Shelley Winters

Acting · Born 1920-08-18 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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 Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
• Lolita as Charlotte Haze
• The Stone Killer as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
• The Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
• The Greatest Story Ever Told as Woman who is healed
• The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan
• The Silence of the Hams as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
• Escape in the Fog as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• King of the Gypsies as Queen Rachel
• Cry of the City as Brenda Martingale