Shelley Winters

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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

Lolita

Charlotte Haze

The Night of the Hunter

Willa Harper

The Tenant

Concierge

The Poseidon Adventure

Belle Rosen

Pete's Dragon

Lena Gogan

Batman

Ma Parker

Red River

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

The Delta Force

Edie Kaplan

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	Groucho & Cavett MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2020	My Darling Vivian MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen MOVIE	(archive footage)
2001	George Stevens and His Place In The Sun MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2000	On Cukor MOVIE	Self
2000	Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies MOVIE	Self
1999	La bomba MOVIE	Prof. Summers
1998	Gideon MOVIE	Mrs. Willows
1997	Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady MOVIE	Self
1996	Valley Girls MOVIE	Lady in Truck
1996	The Portrait of a Lady MOVIE	Mrs. Touchett
1995	Heavy MOVIE	Dolly Modino
1995	Raging Angels MOVIE	Grandma Ruth
1995	Jury Duty MOVIE	Mrs. Collins
1995	Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' MOVIE	Self
1995	Backfire! MOVIE	The Good Lieutenant
1995	The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder TV	Self
1995	Mrs. Munck MOVIE	Aunt Monica
1994	Inside the Actors Studio TV	Self
1994	Marlon Brando: The Wild One MOVIE	Self
1994	The Silence of the Hams MOVIE	Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest
1993	Politically Incorrect TV	Self
1993	The Pickle MOVIE	Yetta
1992	Vicki! TV	Self - Guest
1992	Weep No More, My Lady MOVIE	Vivian Morgan
1991	Stepping Out MOVIE	Mrs. Fraser
1991	Charlie Rose TV	Self
1991	Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1990	Touch of a Stranger MOVIE	Lily
1990	Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol MOVIE	Self
1990	Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge MOVIE	Self
1989	An Unremarkable Life MOVIE	Evelyn McEllany
1989	Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre MOVIE	Self
1989	Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood TV	Self
1988	Purple People Eater MOVIE	Rita
1988	Hello Actors Studio MOVIE	Self
1988	Roseanne TV	Nana Mary
1986	Very Close Quarters MOVIE	Galina
1986	Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend MOVIE	Self
1986	The Delta Force MOVIE	Edie Kaplan
1986	Witchfire MOVIE	Lydia
1985	Alice in Wonderland TV	Dodo Bird
1985	Déjà Vu MOVIE	Olga Nabokova
1984	Hawaiian Heat TV	Self
1984	Ellie MOVIE	Cora Jackson
1984	Over the Brooklyn Bridge MOVIE	Becky
1983	James Bond: The First 21 Years MOVIE	Self
1983	Do It Debbie's Way MOVIE	Self
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983	Fanny Hill MOVIE	Mrs. Cole
1982	Hotel TV	Adele Ellsworth
1982	Wogan TV	Self
1982	Late Night with David Letterman TV	Self
1981	S.O.B. MOVIE	Eva Brown
1981	Looping MOVIE	Carmen
1980	Russell Harty TV	Self
1980	Fridays TV	Self - Guest Host
1979	The French Atlantic Affair TV	Helen Wabash
1979	The Magician of Lublin MOVIE	Elzbieta
1979	City on Fire MOVIE	Nurse Andrea Harper
1979	Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July MOVIE	Crystal (voice)
1979	The Visitor MOVIE	Jane Phillips
1979	Bringing A Legend To Life MOVIE	Herself
1979	Cher... and Other Fantasies MOVIE	Shelley
1979	Elvis MOVIE	Gladys Presley
1978	King of the Gypsies MOVIE	Queen Rachel
1978	Vega$ TV	Self
1978	The Initiation of Sarah MOVIE	Mrs. Erica Hunter
1977	Black Journal MOVIE	Lea
1977	Pete's Dragon MOVIE	Lena Gogan
1977	The Love Boat TV	Teresa Rosselli
1977	The Hollywood Greats TV	Self
1977	An Average Little Man MOVIE	Amalia Vivaldi
1977	Tentacles MOVIE	Tillie Turner
1976	Frosty's Winter Wonderland MOVIE	Crystal
1976	Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden MOVIE	Caterina
1976	The Tenant MOVIE	Concierge
1976	Next Stop, Greenwich Village MOVIE	Faye Lapinsky
1975	Diamonds MOVIE	Zelda Shapiro
1975	Journey into Fear MOVIE	Mrs. Mathews
1975	That Lucky Touch MOVIE	Diana Steedeman
1975	Poor Pretty Eddie MOVIE	Bertha
1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche TV	Self
1975	Midi Première TV	Self
1974	The Sex Symbol MOVIE	Agatha Murphy
1974	Chico and the Man TV	Self
1974	Big Rose MOVIE	Rose Winters
1973	Kojak TV	Evelyn McNeil
1973	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts TV	Self
1973	The Stone Killer MOVIE	Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973	Cleopatra Jones MOVIE	Mommy
1973	Blume in Love MOVIE	Mrs. Cramer
1973	The Devil's Daughter MOVIE	Lilith Malone
1972	The Poseidon Adventure MOVIE	Belle Rosen
1972	The Adventures of Nick Carter MOVIE	Bess Tucker
1972	Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? MOVIE	Mrs. Forrest
1972	Something to Hide MOVIE	Gabriella Field
1971	A Death of Innocence MOVIE	Elizabeth Cameron
1971	Revenge! MOVIE	Amanda Hilton
1971	What's the Matter with Helen? MOVIE	Helen Hill
1970	Flap MOVIE	Dorothy Bluebell
1970	How Do I Love Thee? MOVIE	Lena Mervin
1970	Bloody Mama MOVIE	'Ma' Kate Barker
1970	McCloud TV	Self
1969	Arthur? Arthur! MOVIE	Hester Green
1969	The Mad Room MOVIE	Mrs. Armstrong
1968	Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell MOVIE	Shirley Newman
1968	That's Life TV	Self
1968	Here's Lucy TV	Shelley Summers
1968	The Dick Cavett Show TV	Self - Guest
1968	Wild in the Streets MOVIE	Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
1968	The Scalphunters MOVIE	Kate
1968	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In TV	Self (uncredited)
1967	Enter Laughing MOVIE	Emma Kolowitz
1967	Easier in the Dark MOVIE	Frances
1966	The Legend of Marilyn Monroe MOVIE	Self
1966	ABC Stage 67 TV	Self
1966	Alfie MOVIE	Ruby
1966	Harper MOVIE	Fay Estabrook
1966	Batman TV	Ma Parker
1966	The Three Sisters MOVIE	Natalya
1965	A Patch of Blue MOVIE	Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965	Thirty-Minute Theatre TV	Mrs. Bixby
1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told MOVIE	Woman who is healed
1964	Time of Indifference MOVIE	Lisa
1964	A House Is Not a Home MOVIE	Polly Adler
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Jenny Dworak
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Edith
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Clarry Golden
1963	Wives and Lovers MOVIE	Fran Cabrell
1963	The Balcony MOVIE	Madame Irma
1962	The Chapman Report MOVIE	Sarah Garnell
1962	The Merv Griffin Show TV	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self - Guest
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self - Guest Hostess
1962	Lolita MOVIE	Charlotte Haze
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self - Co-Hostess
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
1961	Alcoa Premiere TV	Self
1961	Ben Casey TV	Self
1961	The Young Savages MOVIE	Mary diPace
1960	Let No Man Write My Epitaph MOVIE	Nellie Romano
1959	Odds Against Tomorrow MOVIE	Lorry
1959	The Diary of Anne Frank MOVIE	Petronella Van Daan
1959	The David Susskind Show TV	Self
1957	DuPont Show of the Month TV	Louisa Burt
1957	Wagon Train TV	Ruth Owens
1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar TV	Self
1956	The Perry Como Show TV	Self
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Frances
1956	The Steve Allen Show TV	Self - Guest
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Presenter
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self (archive footage)
1955	I Died a Thousand Times MOVIE	Marie Garson
1955	The Big Knife MOVIE	Dixie Evans
1955	The Treasure of Pancho Villa MOVIE	Ruth Harris
1955	The Alcoa Hour TV	Self
1955	The Night of the Hunter MOVIE	Willa Harper
1955	I Am a Camera MOVIE	Natalia Landauer
1954	To Dorothy, a Son MOVIE	Myrtle La Mar
1954	Producers' Showcase TV	Crystal Allen
1954	Climax! TV	Leona Stevenson
1954	Climax! TV	Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
1954	Climax! TV	Carol
1954	A Star Is Born World Premiere MOVIE	Self
1954	Mambo MOVIE	Toni Salerno
1954	Executive Suite MOVIE	Eva Bardeman
1954	Playgirl MOVIE	Fran
1954	Saskatchewan MOVIE	Grace Markey
1954	Tennessee Champ MOVIE	Sarah Wurble
1953	The United States Steel Hour TV	Self
1953	The Oscars TV	Self
1952	The Ford Television Theatre TV	Sally Marland
1952	My Man and I MOVIE	Nancy
1952	Untamed Frontier MOVIE	Jane Stevens
1952	Meet Danny Wilson MOVIE	Joy Carroll
1952	Phone Call from a Stranger MOVIE	Binky Gay
1951	The Raging Tide MOVIE	Connie Thatcher
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Mildred Corrigan
1951	The Re-Inforcer MOVIE	Self
1951	Behave Yourself! MOVIE	Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951	He Ran All the Way MOVIE	Peggy Dobbs
1951	A Place in the Sun MOVIE	Alice Tripp
1950	Frenchie MOVIE	Frenchie Fontaine
1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour TV	Self
1950	South Sea Sinner MOVIE	Coral
1950	Winchester '73 MOVIE	Lola Manners
1950	The Bob Hope Show TV	Self
1950	What's My Line? TV	Self - Mystery Guest
1949	Take One False Step MOVIE	Catherine Sykes
1949	The Great Gatsby MOVIE	Myrtle Wilson
1949	Johnny Stool Pigeon MOVIE	Terry
1948	Cry of the City MOVIE	Brenda Martingale
1948	Red River MOVIE	Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948	Larceny MOVIE	Tory
1948	The Ed Sullivan Show TV	Self
1947	A Double Life MOVIE	Pat Kroll
1947	Killer McCoy MOVIE	Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947	The Gangster MOVIE	Hazel (uncredited)
1947	Living in a Big Way MOVIE	Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947	Kraft Television Theatre TV	Helen
1947	New Orleans MOVIE	Mrs. Holmbright
1946	Susie Steps Out MOVIE	Band Singer
1945	A Thousand and One Nights MOVIE	Handmaiden
1945	Escape in the Fog MOVIE	Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945	Tonight and Every Night MOVIE	Bubbles (uncredited)
1944	Together Again MOVIE	Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944	She's a Soldier Too MOVIE	'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944	Knickerbocker Holiday MOVIE	Ulda Tienhoven
1944	Sailor's Holiday MOVIE	Gloria Flynn
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee
1944	Golden Globe Awards TV	Self - Nominee / Presenter
1943	What a Woman MOVIE	Secretary (uncredited)
1943	There's Something About a Soldier MOVIE	Norma

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