Editing Shirley MacLaine (section)

===1960–1969: Acclaim and stardom===
[[File:The apartment trailer maclaine1.JPG|thumb|left|MacLaine in the trailer for ''[[The Apartment]]'' (1960)]]
MacLaine appeared with Frank Sinatra in 1960's ''[[Can-Can (film)|Can-Can]]'', then made a cameo appearance in the [[Rat Pack]] movie ''[[Ocean's 11]]'' (1960). MacLaine would become an honorary member of the Rat Pack.<ref name="Yahoo!">{{cite web |last1=Shewfelt |first1=Raechal |title=Shirley MacLaine says Rat Pack pals Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin never hit on her: 'They protected me' |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/shirley-mac-laine-says-rat-pack-pals-frank-sinatra-and-dean-martin-never-hit-on-her-they-protected-me-000040307.html |website=Yahoo! Entertainment |date=November 5, 2019 |publisher=Yahoo! |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref>

In 1960, MacLaine starred in [[Billy Wilder]]'s romantic drama ''[[The Apartment]]'' (1960). The film is set on the [[Upper West Side]] of Manhattan and follows an insurance clerk, C.C. Baxter ([[Jack Lemmon]]), who allows his co-workers to use his apartment for their extramarital affairs. He is attracted to the insurance company's elevator operator (MacLaine), who is already having an affair with Baxter's boss ([[Fred MacMurray]]). The film received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office. It received ten [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]], [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction (Black and White)]] and [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]. MacLaine's performance in the film earned her a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. However, despite being highly favored to win, she lost the award to [[Elizabeth Taylor]] for ''[[BUtterfield 8]]''. She, however, won the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actress]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical]]. ''The Apartment'' was included by [[Roger Ebert]] in his 2001 [[The Great Movies|Great Movies]] list. [[Charlize Theron]], speaking at the [[89th Academy Awards]], praised MacLaine's performance as "raw, real, and funny", and as making "this black and white movie feel like it's in color".<ref>{{cite web |date=February 26, 2017 |title=Social Media Gushes Over Shirley MacLaine After Oscars Appearance |url=https://www.thewrap.com/social-media-gushes-shirley-maclaine-oscars-appearance/ |access-date=May 18, 2020 |website=[[TheWrap]]}}</ref>

[[Image:The apartment trailer 1.JPG|thumb|right|[[Jack Lemmon]] and MacLaine, in a still from ''The Apartment'''s final scene-“Shut up and deal!”]]

MacLaine starred in ''[[The Children's Hour (film)|The Children's Hour]]'' (1961), based on the play by [[Lillian Hellman]], and directed by [[William Wyler]]. Reunited with Wilder and Lemmon for ''[[Irma la Douce]]'' (1963); she received her third nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, in addition to winning her second Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

In 1970, MacLaine published a memoir titled ''Don’t Fall off the Mountain'', the first of her numerous books. She devoted some pages to a 1963 incident in which she had marched into the Los Angeles office of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' and punched columnist [[Mike Connolly (columnist)|Mike Connolly]] in the mouth.<ref>{{cite book | last=MacLaine | first=Shirley | title=Don't Fall Off the Mountain | location=New York | publisher=W.W. Norton & Company Limited | year=1970 | isbn=978-0-393-07338-6}}</ref> She was angered by what he had said in his column about her ongoing contractual dispute with producer [[Hal B. Wallis|Hal Wallis]], who had introduced her to the movie industry in 1954 and whom she eventually sued successfully for violating the terms of their contract.<ref name="auto1">''Hanrihan v. Parker'', 19 Misc. 2d 467, 469 (N.Y. Misc. 1959).</ref> The incident with Connolly garnered a headline on the cover of the ''[[New York Post]]'' on June 11, 1963.<ref name="auto">Lefkowitz, Bernard (June 11, 1963). “Shirley Delivers A Punchy Line!” ''New York Post''</ref> The full story appeared on page 5 under the headline “Shirley Delivers A Punchy Line!” with a byline by [[Bernard Lefkowitz]].<ref name="auto" />

MacLaine starred in the Cold War comedy ''[[John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!]]'' (1965), with a screenplay by [[William Peter Blatty]], and then co-starred with [[Michael Caine]] in the crime thriller ''[[Gambit (1966 film)|Gambit]]'' (1966).

In the mid-1960s, [[Twentieth Century-Fox]] offered her a salary of $750,000 on a "pay or play" basis to appear in a movie adaptation of the musical ''[[Bloomer Girl]]'', a fee equivalent to the paydays enjoyed by top box office stars of the time. However, the project was canceled, triggering a lawsuit.<ref name="Columbia Law">{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Victor P. |title=Bloomer Girl Revisited or How to Frame an Unmade Picture |url=https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3566&context=faculty_scholarship |website=Columbia Law School Archive |publisher=Columbia Law School |access-date=October 22, 2023}}</ref>

MacLaine next starred in seven roles as seven different women in [[Vittorio DeSica]]'s episodic film ''[[Woman Times Seven]]'' (1967), a collection of seven stories of love and adultery set against a Paris backdrop. She followed that film with another comedy, ''[[The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom]]'' in 1968. Both films were box office flops.

[[File:John McMartin-Shirley MacLaine in Sweet Charity trailer.jpg|thumb|MacLaine and [[John McMartin]] in the trailer for ''[[Sweet Charity (film)|Sweet Charity]]'' (1969)]] 
In 1969, MacLaine starred in the film version of the musical ''[[Sweet Charity (film)|Sweet Charity]]'', directed by [[Bob Fosse]], and based on the script for [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]'' which was released a decade earlier. [[Gwen Verdon]], who originated the role onstage, had hoped to play Charity in the film version; however, MacLaine won the role because her name was better known to audiences at the time. Verdon signed on as assistant to choreographer Bob Fosse, helping teach MacLaine dance moves and some of the more intricate routines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/movies/92067/Sweet-Charity/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015053316/http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/movies/92067/Sweet-Charity/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2014|title= Sweet Charity|website= [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]].com|access-date= May 17, 2020}}</ref> MacLaine received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical nomination. The film was not a financial success.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}