Shirley MacLaine reveals her life in a new book filled with photographs and memories spanning seven decades.
The actress and author, 90, opened up about her “terrifying” interaction with former President Donald Trump in her latest tome, The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime, revealing a much sweeter connection with one of the men famous people we meet along the way.
The actress, who shared a high-profile 28-year marriage to the late filmmaker Steve Parker, enjoyed several romances throughout her long career.
She claims to have been romantically involved with all but two of the protagonists: Jack Nicholson, 87, and the late Jack Lemmon, according to People.
Both MacLaine and Nicholson won Oscars for their performances in the 1983 drama Terms of Endearment.
Shirley MacLaine, 90, opens up about the many loves of her life in new book (pictured in Los Angeles in October 2023)
In the film, MacLaine plays the struggling mother of a young woman who breaks up with her unfaithful husband and is then diagnosed with a terminal illness. Cancer.
Nicholson played MacLaine's former playboy astronaut with whom she had an affair.
The actress says the two had good chemistry on screen, but that was it.
'He always made me laugh. It's one of my favorites.' The protagonist said about her friend.
'I guess he wouldn't have been my type anyway. I laugh more.'
For Lemon, who starred in The Apartment (1960) and Irma LaDouce (1963), the versatile star was “like a sister to me.” He's a sweet boy.
The star was joined by Robert Mitchum, with whom she worked on two films, 1962's Two for the Cheese and 1964's What a Way to Go.
“He was very smart, hidden, but he was very, very smart,” he explained, “and he didn't have much of a sense of humor.”
MacLaine said that while he and Jack Nicholson shared on-screen chemistry in Terms of Endearment, they didn't bond behind the scenes. “I guess he wouldn't have been my type anyway. I laugh more,' he said.
Both MacLaine and Nicholson won Oscars for their roles in the 1983 drama (filmed in Los Angeles in 1984).
The actress claims to have been romantically involved with all of the leading men except Nicholson and the late Jack Lemmon, with whom she starred in two films, including 1960's The Apartment. Lemmon was “like a sister to me,” she said. He's a sweet boy.
The star teamed up with Robert Mitchum, with whom he worked on two films: Two for the Cheese from 1962 (seen here) and What a Way to Go from 1964. “He's very intelligent” but “he doesn't have much of a sense of humor.”
MacLaine said she was something of a mentor to co-star Nicolas Cage in 1994's Karting Tess. 'Oh, I love Nicolas. “I love Nicolás,” she said. 'He asked me for advice on how to be a star. Yes, I liked him a lot, but he wasn't attracted to me.
The Wall of Life will hit bookstores on October 22
The versatile actress starred alongside Nicolas Cage, 60, in 1994's Carding Tess, a Secret Service agent assigned to look after MacLaine's former first lady, but the actress said there was no romance between them between May and December. .
'Oh, I love Nicholas. “I love Nicholas,” he told the outlet.
'He asked me for advice on how to be a star. Yes, I liked him a lot, but he wasn't attracted to me.
The Wall of Life will hit bookstores on October 22.
