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    Shirley MacLaine

    1934-04-24 (90 years old) in Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress, singer, author, activist, and former dancer. Known for her portrayals of quirky, headstrong, and eccentric women, MacLaine has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards. Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Oklahoma! and The Pajama Game. Following minor appearances as an understudy in various other productions, MacLaine made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock's black comedy The Trouble with Harry (1955), winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. She rose to prominence with starring roles in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Some Came Running (1958), Ask Any Girl (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962), Irma la Douce (1963), and Sweet Charity (1969). A six time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Her other prominent films include The Turning Point (1977), Being There (1979), Madame Sousatzka (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), Postcards from the Edge (1990), The Evening Star (1996), Bewitched (2005), In Her Shoes (2005), Valentine's Day (2010), and The Little Mermaid (2018). MacLaine has been the recipient of many honorary awards. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, and Kennedy Center Honor in 2013 for her contribution to American culture, through performing arts. In 1998, she was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award. Apart from acting, MacLaine has written numerous books regarding the subjects of metaphysics, spirituality, and reincarnation, as well as a best-selling memoir, Out on a Limb (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley MacLaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Bella!
    0 %|Jul 30, 2023
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    American Dreamer
    57 %|Nov 4, 2022
    Comedy
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    Rat Pack
    90 %|Jan 11, 2022
    Documentary
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    Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
    0 %|Aug 14, 2021
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    Noelle
    66 %|Nov 12, 2019
    Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Mike Wallace Is Here
    65 %|Jul 26, 2019
    Documentary
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    Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
    71.88 %|Nov 15, 2018
    Documentary
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    The Little Mermaid
    50 %|Aug 2, 2018
    Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Drama
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    The Last Word
    66 %|Mar 3, 2017
    Comedy, Drama
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    A Heavenly Christmas
    61.21000000000001 %|Nov 26, 2016
    Drama, Romance, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    Wild Oats
    61.559999999999995 %|Sep 22, 2016
    Comedy, Drama
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    Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
    0 %|Nov 6, 2015
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    Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
    54 %|Oct 4, 2015
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    Men of Granite
    100 %|Feb 6, 2015
    Drama
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    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
    48 %|Aug 25, 2014
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    Elsa & Fred
    60 %|Mar 7, 2014
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
    72 %|Dec 18, 2013
    Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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    Wide-Awake
    58 %|Dec 7, 2012
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    Palme
    77 %|Sep 14, 2012
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    Bernie
    66 %|Apr 27, 2012
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Valentine's Day
    59.13 %|Feb 10, 2010
    Comedy, Romance
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    Vittorio D.
    63 %|Sep 17, 2009
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    Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning
    55 %|Dec 4, 2008
    Drama, Family, TV Movie
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    Coco Chanel
    66 %|Sep 13, 2008
    Drama, Romance
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    Inside 'The Apartment'
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    Closing the Ring
    61 %|Sep 14, 2007
    Drama, Romance
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    Rumor Has It...
    56.550000000000004 %|Dec 22, 2005
    Comedy, Romance
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    In Her Shoes
    61.790000000000006 %|Oct 7, 2005
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Bewitched
    51 %|Jun 21, 2005
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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    Jack Paar: Smart Television
    0 %|Nov 29, 2003
    Documentary, Comedy
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    Private Screenings: Shirley MacLaine
    0 %|Nov 4, 2003
    Documentary
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    Carolina
    57 %|Jul 4, 2003
    Comedy, Romance
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    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    70 %|Apr 3, 2003
    Music, Documentary, History
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    Salem Witch Trials
    63 %|Dec 24, 2002
    Drama, History, TV Movie
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    Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay
    45 %|Oct 6, 2002
    Drama, Comedy
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    Rescued from the Closet
    60 %|May 29, 2001
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    Barbra Streisand: Timeless - Live in Concert
    81.11000000000001 %|Feb 14, 2001
    Music, Documentary, TV Movie
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    These Old Broads
    65 %|Feb 12, 2001
    TV Movie, Comedy
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    The Unknown Peter Sellers
    80 %|Apr 25, 2000
    Documentary
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    Bruno
    68 %|Apr 16, 2000
    Comedy, Drama
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    Get Bruce!
    62 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Comedy, Documentary
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    Forever Hollywood
    80 %|Jan 1, 1999
    Documentary
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    Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu
    73 %|May 5, 1998
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
    60 %|Feb 4, 1998
    Documentary
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    A Smile Like Yours
    34 %|Aug 27, 1997
    Comedy, Romance
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    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
    60 %|Feb 24, 1997
    TV Movie, Documentary
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    The Evening Star
    59 %|Dec 25, 1996
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
    62 %|May 19, 1996
    Documentary
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    Mrs. Winterbourne
    72 %|Apr 19, 1996
    Romance, Drama
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    The Celluloid Closet
    72 %|Jan 30, 1996
    Documentary, History
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    The West Side Waltz
    90 %|Nov 23, 1995
    Drama, TV Movie
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    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
    86 %|Jun 5, 1995
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Guarding Tess
    60 %|Mar 11, 1994
    Comedy, Drama
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    Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
    62.980000000000004 %|Dec 17, 1993
    Drama
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    Used People
    54 %|Dec 16, 1992
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Defending Your Life
    69 %|Mar 22, 1991
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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    Postcards from the Edge
    66 %|Sep 14, 1990
    Comedy, Drama
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    You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
    0 %|Jul 23, 1990
    Documentary, History, Music
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    Waiting for the Light
    65 %|Jun 14, 1990
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    Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
    90 %|Feb 4, 1990
    Comedy, Music, Documentary
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    Steel Magnolias
    72 %|Nov 15, 1989
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Madame Sousatzka
    67 %|Oct 14, 1988
    Drama, Music
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    The Shirley MacLaine Show
    100 %|Jul 12, 1985
    Music, TV Movie
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    That's Dancing!
    70 %|Jan 18, 1985
    Documentary, Music
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    Cannonball Run II
    54 %|Jun 29, 1984
    Action, Comedy
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    Terms of Endearment
    70.96000000000001 %|Nov 20, 1983
    Drama, Comedy
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    Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
    0 %|Jan 1, 1983
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    Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
    70 %|Jun 24, 1982
    TV Movie, Music
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    Baryshnikov in Hollywood
    0 %|Apr 21, 1982
    Music, TV Movie
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    I Love Liberty
    0 %|Mar 21, 1982
    Music, TV Movie, Documentary
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    Be Pretty and Shut Up!
    63.5 %|Mar 4, 1981
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    A Change of Seasons
    56 %|Dec 1, 1980
    Drama, Romance, Comedy
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    Loving Couples
    46.43 %|Oct 24, 1980
    Comedy, Romance
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    Shirley MacLaine: '...Every Little Movement'
    0 %|May 22, 1980
    Music, TV Movie
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    The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
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    Music, Documentary
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    Being There
    76.19 %|Dec 19, 1979
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Turning Point
    65 %|Nov 14, 1977
    Drama, Romance
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    The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
    0 %|Mar 12, 1977
    TV Movie, Family, Music
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    Circasia
    50 %|Apr 8, 1976
    Family
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    Shirley MacLaine: Gypsy in My Soul
    0 %|Jan 20, 1976
    Music, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Year of the Woman
    0 %|Oct 1, 1973
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    Nutcracker
    70.28999999999999 %|Jan 1, 1973
    Animation, Music
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    The Possession of Joel Delaney
    57.34 %|May 24, 1972
    Horror
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    Desperate Characters
    53 %|Sep 22, 1971
    Drama
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    Two Mules for Sister Sara
    69 %|Mar 2, 1970
    Western
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    Sweet Charity
    68 %|Feb 25, 1969
    Comedy, Music, Romance
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    The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
    67 %|Sep 11, 1968
    Comedy
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    Woman Times Seven
    64 %|Sep 29, 1967
    Comedy, Drama
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    Gambit
    70.07 %|Dec 21, 1966
    Comedy, Crime
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    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
    34 %|Mar 24, 1965
    Comedy
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    The Car That Became a Star
    60 %|Jan 1, 1965
    Documentary
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    The Yellow Rolls-Royce
    60 %|Dec 31, 1964
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    What a Way to Go!
    69.39 %|Jul 31, 1964
    Comedy, Romance
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    Hollywood and the Stars
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    Irma la Douce
    74 %|Jun 5, 1963
    Romance
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    Two for the Seesaw
    64.62 %|Nov 21, 1962
    Drama, Romance
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    My Geisha
    65 %|Mar 9, 1962
    Comedy, Romance
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    The Children's Hour
    77 %|Dec 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Two Loves
    49 %|May 24, 1961
    Drama
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    All in a Night's Work
    59 %|Mar 15, 1961
    Comedy, Romance
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    Ocean's Eleven
    63.61 %|Aug 10, 1960
    Crime, Comedy
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    The Apartment
    82 %|Jun 21, 1960
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Can-Can
    66 %|Mar 9, 1960
    Music, Comedy, Romance
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    Career
    65 %|Oct 8, 1959
    Drama
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    Ask Any Girl
    62 %|Aug 21, 1959
    Comedy, Romance
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    Some Came Running
    69 %|Dec 25, 1958
    Drama, Romance
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    The Matchmaker
    69 %|Jul 23, 1958
    Comedy, Romance
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    Hot Spell
    60 %|May 21, 1958
    Drama
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    The Sheepman
    67.21000000000001 %|May 1, 1958
    Western, Comedy
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    Around the World in Eighty Days
    66 %|Oct 17, 1956
    Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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    Artists and Models
    67 %|Nov 7, 1955
    Comedy
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    The Trouble with Harry
    70 %|Oct 3, 1955
    Comedy, Mystery
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    People Not Places
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    Only Murders in the Building
    83.71000000000001 %|Aug 31, 2021
    Comedy, Mystery, Crime
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    Talking Pictures
    50 %|Jan 5, 2013
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    Downton Abbey
    81.06 %|Sep 26, 2010
    Drama
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    Glee
    67 %|May 19, 2009
    Comedy, Drama
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    V Graham Norton
    50 %|May 6, 2002
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Early Show
    57 %|Nov 1, 1999
    News
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    Joan of Arc
    64.93 %|May 16, 1999
    Drama
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    Beckmann
    30 %|Jan 25, 1999
    Talk
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    The View
    44 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    Inside the Actors Studio
    74.42999999999999 %|Aug 14, 1994
    Talk
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    Intimate Portrait
    45 %|Nov 14, 1993
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    Intimate Portrait
    45 %|Nov 14, 1993
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    Pebble Mill
    31 %|Oct 14, 1991
    Talk
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark
    52 %|Sep 5, 1988
    Talk
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    Out on a Limb
    53 %|Jan 18, 1987
    Drama
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    Anne of Green Gables
    88.80000000000001 %|Dec 1, 1985
    Drama, Family
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    Harty
    60 %|Sep 20, 1983
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    Champs-Elysées
    62 %|Jan 16, 1982
    Talk
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    Entertainment Tonight
    37 %|Sep 15, 1981
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    Laugh-In
    58 %|Sep 5, 1977
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    Bitte umblättern
    60 %|Apr 20, 1977
    News
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    Système 2
    0 %|Jan 19, 1975
    Reality
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    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
    60 %|Jan 12, 1975
    Talk
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    Der große Preis
    60 %|Sep 5, 1974
    Reality
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    Shirley's World
    50 %|Apr 7, 1972
    Drama, Comedy
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    V.I.P. Schaukel
    60 %|May 9, 1971
    Talk, Documentary
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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66.58 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk
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    The Carol Burnett Show
    75 %|Sep 11, 1967
    Comedy, Family
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    Goldene Kamera Verleihung
    35 %|Jan 25, 1966
    News
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    The Steve Allen Show
    50 %|Jun 24, 1956
    Comedy
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Reflets de Cannes
    0 %|Mar 25, 1954
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    The Bob Hope Show
    70 %|Apr 9, 1950
    Comedy, Family, Talk
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    The Emmy Awards
    75 %|Jan 25, 1949
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk