Shelley Winters
- Acting
- August 18, 1920 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- January 14, 2006
Biography
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned almost six decades. She appeared in numerous films, and won Academy Awards for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations for A Place in the Sun (1951) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). Other roles Winters appeared in include A Double Life (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), and Pete's Dragon (1977). In addition to film, Winters appeared in television, including a years-long tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and also authored three autobiographical books.
Known for
Filmography
- Groucho & Cavett · Self
- My Darling Vivian · Self
- The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told · Self
- The Fabulous Allan Carr · Self
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- George Stevens and His Place In The Sun · Self
- On Cukor · Self
- Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies · Self
- La bomba · Prof. Summers
- Gideon · Mrs. Willows
- Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady · Self
- Valley Girls · Lady in Truck
- The Portrait of a Lady · Mrs. Touchett
- Heavy · Dolly Modino
- Raging Angels · Grandma Ruth
- Jury Duty · Mrs. Collins
- Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' · Self
- Backfire! · The Good Lieutenant
- The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
- Mrs. Munck · Aunt Monica
- Inside the Actors Studio · Self
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One · Self
- The Silence of the Hams · Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Politically Incorrect
- The Pickle · Yetta
- Vicki! · Self
- Weep No More, My Lady · Vivian Morgan
- Stepping Out · Mrs. Fraser
- Charlie Rose · Self
- Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star · Self
- Touch of a Stranger · Lily
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol · Self
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge · Self
- An Unremarkable Life · Evelyn McEllany
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre · Self
- Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
- Purple People Eater · Rita
- Hello Actors Studio · Self
- Roseanne · Nana Mary
- Very Close Quarters · Galina
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend · Self
- The Delta Force · Edie Kaplan
- Witchfire · Lydia
- Alice in Wonderland · Dodo Bird
- Déjà Vu · Olga Nabokova
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey · (archive footage)
- Hawaiian Heat
- Ellie · Cora Jackson
- Over the Brooklyn Bridge · Becky
- James Bond: The First 21 Years · Self
- Do It Debbie's Way · Self
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Fanny Hill · Mrs. Cole
- Hotel · Adele Ellsworth
- Wogan · Self
- Late Night with David Letterman · Self
- S.O.B. · Eva Brown
- Looping · Carmen
- Russell Harty
- Fridays · Self
- The French Atlantic Affair · Helen Wabash
- The Magician of Lublin · Elzbieta
- City on Fire · Nurse Andrea Harper
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July · Crystal (Voice)
- The Visitor · Jane Phillips
- Bringing A Legend To Life · Self
- Cher... and Other Fantasies · Shelley
- Elvis · Gladys Presley
- King of the Gypsies · Queen Rachel
- Vega$
- The Initiation of Sarah · Mrs. Erica Hunter
- Black Journal · Lea
- Pete's Dragon · Lena Gogan
- The Love Boat · Teresa Rosselli
- The Hollywood Greats
- An Average Little Man · Amalia Vivaldi
- Tentacles · Tillie Turner
- Making It In Hollywood · Self
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland · Crystal