Shelley Winters
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Lolita
1962
as Charlotte Haze
The Delta Force
1986
as Edie Kaplan
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Belle Rosen
The Night of the Hunter
1955
as Willa Harper
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Woman who is healed
A Place in the Sun
1951
as Alice Tripp
Harper
1966
as Fay Estabrook
Cry of the City
1948
as Brenda Martingale
Red River
1948
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Lena Gogan
Alfie
1966
as Ruby
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mrs. Touchett
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as Petronella Van Daan
Elvis
1979
as Gladys Presley
The Tenant
1976
as Concierge
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
as Lorry
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
as Crystal (voice)
The Scalphunters
1968
as Kate