Shelley Winters

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1920-08-18

Day of Death

2006-01-14

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Shelley Winters

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 (148)

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Groucho & Cavett

⭐ 7.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

My Darling Vivian

⭐ 7.5 Role: (archive footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

On Cukor

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

⭐ 5.7 Role: Prof. Summers

La bomba

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Willows

Gideon

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

⭐ 0 Role: Lady in Truck

Valley Girls

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mrs. Touchett

The Portrait of a Lady

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dolly Modino

Heavy

⭐ 2.8 Role: Grandma Ruth

Raging Angels

⭐ 4.4 Role: Mrs. Collins

Jury Duty

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self

Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'

⭐ 3.6 Role: The Good Lieutenant

Backfire!

⭐ 6.1 Role: Aunt Monica

Mrs. Munck

⭐ 6.5 Role: Self

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

⭐ 4.9 Role: Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

The Silence of the Hams

⭐ 5.0 Role: Yetta

The Pickle

⭐ 4.4 Role: Vivian Morgan

Weep No More, My Lady

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mrs. Fraser

Stepping Out

⭐ 7.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

⭐ 8.0 Role: Lily

Touch of a Stranger

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

⭐ 10.0 Role: Evelyn McEllany

An Unremarkable Life

⭐ 0 Role: Self

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

⭐ 5.1 Role: Rita

Purple People Eater

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Hello Actors Studio

⭐ 9.0 Role: Galina

Very Close Quarters

⭐ 7.4 Role: Self

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

⭐ 6.0 Role: Edie Kaplan

The Delta Force

⭐ 4.0 Role: Lydia

Witchfire

⭐ 6.2 Role: Olga Nabokova

Déjà Vu

⭐ 4.4 Role: Cora Jackson

Ellie

⭐ 5.1 Role: Becky

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Do It Debbie's Way

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

⭐ 5.3 Role: Mrs. Cole

Fanny Hill

⭐ 6.0 Role: Eva Brown

S.O.B.

⭐ 4.5 Role: Carmen

Looping

⭐ 4.7 Role: Elzbieta

The Magician of Lublin

⭐ 5.1 Role: Nurse Andrea Harper

City on Fire

⭐ 6.4 Role: Crystal (voice)

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

⭐ 5.3 Role: Jane Phillips

The Visitor

⭐ 0 Role: Herself

Bringing A Legend To Life

⭐ 10.0 Role: Shelley

Cher... and Other Fantasies

⭐ 6.8 Role: Gladys Presley

Elvis

⭐ 5.9 Role: Queen Rachel

King of the Gypsies

⭐ 5.6 Role: Mrs. Erica Hunter

The Initiation of Sarah

⭐ 5.5 Role: Lea

Black Journal

⭐ 6.3 Role: Lena Gogan

Pete's Dragon

⭐ 8.0 Role: Amalia Vivaldi

An Average Little Man

⭐ 4.6 Role: Tillie Turner

Tentacles

⭐ 6.6 Role: Crystal

Frosty's Winter Wonderland

⭐ 7.0 Role: Caterina

Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden

⭐ 7.6 Role: Concierge

The Tenant

⭐ 6.4 Role: Faye Lapinsky

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

⭐ 5.6 Role: Zelda Shapiro

Diamonds

⭐ 6.0 Role: Mrs. Mathews

Journey into Fear

⭐ 6.4 Role: Diana Steedeman

That Lucky Touch

⭐ 5.2 Role: Bertha

Poor Pretty Eddie

⭐ 4.0 Role: Agatha Murphy

The Sex Symbol

⭐ 8.0 Role: Rose Winters

Big Rose

⭐ 6.2 Role: Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

The Stone Killer

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mommy

Cleopatra Jones

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Cramer

Blume in Love

⭐ 6.6 Role: Lilith Malone

The Devil's Daughter

⭐ 7.1 Role: Belle Rosen

The Poseidon Adventure

⭐ 3.8 Role: Bess Tucker

The Adventures of Nick Carter

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. Forrest

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

⭐ 5.8 Role: Gabriella Field

Something to Hide

⭐ 7.0 Role: Elizabeth Cameron

A Death of Innocence

⭐ 6.6 Role: Amanda Hilton

Revenge!

⭐ 5.9 Role: Helen Hill

What's the Matter with Helen?

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dorothy Bluebell

Flap

⭐ 4.2 Role: Lena Mervin

How Do I Love Thee?

⭐ 5.5 Role: 'Ma' Kate Barker

Bloody Mama

⭐ 3.8 Role: Hester Green

Arthur? Arthur!

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. Armstrong

The Mad Room

⭐ 5.9 Role: Shirley Newman

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)

Wild in the Streets

⭐ 6.4 Role: Kate

The Scalphunters

⭐ 4.8 Role: Emma Kolowitz

Enter Laughing

⭐ 0 Role: Frances

Easier in the Dark

⭐ 6.7 Role: Unknown

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ruby

Alfie

⭐ 6.7 Role: Fay Estabrook

Harper

⭐ 7.5 Role: Natalya

The Three Sisters

⭐ 7.6 Role: Rose-Ann D'Arcey

A Patch of Blue

⭐ 6.4 Role: Woman who is healed

The Greatest Story Ever Told

⭐ 6.2 Role: Lisa

Time of Indifference

⭐ 4.8 Role: Polly Adler

A House Is Not a Home

⭐ 4.4 Role: Fran Cabrell

Wives and Lovers

⭐ 5.2 Role: Madame Irma

The Balcony

⭐ 5.1 Role: Sarah Garnell

The Chapman Report

⭐ 7.3 Role: Charlotte Haze

Lolita

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mary diPace

The Young Savages

⭐ 5.9 Role: Nellie Romano

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

⭐ 6.8 Role: Lorry

Odds Against Tomorrow

⭐ 7.2 Role: Petronella Van Daan

The Diary of Anne Frank

⭐ 6.2 Role: Marie Garson

I Died a Thousand Times

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dixie Evans

The Big Knife

⭐ 5.9 Role: Ruth Harris

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

⭐ 7.9 Role: Willa Harper

The Night of the Hunter

⭐ 6.2 Role: Natalia Landauer

I Am a Camera

⭐ 5.8 Role: Myrtle La Mar

To Dorothy, a Son

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self

A Star Is Born World Premiere

⭐ 5.4 Role: Toni Salerno

Mambo

⭐ 7.1 Role: Eva Bardeman

Executive Suite

⭐ 4.3 Role: Fran

Playgirl

⭐ 6.1 Role: Grace Markey

Saskatchewan

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sarah Wurble

Tennessee Champ

⭐ 7.0 Role: Nancy

My Man and I

⭐ 7.3 Role: Jane Stevens

Untamed Frontier

⭐ 4.4 Role: Joy Carroll

Meet Danny Wilson

⭐ 6.4 Role: Binky Gay

Phone Call from a Stranger

⭐ 5.1 Role: Connie Thatcher

The Raging Tide

⭐ 5.5 Role: Unknown

The Re-Inforcer

⭐ 6.2 Role: Katherine "Kate" Denny

Behave Yourself!

⭐ 7.2 Role: Peggy Dobbs

He Ran All the Way

⭐ 7.3 Role: Alice Tripp

A Place in the Sun

⭐ 6.0 Role: Frenchie Fontaine

Frenchie

⭐ 7.5 Role: Coral

South Sea Sinner

⭐ 7.3 Role: Lola Manners

Winchester '73

⭐ 5.4 Role: Catherine Sykes

Take One False Step

⭐ 5.4 Role: Myrtle Wilson

The Great Gatsby

⭐ 6.3 Role: Terry

Johnny Stool Pigeon

⭐ 6.7 Role: Brenda Martingale

Cry of the City

⭐ 7.3 Role: Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Red River

⭐ 5.9 Role: Tory

Larceny

⭐ 6.4 Role: Pat Kroll

A Double Life

⭐ 6.3 Role: Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Killer McCoy

⭐ 5.2 Role: Hazel (uncredited)

The Gangster

⭐ 6.0 Role: Junior League Girl (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Holmbright

New Orleans

⭐ 10.0 Role: Band Singer

Susie Steps Out

⭐ 6.1 Role: Handmaiden

A Thousand and One Nights

⭐ 5.4 Role: Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Escape in the Fog

⭐ 5.4 Role: Bubbles (uncredited)

Tonight and Every Night

⭐ 5.5 Role: Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)

Together Again

⭐ 5.5 Role: 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)

She's a Soldier Too

⭐ 5.8 Role: Ulda Tienhoven

Knickerbocker Holiday

⭐ 7.0 Role: Gloria Flynn

Sailor's Holiday

⭐ 6.3 Role: Secretary (uncredited)

What a Woman

⭐ 5.4 Role: Norma

There's Something About a Soldier