes of straight-faced, strangely compelling commentary on ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Ruth Attaway, Richard Basehart, Fran Brill, Alfredine P. Brown, Oteil Burbridge

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft, Twiggy, Shabana Azmi
Directed By: John Schlesinger

Picking up the story thread left by 1983's Terms of Endearment, this overwrought sequel is made palatable by Shirley MacLaine's charismatic performance, which in turn is nearly equaled by Marion Ross's role as her housekeeper. An unexpected surprise, Ross obviously was never allowed to display her range as Mrs. Cunningham on Happy Days. Returning as the vibrant Aurora Greenway, ...

Manufacturer: Paramount Pictures
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Bill Paxton, Juliette Lewis, Miranda Richardson, Ben Johnson
Directed By: Robert Harling

Based on Thornton Wilder's 1955 play, THE MATCHMAKER features Shirley Booth playing Dolly Levi, a young matchmaker determined to find a wife for a widowed millionaire. After finding potential wives for him, Dolly discovers that she's fallen in love with him and does all that she can to ensure he doesn't fall in love with any of the women she's set him up with.

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford, Robert Morse
Directed By: Joseph Anthony

Synopsis
Actress Shirley MacLaine plays herself in this adaptation of her book "Out on a Limb," which chronicles her numerous earthly and metaphysical experiences. The telefilm dramatizes MacLaine's romances (including an affair with a married man), her close encounters with extraterrestrials and her out-of-body experiences. Other subjects explored include reincarnation, ESP, trances and karma, ...

Manufacturer: ABC Video
Starring: Shirley MacLaine, Charles Dance, John Heard, Anne Jackson
Directed By: Robert Butler

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone, Eddie Mayehoff
Directed By: Frank Tashlin