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Shirley MacLaine Recalls Uneasy '80s Encounter with Donald Trump: 'I Got Out of There Real Fast'

Shirley MacLaine's new book, 'The Wall of Life', out now from Crown Publishing, includes the actress's recollections of her connections with American presidents.

Shirley MacLaine has made dozens of films in her nearly 70-year acting career., so it's no surprise that she's got friends aplenty in Hollywood — and the stories to go along with them. She adds of Jimmy Carter that she was "fascinated by his intelligence" and she "actually liked[Ronald] Reagan as a person very much; he was a show business favorite." At the legendary 1962 45th birthday party for President John F. Kennedy at New York City's Madison Square Garden — the one where Marilyn Monroe famously serenaded him with "Happy Birthday" — MacLaine and Jimmy Durante also performed together for the 35th president.

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