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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shelley Winters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1920-08-18 |
| Died | 2006-01-14 |
Movies
Groucho & Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
2022
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self (archive footage)
2002
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
as Self (archive footage)
2001
On Cukor
as Self
2000
La bomba
as Prof. Summers
1999
Gideon
as Mrs. Willows
1998
1997
Valley Girls
as Lady in Truck
1996
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mrs. Touchett
1996
Heavy
as Dolly Modino
1995
Raging Angels
as Grandma Ruth
1995
Jury Duty
as Mrs. Collins
1995
1995
Backfire!
as The Good Lieutenant
1995
Mrs. Munck
as Aunt Monica
1995
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
1994
The Silence of the Hams
as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1994
The Pickle
as Yetta
1993
Weep No More, My Lady
as Vivian Morgan
1992
Stepping Out
as Mrs. Fraser
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
Touch of a Stranger
as Lily
1990
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self
1990
An Unremarkable Life
as Evelyn McEllany
1989
1989
Purple People Eater
as Rita
1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
1986
1986
The Delta Force
as Edie Kaplan
1986
Witchfire
as Lydia
1986
Déjà Vu
as Olga Nabokova
1985
Ellie
as Cora Jackson
1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Becky
1984
Do It Debbie's Way
as Self
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Cole
1983
S.O.B.
as Eva Brown
1981
Looping
as Carmen
1981
The Magician of Lublin
as Elzbieta
1979
City on Fire
as Nurse Andrea Harper
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Crystal (voice)
1979
The Visitor
as Jane Phillips
1979
Cher... and Other Fantasies
as Shelley
1979
Elvis
as Gladys Presley
1979
King of the Gypsies
as Queen Rachel
1978
The Initiation of Sarah
as Mrs. Erica Hunter
1978
Black Journal
as Lea
1977
Pete's Dragon
as Lena Gogan
1977
An Average Little Man
as Amalia Vivaldi
1977
Tentacles
as Tillie Turner
1977
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
as Crystal
1976
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
as Caterina
1976
The Tenant
as The Concierge
1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Faye Lapinsky
1976
Diamonds
as Zelda Shapiro
1975
Journey into Fear
as Mrs. Mathews
1975
That Lucky Touch
as Diana Steedeman
1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Bertha
1975
The Sex Symbol
as Agatha Murphy
1974
Big Rose
as Rose Winters
1974
The Stone Killer
as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973
Cleopatra Jones
as Mommy
1973
Blume in Love
as Mrs. Cramer
1973
The Devil's Daughter
as Lilith Malone
1973
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen
1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Bess Tucker
1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
as Mrs. Forrest
1972
Something to Hide
as Gabriella Field
1972
A Death of Innocence
as Elizabeth Cameron
1971
Revenge!
as Amanda Hilton
1971
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Helen Hill
1971
Flap
as Dorothy Bluebell
1970
How Do I Love Thee?
as Lena Mervin
1970
Bloody Mama
as 'Ma' Kate Barker
1970
Arthur? Arthur!
as Hester Green
1969
The Mad Room
as Mrs. Armstrong
1969
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Shirley Newman
1968
Wild in the Streets
as Mrs. Daphne Flatow
1968
The Scalphunters
as Kate
1968
Easier in the Dark
as Frances
1967
Enter Laughing
as Emma Kolowitz
1967
Alfie
as Ruby
1966
Harper
as Fay Estabrook
1966
The Three Sisters
as Natalya
1966
A Patch of Blue
as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Woman who is healed
1965
Time of Indifference
as Lisa
1964
A House Is Not a Home
as Polly Adler
1964
Wives and Lovers
as Fran Cabrell
1963
The Balcony
as Madame Irma
1963
The Chapman Report
as Sarah Garnell
1962
Lolita
as Charlotte Haze
1962
The Young Savages
as Mary diPace
1961
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Nellie Romano
1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Lorry
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Petronella Van Daan
1959
I Died a Thousand Times
as Marie Garson
1955
The Big Knife
as Dixie Evans
1955
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
as Ruth Harris
1955
The Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
1955
I Am a Camera
as Natalia Landauer
1955
To Dorothy, a Son
as Myrtle La Mar
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
Mambo
as Toni Salerno
1954
Executive Suite
as Eva Bardeman
1954
Playgirl
as Fran
1954
Saskatchewan
as Grace Markey
1954
Tennessee Champ
as Sarah Wurble
1954
My Man and I
as Nancy
1952
Untamed Frontier
as Jane Stevens
1952
Meet Danny Wilson
as Joy Carroll
1952
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Binky Gay
1952
The Raging Tide
as Connie Thatcher
1951
1951
Behave Yourself!
as Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951
He Ran All the Way
as Peggy Dobbs
1951
A Place in the Sun
as Alice Tripp
1951
Frenchie
as Frenchie Fontaine
1950
South Sea Sinner
as Coral
1950
Winchester '73
as Lola Manners
1950
Take One False Step
as Catherine Sykes
1949
The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Terry
1949
Cry of the City
as Brenda Martingale
1948
Larceny
as Tory
1948
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948
Red River
as Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
1948
A Double Life
as Pat Kroll
1947
Killer McCoy
as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947
The Gangster
as Hazel
1947
Living in a Big Way
as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947
New Orleans
as Mrs. Holmbright
1947
A Thousand and One Nights
as Handmaiden
1945
Escape in the Fog
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945
Tonight and Every Night
as Bubbles (uncredited)
1945
Together Again
as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944
She's a Soldier Too
as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Ulda Tienhoven
1944
Sailor's Holiday
as Gloria Flynn
1944
What a Woman
as Secretary (uncredited)
1943
There's Something About a Soldier
as Norma
1943
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