Shirley MacLaine Turns 79

Actress Shirley MacLaine is celebrating her 79th birthday today.

From Wikipedia:

Shirley MacLean Beatty (born April 24, 1934), known professionally as Shirley MacLaine, is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author. She has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy twice, for her roles in The Apartment and Irma la Douce, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama twice for Terms of Endearment and Madame Sousatzka. She was honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998. She was nominated for an Academy Award five times before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1983 for her role as Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment.

She is also the sister to actor Warren Beatty.

I met Ms. MacLaine three years ago while on patrol in Malibu.  The story of our encounter is recounted here in one of my "Tales of Adventure In Malibu" blog posts. She's quite a character!

Happy Birthday, Shirley!