Shirley MacLaine five competitive Golden Globe Awards, and received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 1998 ceremony. Named after actress Shirley Temple (who was six years old at the time), Shirley MacLean Beaty was born on April 24, 1934, in Richmond, Virginia. Her father, Ira Owens Beaty, was a professor of psychology, public school administrator, and real estate agent, and her mother, Kathlyn Corinne (née MacLean), was a drama teacher, originally from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. MacLaine's younger brother is the actor, writer, and director Warren Beatty; he changed the spelling of his surname when he became an actor.
Shirley Temple either of the latter two could easily upstage the girl, MGM replaced her with Virginia Weidler. As a result, her only film for Metro was "Kathleen" in 1941, a story about an unhappy teenager. The film was not a success, and her MGM contract was canceled after mutual consent. "Miss Annie Rooney" followed for United Artists in 1942, but was unsuccessful. The actress retired from films for almost two years, in order to instead focus on school and activities. In 1944, David O. Selznick signed Shirley Temple to a four-year contract. She appeared in two wartime hits: "Since You Went