Shelley Winters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 August 1920 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Died
- 14 January 2006
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
Acting 153
- 2022Groucho & Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- 2020My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
- 2017The Fabulous Allan Carr as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2001George Stevens and His Place In The Sun as Self (archive footage)
- 2000On Cukor as Self
- 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies as Self
- 1999La bomba as Prof. Summers
- 1998Gideon as Mrs. Willows
- 1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
- 1996Valley Girls as Lady in Truck
- 1996The Portrait of a Lady as Mrs. Touchett
- 1995Heavy as Dolly Modino
- 1995Raging Angels as Grandma Ruth
- 1995Jury Duty as Mrs. Collins
- 1995Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' as Self
- 1995Backfire! as The Good Lieutenant
- 1995Mrs. Munck as Aunt Monica
- 1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- 1994The Silence of the Hams as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
- 1993The Pickle as Yetta
- 1992Weep No More, My Lady as Vivian Morgan
- 1991Stepping Out as Mrs. Fraser
- 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
- 1990Touch of a Stranger as Lily
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self
- 1989An Unremarkable Life as Evelyn McEllany
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- 1988Purple People Eater as Rita
- 1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
- 1986Very Close Quarters as Galina
- 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self
- 1986The Delta Force as Edie Kaplan
- 1986Witchfire as Lydia
- 1985Déjà Vu as Olga Nabokova
- 1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as (archive footage)
- 1984Ellie as Cora Jackson
- 1984Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Becky
- 1983Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (US)
- 1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
- 1983Do It Debbie's Way as Self
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1983Fanny Hill as Mrs. Cole
- 1981S.O.B. as Eva Brown
- 1981Looping as Carmen
- 1979The Magician of Lublin as Elzbieta
- 1979City on Fire as Nurse Andrea Harper
- 1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Crystal (voice)
- 1979The Visitor as Jane Phillips
- 1979Bringing A Legend To Life as Herself
- 1979Cher... and Other Fantasies as Shelley
- 1979Elvis as Gladys Presley
- 1978King of the Gypsies as Queen Rachel
- 1978The Initiation of Sarah as Mrs. Erica Hunter
- 1977Black Journal as Lea
- 1977Pete's Dragon as Lena Gogan
- 1977An Average Little Man as Amalia Vivaldi
- 1977Tentacles as Tillie Turner
- 1977Making It In Hollywood as Self
- 1976Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Crystal
- 1976Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden as Caterina
- 1976The Tenant as Concierge
- 1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Faye Lapinsky
- 1975Diamonds as Zelda Shapiro
- 1975Journey into Fear as Mrs. Mathews
- 1975That Lucky Touch as Diana Steedeman
- 1975Poor Pretty Eddie as Bertha
- 1974The Sex Symbol as Agatha Murphy
- 1974Big Rose as Rose Winters
- 1973The Stone Killer as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
- 1973Cleopatra Jones as Mommy
- 1973Blume in Love as Mrs. Cramer
- 1973Something to Hide as Gabriella Field
- 1973The Devil's Daughter as Lilith Malone
- 1972The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
- 1972The Adventures of Nick Carter as Bess Tucker
- 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'
- 1971A Death of Innocence as Elizabeth Cameron
- 1971Revenge! as Amanda Hilton
- 1971What's the Matter with Helen? as Helen
- 1970Flap as Dorothy Bluebell
- 1970How Do I Love Thee? as Lena Mervin
- 1970Bloody Mama as 'Ma' Kate Barker
- 1969Arthur? Arthur! as Hester Green
- 1969The Mad Room as Mrs. Armstrong
- 1968Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Shirley Newman
- 1968Wild in the Streets as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
- 1968The Scalphunters as Kate
- 1967Easier in the Dark as Frances
- 1967Enter Laughing as Emma Kolowitz
- 1966The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
- 1966Alfie as Ruby
- 1966Harper as Fay Estabrook
- 1966The Three Sisters as Natalya
- 1965A Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
- 1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as Woman who is healed
- 1964Time of Indifference as Lisa
- 1964A House Is Not a Home as Polly Adler
- 1963Wives and Lovers as Fran Cabrell
- 1963The Balcony as Madame Irma
- 1962The Chapman Report as Sarah Garnell
- 1962Lolita as Charlotte Haze
- 1961The Young Savages as Mary diPace
- 1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Nellie Romano
- 1959Odds Against Tomorrow as Lorry
- 1959The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan
- 1955I Died a Thousand Times as Marie Garson
- 1955The Big Knife as Dixie Evans
- 1955The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Ruth Harris
- 1955The Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
- 1955I Am a Camera as Natalia Landauer
- 1954To Dorothy, a Son as Myrtle La Mar
- 1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1954Mambo as Toni Salerno
- 1954Executive Suite as Eva Bardeman
- 1954Playgirl as Fran
- 1954Saskatchewan as Grace Markey
- 1954Tennessee Champ as Sarah Wurble
- 1952My Man and I as Nancy
- 1952Untamed Frontier as Jane Stevens
- 1952Meet Danny Wilson as Joy Carroll
- 1952Phone Call from a Stranger as Binky Gay
- 1951The Raging Tide as Connie Thatcher
- 1951The Re-Inforcer
- 1951Behave Yourself! as Katherine "Kate" Denny
- 1951He Ran All the Way as Peggy Dobbs
- 1951A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
- 1950Frenchie as Frenchie Fontaine
- 1950South Sea Sinner as Coral
- 1950Winchester '73 as Lola Manners
- 1949Take One False Step as Catherine Sykes
- 1949The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
- 1949Johnny Stool Pigeon as Terry
- 1948Cry of the City as Brenda Martingale
- 1948Red River as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
- 1948Larceny as Tory
- 1947A Double Life as Pat Kroll
- 1947Killer McCoy as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
- 1947The Gangster as Hazel (uncredited)
- 1947Living in a Big Way as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
- 1947New Orleans as Mrs. Holmbright
- 1946Susie Steps Out as Band Singer
- 1945A Thousand and One Nights as Handmaiden
- 1945Escape in the Fog as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1945Tonight and Every Night as Bubbles (uncredited)
- 1944Together Again as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
- 1944She's a Soldier Too as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
- 1944Knickerbocker Holiday as Ulda Tienhoven
- 1944Sailor's Holiday as Gloria Flynn
- 1943What a Woman as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1943There's Something About a Soldier as Norma