Broadway hoofer, dramatic talent, spiritual figure, eccentric, activist, Oscar winner... Over the course of a varied and distinguished career, actress Shirley MacLaine earned these titles many times over. A former ballerina hopeful-turned-chorus girl, she rose to fame in the early 1950s after Hollywood producers noticed her in Broadway’s “Pajama Game.” She made the transition to features in a series of comedic and dramatic roles that emphasized her quirkiness and heartbreaking vulnerability; most notably in “Some Came Running” (1960), “The Apartment” (1960) and “Irma La Douce” (1963). The
