Shelley Winters
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1920-08-18 – 2006-01-14
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
The Poseidon Adventure
1972Belle Rosen
Lolita
1962Charlotte Haze
The Stone Killer
1973Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
The Night of the Hunter
1955Willa Harper
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965Woman who is healed
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959Petronella Van Daan
The Silence of the Hams
1994Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
Escape in the Fog
1945Taxi Driver (uncredited)
King of the Gypsies
1978Queen Rachel
Cry of the City
1948Brenda Martingale
Take One False Step
1949Catherine Sykes
Pete's Dragon
1977Lena Gogan
Bloody Mama
1970'Ma' Kate Barker
The Tenant
1976Concierge
Heavy
1995Dolly Modino
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972Mrs. Forrest
The Initiation of Sarah
1978Mrs. Erica Hunter
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976Faye Lapinsky
The Scalphunters
1968Kate