Amanda Bynes — Shoplifting Video … Ellen’s Got Nothing on Me (VIDEO)

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Amanda Bynes danced furiously in a New York clothing store before trying to pilfer a shirt … and TMZ has the video.

If it were anyone else, it would be both fun and amusing … but in Amanda’s case it’s desperate. You see her inside Pookie & Sebastian browsing the racks before busting into some wild dance moves.

Amanda’s strongly built driver got way more than he bargained for as Bynes did a full body search in the middle of the store.

TMZ broke the report … Amanda tried a sticky finger go on a shirt Wednesday before a store clerk confronted her. A fleeting time later, she was nabbed by security at Barney’s for allegedly trying to steal a hat.

No one filed charges.

Amanda’s life is in both danger and limbo … we know her parents have not decided whether to go back to court and question for another conservatorship.  Absent that, the only thing authorities can do is place her on a psychiatric hold, but ONLY if she poses a honest danger to herself or others.