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Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters, born as Shirley Schrift, was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She was born on August 18, 1920, in St. Louis, Missouri. Winters won Academy Awards for acclaimed movies such as The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965). She also garnered nominations for classic films like A Place in the Sun (1951) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972), building a prolific filmography. Besides, Ohio-born actress worked in other well-known films like The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), and Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976). An alma mater of The New School, Winters worked in television, including a tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and authored three autobiographies.
In her personal life, Winters had four marriages throughout her lifetime, with her spouses being Mack Paul Mayer, Vittorio Gassman, Anthony Franciosa, and Gerry DeFord. She had a child, a daughter with her second husband, Gassman. She lived a widely publicized life, with her marriages, romances with famous stars, and participation in politics and feminist causes keeping her frequently in the news. Winters passed away on January 14, 2006, at the age of 85, leaving behind a lasting legacy in American cinema.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Shirley Schrift
Born: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: August 18, 1920
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1936-1999
Children: 1
Spouses: Mack Paul Mayer, Vittorio Gassman, Anthony Franciosa, Gerry DeFord
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Awards and Nominations Received by Shelley Winters
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
The Poseidon AdventureBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actress)
AlfieMovies Featuring Shelley Winters
Lolita
A Patch of Blue
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Poseidon Adventure
The Night of the Hunter
Harper
A Place in the Sun
Alfie
King of the Gypsies
Bloody Mama
Tentacles
My Darling Vivian
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
And the Oscar Goes To…
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Stepping Out
Weep No More, My Lady
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Ellie
Déjà Vu
Fanny Hill
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
Hello Actors Studio
Purple People Eater
Broadway’s Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Groucho & Cavett
Purple People Eater
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Frenchie
The Sex Symbol
Backfire!
My Man and I
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
New Orleans
Living in a Big Way
The Visitor
The Young Savages
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Raging Angels
Tonight and Every Night
To Dorothy, a Son
The Pickle
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
A Double Life
Take One False Step
I Am a Camera
Phone Call from a Stranger
The Great Gatsby
Saskatchewan
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
Wild in the Streets
Revenge!
Black Journal
Flap
Cry of the City
The Three Sisters
Larceny
Time of Indifference
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
Wives and Lovers
Killer McCoy
Playgirl
Elvis
The Initiation of Sarah
Jury Duty
Knickerbocker Holiday
Executive Suite
Behave Yourself!
What a Woman
The Devil’s Daughter
The Balcony
Poor Pretty Eddie
A Thousand and One Nights
Meet Danny Wilson
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Enter Laughing
The Mad Room
The Chapman Report
Untamed Frontier
The Magician of Lublin
The Raging Tide
Cher… and Other Fantasies
Tennessee Champ
Winchester ’73
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Blume in Love
Something to Hide
An Average Little Man
He Ran All the Way
Gideon
Odds Against Tomorrow
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
The Big Knife
A House Is Not a Home
Together Again
City on Fire
The Stone Killer
I Died a Thousand Times
The Gangster
Diamonds
What’s the Matter with Helen?
Mambo
Mambo
Mambo
Mambo
Mambo
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
Career Timeline
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2014
And the Oscar Goes To…
Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
The Visitor
Jane Phillips
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
Crystal (voice)
Elvis
Gladys Presley
The Magician of Lublin
Elzbieta
Cher… and Other Fantasies
Shelley
City on Fire
Nurse Andrea Harper
1973
The Devil’s Daughter
Lilith Malone
Blume in Love
Mrs. Cramer
The Stone Killer
Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1955
The Night of the Hunter
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Ruth Harris
I Am a Camera
Natalia Landauer
The Big Knife
Dixie Evans
I Died a Thousand Times
Marie Garson
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
To Dorothy, a Son
Myrtle La Mar
Saskatchewan
Grace Markey
Playgirl
Fran
Executive Suite
Eva Bardeman
Tennessee Champ
Sarah Wurble
Mambo
Toni Salerno
Mambo
Toni Salerno
Mambo
Toni Salerno
Mambo
Toni Salerno
Mambo
Toni Salerno
1952
My Man and I
Nancy
Phone Call from a Stranger
Binky Gay
Meet Danny Wilson
Joy Carroll
Untamed Frontier
Jane Stevens
1951
A Place in the Sun
Behave Yourself!
Katherine "Kate" Denny
The Raging Tide
Connie Thatcher
He Ran All the Way
Peggy Dobbs
1947
New Orleans
Mrs. Holmbright
Living in a Big Way
Junior League Girl (uncredited)
A Double Life
Pat Kroll
Killer McCoy
Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
The Gangster
Hazel
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