Shirley MacLaine Makes Rare Appearance in LA — What Has She Been Up to Recently?

Shirley MacLaine, 91, Makes Rare Appear­ance in Mal­ibu — Near­ly Takes a Tum­ble but Keeps Her Sig­na­ture Charm

Oscar win­ner and Hol­ly­wood leg­end Shirley MacLaine was spot­ted out and about in her Mal­ibu neigh­bor­hood, a rare appear­ance for the actress who at 91 has large­ly stepped away from the pub­lic eye for the bet­ter part of a decade. Her low-key out­ing was a qui­et reminder of the endur­ing star pow­er of one of Hollywood’s most beloved and enig­mat­ic per­form­ers.

A Grace­ful Moment in Mal­ibu
EXCLUSIVE. Cole­man-Rayn­er­Mal­ibu, CA, USA. Novem­ber 4, 2025 — Shirley MacLaine, 91, near­ly took a tum­ble as she mis-stepped while cross­ing a road in her Mal­ibu neigh­bor­hood. The movie leg­end, who won a Best Actress Oscar in 1983 for her unfor­get­table role in Terms of Endear­ment, was on her way to a fan­cy lunch at Lucky’s Steak­house, an upscale eatery favored by celebri­ties includ­ing the Kar­dashi­ans.

She wore a col­or­ful out­fit — green pants with a match­ing sweater, a red over­coat, and com­fy slip-on shoes. For­tu­nate­ly for Shirley, she was hold­ing onto the arm of a male friend when she slipped, avoid­ing what could have been a nasty fall. After din­ing for over an hour, she car­ried two bags of food to go and popped into a local gro­cery store to pick up sev­er­al bou­quets of flow­ers.

© Jeff Rayn­er / Cole­man-Rayn­er

MacLaine’s Most Recent Endeav­ors
The cel­e­brat­ed actress was last seen in the 2022 film Amer­i­can Dream­er, a black com­e­dy based on a seg­ment from the radio show This Amer­i­can Life. In the film, MacLaine played Astrid oppo­site Peter Din­klage, deliv­er­ing a warm and qui­et­ly scene-steal­ing per­for­mance that remind­ed audi­ences of her effort­less charm and razor-sharp comedic tim­ing.

She also appeared in Hulu’s Only Mur­ders in the Build­ing, por­tray­ing the mys­te­ri­ous Rose Coop­er — also known as Leono­ra Fol­ger — in Sea­son 2 of the hit series. The role marked MacLaine’s return to tele­vi­sion after near­ly a decade, once again prov­ing her unmatched ver­sa­til­i­ty and wit.

Before her Mal­ibu out­ing, the actress had been keep­ing an increas­ing­ly pri­vate pro­file. She also recent­ly list­ed her sprawl­ing 7,500-acre ranch near Abiquiú, New Mex­i­co, on the mar­ket for $17.4 mil­lion — a move that sig­naled her grad­ual retreat from the pace of Hol­ly­wood life.

A Lega­cy of Awards and Advo­ca­cy
Recent­ly, MacLaine was hon­ored with the Life­time Achieve­ment Award from the 2023 Indus­try Dance Awards and received the James Schamus Ally Award at the 2023 Out­fest Lega­cy Awards, rec­og­niz­ing her long­time sup­port and advo­ca­cy for LGBTQ+ voic­es in film.

These trib­utes add to her long list of acco­lades, which includes an Acad­e­my Award, six Oscar nom­i­na­tions, and more than six decades of mem­o­rable roles that have shaped the land­scape of Amer­i­can cin­e­ma.

Reflec­tions on Aging and Lega­cy
In a recent inter­view with CBS Sun­day Morn­ing, MacLaine was can­did about her thoughts on aging. “I’m kind of inter­est­ed in going there,” she said, refer­ring to mor­tal­i­ty. “I’m look­ing for­ward to being part of the heav­en expe­ri­ence. I real­ly am.”

Though she’s slowed down her pub­lic appear­ances, Shirley MacLaine’s pres­ence remains time­less — a liv­ing con­nec­tion to the gold­en age of Hol­ly­wood, a woman whose career has spanned from The Apart­ment to Steel Mag­no­lias, from youth­ful ingénue to wise sage.

Her recent Mal­ibu out­ing served as a gen­tle reminder that true Hol­ly­wood leg­ends nev­er fade — they sim­ply step into the spot­light on their own terms.

Hap­py 91st Birth­day, Shirley MacLaine — here’s to the wit, wis­dom, and won­der of one of Hollywood’s bright­est spir­its.