Shirley MacLaine has opened up about her love life in her upcoming memoir.
The 90-year-old actress, who wrote her best-selling autobiography “Out on a Limb” in 1983, will publish her new book “The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories” on October 22nd. It will be released on the day.
In an interview with People magazine ahead of the memoir's publication, MacLaine, who had an open marriage with her husband of 28 years, Steve Parker, revealed that she had affairs with all of her major men except for two: Jack Nicholson and Jack Lemmon. He claimed that there was
Shirley MacLaine claimed to have had affairs with all the leading men except Jack Nicholson and Jack Lemmon. (Getty)
McClain and Nicholson played lovers in James L. Brooks' 1983 film Terms of Endearment, but the Emmy Award winners said their relationship remained platonic in real life. I explained the reason.
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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.”
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.
MacLaine and Jack Nicholson co-starred in 1983's Terms of Endearment. (Paramount Pictures/Getty Images)
Nicholson won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for her performance in the film, while MacLaine finally won her first Best Actress Oscar for her role as Aurora after four previous nominations.
In his acceptance speech, McClain said he was looking forward to working together. nicholson “It was a midlife joy to put him to bed,” she quipped.
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MacLaine co-starred with Lemmon in 1960's “The Apartment'' and 1963's “Irma La Douce.'' Although the two played lovers in both romantic comedies, McClain admitted there was never a spark between them off-screen.
“Lemon was like a sister to me. He was a sweetheart,” she said. Lemon passed away in 2001 at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer.
Both won Oscars for their performances in the film. (Photo International/Getty Images)
McClain told the outlet that she had an affair with Robert Mitchum. The two co-starred in 1962's Two for the Seesaw and 1964's What a Way to Go.
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“He was just very intelligent. Hidden, but very, very intelligent,” she recalled. “He didn't have much of a sense of humor.”
Mitchum died in 1997 at the age of 79 due to complications from lung cancer and emphysema.
McClain said Lemon was “like a little sister” to him. (Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
McClain admitted that she and Nicolas Cage, her co-star in the 1994 film The Guarding Tess, did not have a romance between May and December. The 60-year-old played Doug Chesnick, a Secret Service agent assigned to protect former First Lady Tess Carlyle, who is in high maintenance.
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“Oh, I love Nicola. I love Nicola,” McClain said. “He listened to my advice about being a star. Yeah, I really liked him, but he wasn't attracted to me.”
McClain's only marriage was to Parker, who died in 2001 at the age of 79. MacLaine, an actress and film producer, had a 68-year-old daughter, Sachi.
