Shelley Winters
Acting
Born August 18, 1920 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Died January 14, 2006
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
My Darling Vivian
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
Gideon
1998 · Mrs. Willows
The Portrait of a Lady
1996 · Mrs. Touchett
Heavy
1995 · Dolly Modino
Jury Duty
1995 · Mrs. Collins
Raging Angels
1995 · Grandma Ruth
The Silence of the Hams
1994 · Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
The Pickle
1993 · Yetta
Stepping Out
1991 · Mrs. Fraser
Purple People Eater
1988 · Rita
The Delta Force
1986 · Edie Kaplan
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984 · Becky
Fanny Hill
1983 · Mrs. Cole
S.O.B.
1981 · Eva Brown
Elvis
1979 · Gladys Presley
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979 · Crystal (voice)
The Visitor
1979 · Jane Phillips
City on Fire
1979 · Nurse Andrea Harper
King of the Gypsies
1978 · Queen Rachel
The Initiation of Sarah
1978 · Mrs. Erica Hunter
Pete's Dragon
1977 · Lena Gogan
Tentacles
1977 · Tillie Turner
An Average Little Man
1977 · Amalia Vivaldi
Black Journal
1977 · Lea
The Tenant
1976 · Concierge
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976 · Faye Lapinsky
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976 · Crystal
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · Bertha
Journey into Fear
1975 · Mrs. Mathews
The Stone Killer
1973 · Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Mommy
The Devil's Daughter
1973 · Lilith Malone
Blume in Love
1973 · Mrs. Cramer
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Belle Rosen
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972 · Mrs. Forrest
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971 · Helen Hill
Bloody Mama
1970 · 'Ma' Kate Barker
The Mad Room
1969 · Mrs. Armstrong
The Scalphunters
1968 · Kate
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968 · Shirley Newman
Wild in the Streets
1968 · Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
Enter Laughing
1967 · Emma Kolowitz
Harper
1966 · Fay Estabrook
Alfie
1966 · Ruby
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Woman who is healed
A Patch of Blue
1965 · Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Time of Indifference
1964 · Lisa
The Balcony
1963 · Madame Irma
Lolita
1962 · Charlotte Haze
The Chapman Report
1962 · Sarah Garnell
The Young Savages
1961 · Mary diPace
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Nellie Romano
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959 · Petronella Van Daan
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Lorry
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Willa Harper
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Marie Garson
The Big Knife
1955 · Dixie Evans
I Am a Camera
1955 · Natalia Landauer
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955 · Ruth Harris
Playgirl
1954 · Fran
Executive Suite
1954 · Eva Bardeman
Saskatchewan
1954 · Grace Markey
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952 · Binky Gay
A Place in the Sun
1951 · Alice Tripp
He Ran All the Way
1951 · Peggy Dobbs
The Raging Tide
1951 · Connie Thatcher
Behave Yourself!
1951 · Katherine "Kate" Denny
Winchester '73
1950 · Lola Manners
Frenchie
1950 · Frenchie Fontaine
Take One False Step
1949 · Catherine Sykes
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Myrtle Wilson
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · Terry
Cry of the City
1948 · Brenda Martingale
Larceny
1948 · Tory
Red River
1948 · Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
The Gangster
1947 · Hazel (uncredited)
A Double Life
1947 · Pat Kroll
New Orleans
1947 · Mrs. Holmbright
Escape in the Fog
1945 · Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tonight and Every Night
1945 · Bubbles (uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Handmaiden
Together Again
1944 · Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)