A conversation with ‘Herself’

Shirley MacLaine sets up no boundaries in one-woman chat with her audience

Sunday, March 18, 2012

By Bill Buell (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

In more than 55 years in the public eye, Shirley MacLaine was never one to pull any punches. She expects nothing less from her audience.

“It’s like we’re just having a conversation in my living room, and what happens there stays there,” said MacLaine, who will be at the Mainstage at Proctors on Friday night for her one-woman chat titled “Herself. Shirley MacLaine.”

“I show some clips from my movies, talk about things and nothing is off limits. We’ll talk about anything.”

The 1983 Oscar winner for “Terms of Endearment,” MacLaine said sometimes her conversations can get pretty personal.

“At one of my Florida shows, a woman got up in the aisle and said that she had an affair with my father,” she related. “So, we talked about it. I asked her if my daddy was the guy who made her a woman, I asked her how he was in bed and why they had broken up. I actually do remember a time when my mother had been so jealous.”

Friday night’s presentation will allow time for a question-and-answer period, and

‘Herself. Shirley MacLaine’

WHERE: Proctors, 432 State St., Schenectady

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday

HOW MUCH: $70-$20

MORE INFO: 346-6204, www.proctors.org

MacLaine expects to handle a few questions about the time she spent with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and other members of The Rat Pack.

“There was no hanky-panky, never,” said MacLaine...

GAZETTE reporter BILL BUELL tells all in his facinating interview with Shirley MacLaine:

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