Shirley MacLaine shared time on the silver screen with dozens of leading actors.
In MacLaine's new memoir, The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime, the Academy Award-winning actress writes about rising stars who need a little pep talk on set.
McClain, 90, entered the entertainment industry as a contract player for Paramount, where he befriended Elvis Presley, who was also just beginning his acting career.
“His dressing room was two doors down, and he didn't know how to behave on set,” McClain wrote. People magazine.
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Shirley MacLaine met Elvis Presley when they worked together on the Paramount lot in the '50s. (Getty Images)
“I told him to be nice and kind to people, because he was a big star at the time.”
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She added, “But we didn't hang out together. I didn't know him that well.”
“I told him to be nice and kind to people, because he was a big star at the time.”
McClain was a contract player with Paramount during her early days as an actress. (Getty Images)
MacLaine also revealed that Morgan Freeman wasn't too interested in her charms either.
“I proposed to him and he refused,” she wrote. When asked to elaborate, MacLaine said, “Oh, I really liked him right away. I thought his acting was great. I didn't say much, he just shook his head. “Don't you think it's interesting?''
McClain, who had an open marriage with her husband of 28 years, Steve Parker, claimed to have had affairs with all but two of her major men. jack nicholson And Jack Lemmon.
MacLaine and Nicholson played lovers in the 1983 film “Terms of Endearment,'' directed by James L. Brooks. emmy awards The winners explained why their real-life relationship remains platonic.
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“He always made me laugh. He was one of my favorite people,” she said. “I don't think he was the type to cheat on me anyway. I would laugh too hard.”
Jack Nicholson and Shirley MacLaine won Oscars for their roles in Terms of Endearment. (Photo International/Getty Images)
In the film, McClain played Aurora Greenway, a widow who embarks on a romance with Garrett Breedlove (Nicholson), a promiscuous former astronaut who lives next door.
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“He always made me laugh. He was one of my favorite people.”
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In his acceptance speech, MacLaine said he had looked forward to working with Nicholson, saying, “It was a midlife joy to be able to put him to bed.”
MacLaine later joked that she found being in bed with Nicholson a “midlife joy.” (Getty Images)
McClain also wrote about introducing Elizabeth Taylor to her third husband, Mike Todd, the producer of Around the World in 80 Days, in which McClain starred.
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“I thought maybe they could get along,” she told People magazine. “I asked one of them to come to my location so we could meet…and there was an instant attraction.”
Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume contributed to this report.
