Claim: Shirley MacLaine starred in a movie.

The Turning Point is a 1977 American drama film centered on the world of ballet in New York City , written by Arthur Laurents and directed by Herbert Ross . The film stars Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft , along with Leslie Browne , Mikhail Baryshnikov , and Tom Skerritt . The film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards , including Best Picture . The script is a fictionalized version of the real-life Brown family and the friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown and Nora Kaye .