# The best Shirley MacLaine movies

The lift operator in The Apartment, Irma la Douce, Aurora Greenway and Sweet Charity: Shirley MacLaine's films rated highest on AlloCiné.

- 13 votes · 13 items
- Sep 19, 2023 · celine_episode
- https://even.best/en/l/4423/the-best-shirley-maclaine-movies

## Top 13

1. **The Trouble with Harry (1955)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Alfred Hitchcock. Her first film.
2. **The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Ben Stiller. The hero's mother.
3. **The Apartment (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Billy Wilder. Fran, the lift operator; best actress at Venice.
4. **Irma la Douce (1963)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Billy Wilder. A Parisian prostitute, with Jack Lemmon.
5. **Terms of Endearment (1983)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — James L. Brooks. Aurora Greenway; her Oscar.
6. **Can-Can (1960)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Walter Lang. With Frank Sinatra in Montmartre.
7. **Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Don Siegel. A fake nun with Clint Eastwood.
8. **The Children's Hour (1961)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — William Wyler. Two teachers and a slander, with Audrey Hepburn.
9. **Sweet Charity (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bob Fosse. A dance hostess with a big heart.
10. **Being There (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hal Ashby. With Peter Sellers.
11. **Some Came Running (1958)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Vincente Minnelli. In love with Frank Sinatra.
12. **Around the World in 80 Days (1956)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Michael Anderson. Princess Aouda.
13. **Bernie (2011)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Richard Linklater. A rich Texas widow.

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