Legendary actress Shirley MacLaine celebrated her 90th birthday on Wednesday by announcing a brand-new book featuring material from her archives.
The book, titled The Wall of Life, will be released on October 22, 2024.
It will feature stories and photos from the Oscar-winning actress’ life.
‘I have lived a wonderful life and I wanted to share it, all of the photos brought back such wonderful memories,’ said MacLaine in an interview with People.
According to that interview, The Apartment star planned to commemorate her milestone birthday with an ‘intimate dinner with friends.’
The star, who was seen this year at Kristy’s Village Cafe in Malibu, said: ‘We’re getting together and I hope to eat something good.’
Legendary actress Shirley MacLaine celebrated her 90th birthday on Wednesday by announcing a brand-new book featuring material from her archives. The book, titled The Wall of Life, will be released on October 22, 2024. It will feature stories and photos from the Oscar-winning actress’ life. Left in 2019, right in 1957
‘I have lived a wonderful life and I wanted to share it, all of the photos brought back such wonderful memories,’ said MacLaine in an interview with People. Seen in the 1970s
The sister of Warren Beatty also shared she is grateful that she ‘can keep working’ and has her health and friends.
The Oscar-winner credited dancing for her longevity.
‘I started my dance training at age three and stopped at about 67. It taught me discipline, loving music, working with people and dealing with pain,’ she said.
She made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble With Harry in 1955, when she was 21. That same year, she appeared alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Artists and Models.
Her career has spanned eight decades. In recent years, she has appeared on the big and small screens, with a starring role in the black comedy American Dreamer and a two-episode guest appearance on The Only Murders In The Building.
She also appeared in A Family Affair, which is expected to premiere on Netflix later this year, not to be confused with a similarly titled UK film.
The newly-minted nonagenarian is scheduled to film a new movie in Atlantic City titled People Not Places.
‘It’s a wonderful script and we are getting ready to start and will see what happens,’ she said.
The actress and Jack Lemmon, her co-star in Billy Wilder’s The Apartment, left their signature and handprints in cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater in 1964
The two appeared in one other Billy Wilder film together, Irma La Douce in 1963
With her brother Warren Beatty in 1966 in Los Angeles
As the book’s title suggests, it was inspired by a wall. In this case, located in the actress’ home in Malibu and decorated with photos.
‘About 45 years ago, I put ten or so framed photographs of friends and family and people I’ve worked with all grouped together on a living room wall.
‘Everyone who came over loved to look at this montage, and so The Wall of Life was born. I’m pleased to share a selection of these photos — and some of the stories behind them — in this book,’ MacLaine said.
The Steel Magnolias star is no stranger to books; in 1983, she released a memoir titled Out On a Limb, which became a New York Times bestseller.
According to the People article, her next book covers her childhood with brother and fellow actor Warren Beatty, her days on Broadway, her career on the silver screen, motherhood, and crossing the paths of people like Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis, and the Dalai Lama.
‘About 45 years ago, I put ten or so framed photographs of friends and family and people I’ve worked with all grouped together on a living room wall. Everyone who came over loved to look at this montage, and so The Wall of Life was born. I’m pleased to share a selection of these photos — and some of the stories behind them — in this book,’ MacLaine said. Seen in 1970