Shirley MacLaine has made a rare video appearance at the age of 92, and she’s not shy about taking a few quips at “Sweet Charity’s” expense.
MacLaine said, “I would like to see ‘Sweet Charity’ again. Now, when you’re watching it, remember how hard we worked.” in a video Posted by Southampton Playhouse ahead of an upcoming screening of Bob Fosse’s musical film at the theatre. “And between you and me, it didn’t go very well.”
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MacLaine starred in Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity”, which was released in 1969 and was a box office flop; Nevertheless, Fosse found commercial success later in his career with “Cabaret” and “All That Jazz”. Fosse’s directorial debut stars MacLaine alongside Sammy Davis Jr., Chita Rivera, John McMartin, Paula Kelly, and Ricardo Montalban.
In December 2025, McLain received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the first Dance Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The award was also named in honor of MacLean.
Accepting her award she said, “Receiving an award for dance is the most important acknowledgment I can have.” “When I was three years old my mother took me to a dancing class because I had weak ankles and I fell in love with it.”
MacLaine won a Best Actress Oscar for her work in “Terms of Endearment” in 1984. His previous Oscar nominations were for “The Turning Point,” “The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir,” “Irma La Douce,” “The Apartment” and “Some Came Running.” His last on-screen appearance was in the 2022 film “American Dreamer” and two episodes of “Only Murders in the Building”. In November 2025, Diversity specifically announced MacLaine and Ansel Elgort will star in a road trip comedy called “Lucy Boomer”.
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