Shirley MacLaine Net Worth

Shirley MacLaine has an estimated net worth of $50 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Shirley MacLaine net worth page (figures as of November 2, 2026).

Shirley MacLaine is an American actress who was born in 1934. She is one of the last major stars from Hollywood's late studio era still working, with an Oscar-winning career that includes Terms of Endearment and a long list of classic comedies and dramas. She has also written bestsellers about her life and beliefs.

Her career stretches from 1950s film musicals and comedies through late-career television and film roles that kept her in the public eye.

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty; April 24, 1934) is an American actress and author.

With a career spanning over 70 years, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two BAFTA Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups, and two Silver Bears.

How Shirley MacLaine makes her money

Film salaries across decades of leading roles built the base of her wealth.

Stage work and touring productions added live income.

Book advances and sales from her memoirs created another stream.

Television movies and guest roles extended earnings later in life.

She has been honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute in 1995, the Cecil B.

DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014.

MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, MacLaine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals Me and Juliet and The Pajama Game.

MacLaine's career began during the final years of the Golden Age of Hollywood where she 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), 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 estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Shirley MacLaine's net worth at $50 million, on its page last updated November 2, 2026. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

The estimate summarizes earnings across the main chapters of the career rather than a single contract. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.