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Shelley Winters

Acting · Born August 18, 1920 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Movies with Shelley Winters

• Lolita (1962) — Charlotte Haze
• Pete's Dragon (1977) — Lena Gogan
• The Delta Force (1986) — Edie Kaplan
• The Night of the Hunter (1955) — Willa Harper
• The Tenant (1976) — Concierge
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972) — Belle Rosen
• A Place in the Sun (1951) — Alice Tripp
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) — Woman who is healed
• The Portrait of a Lady (1996) — Mrs. Touchett
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) — (archive footage)
• Red River (1948) — Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) — Self

TV shows with Shelley Winters

• What's My Line? (1950) — Self
• Hollywood Squares (1966) — Self
• Roseanne (1988) — Nana Mary