Shelley Winters

Born: 1920-08-18, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died: 2006-01-14

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.

Filmography

• The Love Boat (1977)
• Hotel (1982)
• Climax! (1954)
• Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
• Ben Casey (1961)
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
• Kojak (1973)
• McCloud (1970)
• The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
• The United States Steel Hour (1953)
• Chico and the Man (1974)
• Alcoa Premiere (1961)
• Roseanne (1988)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
• Le locataire (1976)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Harper (1966)
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
• Gran bollito (1977)
• A Place in the Sun (1951)
• Stridulum (1979)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• A Patch of Blue (1965)
• Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012)
• Cry of the City (1948)
• Stepping Out (1991)
• Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
• The Stone Killer (1973)