(born 1934) A dancer from childhood onwards, Maclaine has also received acclaim as a female comedian and serious actor in four decades of Broadway and in movies. Her roles have ranged from hookers to First Ladies, sensual but vulnerable ingénues to formidable Southern matrons. After several nominations since the 1950s, she won an Oscar in 1983 for Terms of Endearment. A political activist in the 1960s, Maclaine has also become deeply associated with New Age mysticism and has written extensively on reincarnation.