The Oscar winner has remained mainly out of the spotlight, but is still open to selective projects.

Shirley MacLaine, 92, makes rare video appearance to promote Sweet Charity screening

The Oscar winner has remained mainly out of the spotlight, but is still open to selective projects.

By Leigh Blickley

August 19, 2026 2:19 p.m. ET

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Shirley MacLaine appeared in a video to support Southampton Playhouse. Credit:

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- Shirley MacLaine appeared in a video to promote a screening of *Sweet Charity*.

- The 92-year-old actress cracked a joke and thanked fans for watching the film.

- She is set to appear in the upcoming indie film *People Not Places*.

Shirley MacLaine made a rare appearance to promote an upcoming screening of the movie musical *Sweet Charity*, in which she played the title role in 1969.

MacLaine, 92, appeared in an Instagram video in support of New York’s Southampton Playhouse. The theater is showing Bob Fosse’s musical comedy-drama during their “Tuesday Tunes” series on Aug. 25.

“Hi, Southampton Playhouse. Wish I could be with you, I would like to see *Sweet Charity* again,” MacLaine said in the clip. “Now, while you’re watching it, remember how hard we worked. And, between you and me, it didn’t do very well. So, I hope you guys like it! Much love.”

MacLaine sent a kiss out to viewers before the playhouse shared, “Shirley MacLaine in Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity.”

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Shelby Coleman, the widow of the film’s composer Cy Coleman, who earned an Oscar nomination for his score.

“Bob Fosse’s first film was adapted from a Fellini film and transformed into a dazzling cinematic musical experience,” Southhampton Playhouse shared on Instagram. “Cy Coleman received his first and only Oscar nomination for his music on the film. His widow, Shelby Coleman, will join us after the film for a personal window into her husband’s career. Close out the summer with this very special edition of our Tuesday Tunes series!”

MacLaine has kept a low profile since appearing in the film* American Dreamer* and as a guest star on season 2 of *Only Murders in the Buildin**g* in 2022.

She will reportedly appear in the upcoming indie drama *People Not Places**,* alongside Stephen Dorff. The synopsis reads, “A sprightly woman in her twilight years strikes up an unlikely friendship with a local homeless man, while struggling to mend a troubled relationship with her son.”

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The film is directed by Brad Furman, known for 2011’s *The Lincoln Lawyer. *The director recently appeared alongside MacLaine at a Creative Artists Agency (CAA) screening of the film, according to social media.

Shirley MacLaine at the 2023 Industry Dance Awards.

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“What a treat to see the 92 yrs young Shirley MacLaine in the first screening of my friend Brad Furman’s new film PEOPLE NOT PLACES,” activist Joanne Horowitz shared on Instagram July 12. “Such a beautiful gem of a movie with an incredible performance by @theshirleymaclaine.”

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The movie was shot in and around Atlantic City, N.J., in 2024.

“[Shirley] was just absolutely incredible,” Jim Zauner, executive director of assisted living home The Shores, told *Press of Atlantic City*. “Her energy level (and) professionalism of hitting every line at every time, whether it was at 3 in the afternoon or 3 in the morning, was spot on.”

In 2019, MacLaine told PEOPLE she’d never retire and enjoys staying “bright” on set.

“I look back at the wonderful parts I’ve had the honor to play, and I’m thinking about the future, and I want to be a spokesperson for older-women,” she insisted, “probably because I’m one.”

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