Person
Shelley Winters
Acting · 1920–2006 · 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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
The Love Boat
Teresa Rosselli
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Wagon Train
Ruth Owens
Vicki!
Self - Guest
Filmography
- 2022Groucho & CavettSelf (archive footage)
- 2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
- 2017The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive)
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2001George Stevens and His Place In The SunSelf (archive footage)
- 2000On CukorSelf
- 2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesSelf
- 1999La bombaProf. Summers
- 1998GideonMrs. Willows
- 1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelf
- 1996Valley GirlsLady in Truck
- 1996The Portrait of a LadyMrs. Touchett
- 1995HeavyDolly Modino
- 1995Raging AngelsGrandma Ruth
- 1995Jury DutyMrs. Collins
- 1995Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'Self
- 1995Backfire!The Good Lieutenant
- 1995The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
- 1995Mrs. MunckAunt Monica
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
- 1994Marlon Brando: The Wild OneSelf
- 1994The Silence of the HamsMrs. Motel (The Mother)
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1993Politically Incorrect
- 1993The PickleYetta
- 1992Vicki!Self - Guest
- 1992Weep No More, My LadyVivian Morgan
- 1991Stepping OutMrs. Fraser
- 1991Charlie RoseSelf
- 1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf (archive footage)
- 1990Touch of a StrangerLily
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf
- 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf
- 1989An Unremarkable LifeEvelyn McEllany
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
- 1989Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
- 1988Purple People EaterRita
- 1988Hello Actors StudioSelf
- 1988RoseanneNana Mary
- 1986Very Close QuartersGalina
- 1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the LegendSelf
- 1986The Delta ForceEdie Kaplan
- 1986WitchfireLydia
- 1985Alice in WonderlandDodo Bird
- 1985Déjà VuOlga Nabokova
- 1984Hawaiian Heat
- 1984EllieCora Jackson
- 1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeBecky
- 1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
- 1983Do It Debbie's WaySelf
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1983Fanny HillMrs. Cole
- 1982HotelAdele Ellsworth
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest
- 1981S.O.B.Eva Brown
- 1981LoopingCarmen
- 1980Russell Harty
- 1980FridaysSelf - Guest Host
- 1979The French Atlantic AffairHelen Wabash
- 1979The Magician of LublinElzbieta
- 1979City on FireNurse Andrea Harper
- 1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in JulyCrystal (voice)
- 1979The VisitorJane Phillips
- 1979Bringing A Legend To LifeHerself
- 1979Cher... and Other FantasiesShelley
- 1979ElvisGladys Presley
- 1978King of the GypsiesQueen Rachel
- 1978Vega$
- 1978The Hollywood Greats: Charles LaughtonSelf
- 1978The Initiation of SarahMrs. Erica Hunter
- 1977Black JournalLea
- 1977Pete's DragonLena Gogan
- 1977The Love BoatTeresa Rosselli
- 1977The Hollywood Greats
- 1977An Average Little ManAmalia Vivaldi
- 1977TentaclesTillie Turner
- 1976Frosty's Winter WonderlandCrystal
- 1976Mimì Bluette... Flower of My GardenCaterina
- 1976The TenantConcierge
- 1976Next Stop, Greenwich VillageFaye Lapinsky
- 1975DiamondsZelda Shapiro
- 1975Journey into FearMrs. Mathews
- 1975That Lucky TouchDiana Steedeman
- 1975Poor Pretty EddieBertha
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
- 1975Midi PremièreSelf
- 1974The Sex SymbolAgatha Murphy
- 1974Chico and the Man
- 1974Big RoseRose Winters
- 1973KojakEvelyn McNeil
- 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
- 1973The Stone KillerDrunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
- 1973Cleopatra JonesMommy
- 1973Blume in LoveMrs. Cramer
- 1973The Devil's DaughterLilith Malone
- 1972The Poseidon AdventureBelle Rosen
- 1972The Adventures of Nick CarterBess Tucker
- 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Mrs. Forrest
- 1972Something to HideGabriella Field
- 1971A Death of InnocenceElizabeth Cameron
- 1971Revenge!Amanda Hilton
- 1971What's the Matter with Helen?Helen
- 1970FlapDorothy Bluebell
- 1970How Do I Love Thee?Lena Mervin
- 1970Bloody Mama'Ma' Kate Barker
- 1970McCloud
- 1969Arthur? Arthur!Hester Green
- 1969The Mad RoomMrs. Armstrong
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreBarbara Bennet
- 1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellShirley Newman
- 1968That's Life
- 1968Here's LucyShelley Summers
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1968Wild in the StreetsMrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
- 1968The ScalphuntersKate
- 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited)
- 1967Enter LaughingEmma Kolowitz
- 1967Easier in the DarkFrances
- 1966The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
- 1966ABC Stage 67Self
- 1966AlfieRuby
- 1966HarperFay Estabrook
- 1966BatmanMa Parker
- 1966The Three SistersNatalya
- 1965A Patch of BlueRose-Ann D'Arcey
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreMrs. Bixby
- 1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldWoman who is healed
- 1964Time of IndifferenceLisa
- 1964A House Is Not a HomePolly Adler
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJenny Dworak
- 1963Wives and LoversFran Cabrell
- 1963The BalconyMadame Irma
- 1962The Chapman ReportSarah Garnell
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest
- 1962LolitaCharlotte Haze
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Hostess
- 1961Alcoa Premiere
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961The Young SavagesMary diPace
- 1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphNellie Romano
- 1959Odds Against TomorrowLorry
- 1959The Diary of Anne FrankPetronella Van Daan
- 1959The David Susskind ShowSelf
- 1957DuPont Show of the MonthLouisa Burt
- 1957Wagon TrainRuth Owens
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1956The Perry Como Show
- 1956Armchair TheatreFrances
- 1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1955I Died a Thousand TimesMarie Garson
- 1955The Big KnifeDixie Evans
- 1955The Treasure of Pancho VillaRuth Harris
- 1955The Alcoa Hour
- 1955The Night of the HunterWilla Harper
- 1955I Am a CameraNatalia Landauer
- 1954To Dorothy, a SonMyrtle La Mar
- 1954Producers' ShowcaseCrystal Allen
- 1954Climax!Leona Stevenson
- 1954A Star Is Born World PremiereSelf
- 1954MamboToni Salerno
- 1954Executive SuiteEva Bardeman
- 1954PlaygirlFran
- 1954SaskatchewanGrace Markey
- 1954Tennessee ChampSarah Wurble
- 1953The United States Steel Hour
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreSally Marland
- 1952My Man and INancy
- 1952Untamed FrontierJane Stevens
- 1952Meet Danny WilsonJoy Carroll
- 1952Phone Call from a StrangerBinky Gay
- 1951The Raging TideConnie Thatcher
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsMildred Corrigan
- 1951The Re-Inforcer
- 1951Behave Yourself!Katherine "Kate" Denny
- 1951He Ran All the WayPeggy Dobbs
- 1951A Place in the SunAlice Tripp
- 1950FrenchieFrenchie Fontaine
- 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
- 1950South Sea SinnerCoral
- 1950Winchester '73Lola Manners
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949Take One False StepCatherine Sykes
- 1949The Great GatsbyMyrtle Wilson
- 1949Johnny Stool PigeonTerry
- 1948Cry of the CityBrenda Martingale
- 1948Red RiverWagon Train Member (uncredited)
- 1948LarcenyTory
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947A Double LifePat Kroll
- 1947Killer McCoyWaitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
- 1947The GangsterHazel (uncredited)
- 1947Living in a Big WayJunior League Girl (uncredited)
- 1947Kraft Television TheatreHelen
- 1947New OrleansMrs. Holmbright
- 1946Susie Steps OutBand Singer
- 1945A Thousand and One NightsHandmaiden
- 1945Escape in the FogTaxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1945Tonight and Every NightBubbles (uncredited)
- 1944Together AgainYoung Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
- 1944She's a Soldier Too'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
- 1944Knickerbocker HolidayUlda Tienhoven
- 1944Sailor's HolidayGloria Flynn
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
- 1943What a WomanSecretary (uncredited)
- 1943There's Something About a SoldierNorma
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