I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

She later said "I thought I would win for The Apartment but then Elizabeth Taylor had a tracheotomy. She's very very hard. Personal life

MacLaine was married to businessman Steve Parker until their divorce in 1982.

She won the 1976 Emmy Award for Outstanding Special – Comedy-Variety or Music for Gypsy in My Soul. 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.