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 Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
• The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan
• The Tenant as Concierge
• A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
• Winchester '73 as Lola Manners
• An Average Little Man as Amalia Vivaldi
• Red River as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
• The Stone Killer as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

TV

• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Charlie Rose as Self
• Here's Lucy as Shelley Summers
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
• Batman as Ma Parker
• Chico and the Man
• Roseanne as Nana Mary
• The Merv Griffin Show as Self
• The David Susskind Show as Self
• Hotel as Adele Ellsworth