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Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

ActingBorn August 18, 1920Died January 14, 2006 (age 85)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

2022
Groucho & Cavett

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr

as Self (archive)

Movie
2012Movie
2001Movie
2000
On Cukor

as Self

Movie
1999
La bomba

as Prof. Summers

Movie
1998
Gideon

as Mrs. Willows

Movie
1996
Valley Girls

as Lady in Truck

Movie
1996
The Portrait of a Lady

as Mrs. Touchett

Movie
1995
Heavy

as Dolly Modino

Movie
1995
Raging Angels

as Grandma Ruth

Movie
1995
Jury Duty

as Mrs. Collins

Movie
1995
Backfire!

as The Good Lieutenant

Movie
1995
Mrs. Munck

as Aunt Monica

Movie
1994
The Silence of the Hams

as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

Movie
1993TV
1993
The Pickle

as Yetta

Movie
1992
Vicki!

as Self - Guest

TV
1992
Weep No More, My Lady

as Vivian Morgan

Movie
1991
Stepping Out

as Mrs. Fraser

Movie
1991TV
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1990Movie
1989
An Unremarkable Life

as Evelyn McEllany

Movie
1988Movie
1988Movie
1988
Roseanne

as Nana Mary

TV
1986Movie
1986
The Delta Force

as Edie Kaplan

Movie
1986
Witchfire

as Lydia

Movie
1985TV
1985
Déjà Vu

as Olga Nabokova

Movie
1984
Ellie

as Cora Jackson

Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1983
Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Cole

Movie
1982
Hotel

as Adele Ellsworth

TV
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1982TV
1981
S.O.B.

as Eva Brown

Movie
1981
Looping

as Carmen

Movie
1980
Fridays

as Self - Guest Host

TV
1979TV
1979Movie
1979
City on Fire

as Nurse Andrea Harper

Movie
1979Movie
1979
The Visitor

as Jane Phillips

Movie
1979Movie
1979Movie
1979
Elvis

as Gladys Presley

Movie
1978
King of the Gypsies

as Queen Rachel

Movie
1978TV
1978
The Initiation of Sarah

as Mrs. Erica Hunter

Movie
1977Movie
1977
Pete's Dragon

as Lena Gogan

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Teresa Rosselli

TV
1977
An Average Little Man

as Amalia Vivaldi

Movie
1977
Tentacles

as Tillie Turner

Movie
1976Movie
1976
The Tenant

as Concierge

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Diamonds

as Zelda Shapiro

Movie
1975
Journey into Fear

as Mrs. Mathews

Movie
1975
That Lucky Touch

as Diana Steedeman

Movie
1975Movie
1975TV
1974
The Sex Symbol

as Agatha Murphy

Movie
1974
Big Rose

as Rose Winters

Movie
1973
Kojak

as Evelyn McNeil

TV
1973
The Stone Killer

as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

Movie
1973Movie
1973
Blume in Love

as Mrs. Cramer

Movie
1973
The Devil's Daughter

as Lilith Malone

Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972
Something to Hide

as Gabriella Field

Movie
1971
A Death of Innocence

as Elizabeth Cameron

Movie
1971
Revenge!

as Amanda Hilton

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Flap

as Dorothy Bluebell

Movie
1970
How Do I Love Thee?

as Lena Mervin

Movie
1970
Bloody Mama

as 'Ma' Kate Barker

Movie
1970TV
1969
Arthur? Arthur!

as Hester Green

Movie
1969
The Mad Room

as Mrs. Armstrong

Movie
1969TV
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Shirley Newman

Movie
1968
Here's Lucy

as Shelley Summers

TV
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1968
Wild in the Streets

as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)

Movie
1968Movie
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1967
Enter Laughing

as Emma Kolowitz

Movie
1967Movie
1966TV
1966
Alfie

as Ruby

Movie
1966
Harper

as Fay Estabrook

Movie
1966
Batman

as Ma Parker

TV
1966Movie
1965
A Patch of Blue

as Rose-Ann D'Arcey

Movie
1965TV
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Woman who is healed

Movie
1964Movie
1964
A House Is Not a Home

as Polly Adler

Movie
1963
Wives and Lovers

as Fran Cabrell

Movie
1963
The Balcony

as Madame Irma

Movie
1962
The Chapman Report

as Sarah Garnell

Movie
1962TV
1962
Lolita

as Charlotte Haze

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Hostess

TV
1961TV
1961
The Young Savages

as Mary diPace

Movie
1960Movie
1959Movie
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Petronella Van Daan

Movie
1957TV
1957
Wagon Train

as Ruth Owens

TV
1956TV
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1955Movie
1955
The Big Knife

as Dixie Evans

Movie
1955Movie
1955Movie
1955
I Am a Camera

as Natalia Landauer

Movie
1954
To Dorothy, a Son

as Myrtle La Mar

Movie
1954
Producers' Showcase

as Crystal Allen

TV
1954
Climax!

as Leona Stevenson

TV
1954
Climax!

as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann

TV
1954
Climax!

as Carol

TV
1954
Mambo

as Toni Salerno

Movie
1954
Executive Suite

as Eva Bardeman

Movie
1954
Playgirl

as Fran

Movie
1954
Saskatchewan

as Grace Markey

Movie
1954
Tennessee Champ

as Sarah Wurble

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952TV
1952
My Man and I

as Nancy

Movie
1952
Untamed Frontier

as Jane Stevens

Movie
1952
Meet Danny Wilson

as Joy Carroll

Movie
1952Movie
1951
The Raging Tide

as Connie Thatcher

Movie
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mildred Corrigan

TV
1951
Behave Yourself!

as Katherine "Kate" Denny

Movie
1951
He Ran All the Way

as Peggy Dobbs

Movie
1951
A Place in the Sun

as Alice Tripp

Movie
1950
Frenchie

as Frenchie Fontaine

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Winchester '73

as Lola Manners

Movie
1950TV
1950TV
1949
Take One False Step

as Catherine Sykes

Movie
1949
The Great Gatsby

as Myrtle Wilson

Movie
1949Movie
1948
Cry of the City

as Brenda Martingale

Movie
1948
Red River

as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Larceny

as Tory

Movie
1947
A Double Life

as Pat Kroll

Movie
1947
Killer McCoy

as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Gangster

as Hazel (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Living in a Big Way

as Junior League Girl (uncredited)

Movie
1947
New Orleans

as Mrs. Holmbright

Movie
1946
Susie Steps Out

as Band Singer

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Escape in the Fog

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Tonight and Every Night

as Bubbles (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Together Again

as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)

Movie
1944
She's a Soldier Too

as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Knickerbocker Holiday

as Ulda Tienhoven

Movie
1944
Sailor's Holiday

as Gloria Flynn

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV
1943
What a Woman

as Secretary (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 18, 1920
Day of DeathJanuary 14, 2006
Place of BirthSt. Louis, Missouri, USA
Popularity1.4