Mac ‧ Laine, Shir ‧ ley /məˈkleɪn, ˈʃɜːli $ ˈʃɜːr-/ BrE AmE
(1934–) a US actress. Her films include Steel Magnolias (1989) and Postcards from the Edge (1990). She won an ↑ Oscar for Terms of Endearment (1983). She has also written books about ↑ reincarnation , describing the different lives that she believes she has lived in the past.