She is one of Hollywood’s last living legends. So her recent appearance, stepping out looking frail and with reddish spots on her nose and face, has sparked concern.
The Steel Magnolias siren, who turns 91 in April, was having a late lunch and glass of red wine with one of her caretakers at her favorite haunt Kristy’s Malibu café near Zuma Beach on Tuesday.
Photos obtained exclusively by the Daily Mail show Shirley MacLaine wearing a wide-brimmed orange hat and dark sunglasses, in an attempt to keep the sun off her fair skin as she dined on the patio.
MacLaine, who is actor Warren Beatty’s big sister, awkwardly tugged at the side of the hat, pulling it down as the sun’s angle shifted.
It was a scene that came in stark contrast to a trip, just eight months ago in July last year, when MacLaine was seen at Kristy’s looking spry and upbeat. As the Daily Mail reported last year, MacLaine loves dining al fresco at the restaurant, which is thought to be her favorite and where she is said to particularly enjoy people-watching.
Her mood last week appeared to be more subdued.
Shirley MacLaine is one of Hollywood’s last living legends. So her recent appearance, stepping out looking frail and with reddish spots on her nose and face, has sparked concern
MacLaine, who turns 91 in April, was having a late lunch and glass of red wine with one of her caretakers at her favorite haunt Kristy’s Malibu café near Zuma Beach on Tuesday
2024: Shirley MacLaine has been spotted at Kristy’s Cafe in Malibu multiple times over the past few years, such as when she went last year for the 4th of July
And it wasn’t just her apparent discomfort from the sun; MacLaine appeared to be upset about the lack of customers at the restaurant.
Malibu is suffering following the closure of Pacific Coast Highway after the mass destruction caused by the Los Angeles fires in January.
On Tuesday, a waitress could be heard telling MacLaine and her female caregiver that business was down a lot.
‘No one can get here!’ she reportedly said.
MacLaine — who won a Best Actress Oscar for the 1984 movie Terms of Endearment after being nominated and lost five times previously — appeared to be genuinely saddened by the news, worrying about the waitstaff.
‘It’s just unbelievable,’ she was overheard telling the waitress about the fires and subsequent desolation in her beloved Malibu.
Only two other diners were present at the restaurant on Tuesday.
After almost two hours, Shirley packed up to leave. Not one to waste, she asked to have her wine put in a plastic to-go cup along with the food she was unable to finish.
The legendary actress continues to thrive into her tenth decade.
Last year she was reported to be looking for an assistant, with the main qualification being someone who could make her a cocktail each night.
The Oscar-winning actress appeared worried about the staff at Kristy’s, following a decline in footfall
She was wearing a wide-brimmed orange floppy hat and dark sunglasses, in an attempt to keep the sun off her fair skin
Over the years, MacLaine – who had an open marraige with her husband of 28 years – has claimed to have had romantic liaisons with all her leading men except the two Jacks: Nicholson and Lemmon.
She said Nicholson ‘wasn’t her type’ despite their on-screen chemistry and Lemmon was ‘like a sister to me… a darling’.
In a 2023 profile, Vanity Fair described her as ‘a brave firebrand, a vulnerable mystic, and true earthy broad.’
No doubt, that strength and determination will aid her through this tough period as Malibu rebuilds.
