Shirley MacLaine showed she was ready to get back to business on Monday when she stepped out in Malibu for lunch.
The 87-year-old Hollywood legend was spotted relaxing with a martini while catching up with some of her family members.
The actress eschewed her usual glamour in favor of a more low-key look for the gathering at the popular Kristy’s Village Cafe.
Bottom’s up! Shirley MacLaine, 87, enjoyed a martini as she caught up with family at Kristy’s Village Cafe in Malibu on Monday
Stepping out: MacLaine stayed active on Monday as she stepped out for lunch al fresco
Shirley had on a baby blue shirt while covering up against the chilly sea breeze with a gray fleece jacket.
She also wore navy blue fleece pants and comfortable red suede clogs.
The Academy Award winner sported chunky black round-frame glasses and wore a black visor over her silver hair to block out the sun.
She walked arm-in-arm while out with her relatives, who had multiple shopping bags in their arms.
Low key: The actress eschewed her usual glamour in favor of a more low-key look for the gathering
Casual: Shirley had on a baby blue shirt while covering up against the chilly sea breeze with a gray fleece jacket. She also wore navy blue fleece pants and comfortable red suede clogs
Shirley looked totally at ease during the outdoors lunch as she sipped on her classic martini.
It’s not clear if she has been vaccinated yet, though she would have been one of the first people eligible to get the jab due to her age.
She didn’t bother wearing a mask throughout the afternoon, though some of her family were masked up when they weren’t eating or drinking.
Safe to socialize: It’s not clear if she has been vaccinated yet, though she would have been one of the first people eligible to get the jab due to her age
Covered up: She didn’t bother wearing a mask throughout the afternoon, though some of her family were masked up when they weren’t eating or drinking
Keeping at it: Even amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Apartment star has managed to stay remarkably active
Even amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Apartment star has managed to stay remarkably active.
In a Variety profile from November, she shared that she had three projects lined up once it was safe, and she appears to have completed work on one of them already.
According to IMDb, Shirley’s next film American Dreamer has finished principle photography and is in post-production, while two others are in the pre-production stage.
Among them is the film People Not Place, in which the octogenarian would play the lead role as a ‘sprightly woman in her twilight years’ who befriends a homeless man and tries to fix her broken relationship with her son.
On set: In a Variety profile from November, she shared that she had three projects lined up once it was safe, and she appears to have completed work on one of them already
Busy: According to IMDb , Shirley’s next film American Dreamer has finished principle photography and is in post-production, while two others are in the pre-production stage
Saying her goodbyes: After her lunch meetup, Shirley stopped to chat with her family at their cars before heading off
After her lunch meetup, Shirley stopped to chat with her family at their cars before heading off.
In her Variety profile, the Terms Of Endearment star attributed her remarkable longevity to her temperament.
‘I’m not a diva,’ she said, tracing her resiliency to her dance training as a young girl.
‘That comes from my 3-year-old ballet training. I’ve got to go all the way back to that and just hard, honest work, with quite a bit of art, if you can muster it, thrown in.’
Staying active helps too, and she keeps the roles coming so she can travel the world
‘I’ve also stayed in the business and never thought about quitting because I wanted to pay for plane tickets to travel. I didn’t socialize Hollywood style,’ she explained. ‘I’d rather travel to a country I hadn’t been to. So when I think about my life, I’m not sure I wouldn’t put the travels a bit above show business.’
Early start: In her Variety profile, the Terms Of Endearment star attributed her remarkable longevity to her temperament. ‘I’m not a diva,’ she said, tracing her resiliency to her dance training as a young girl
Shirley’s earliest success came on Broadway as a chorus girl in Oklahoma!, and after going back to Arlington, Virginia, to finish high school after the summer was over, she head back to Broadway with renewed determination.
Her big break came when she replaced the star of a 1954 production of The Pajama Game after she was injured, and the next year she made her film debut with Alfred Hitchcock directing her in one of his rare comedies, The Trouble With Harry.
Since then, she’s starred in classics including the Clint Eastwood Western Two Mules For Sister Sara, the bittersweet romantic comedy The Apartment, and the film that won her the Oscar, Terms Of Endearment, among many others.
In addition to that prize, which she was nominated for four previous times, she’s also the winner of an Emmy and five Golden Globes.
Although she’s now on the coast, MacLaine often spends time on a ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her three rat terriers.
After filling in on Broadway in 1954, she made her screen debut for Alfred Hitchcock in 1955’s The Trouble With Harry. She’s won numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Terms Of Endearment