Shelley Winters
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Delta Force
1986
as Edie Kaplan
Lolita
1962
as Charlotte Haze
Journey into Fear
1975
as Mrs. Mathews
The Night of the Hunter
1955
as Willa Harper
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Mrs. Touchett
Harper
1966
as Fay Estabrook
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Belle Rosen
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Woman who is healed
Red River
1948
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Alfie
1966
as Ruby
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Stepping Out
1991
as Mrs. Fraser
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
as Petronella Van Daan
The Tenant
1976
as Concierge
Pete's Dragon
1977
as Lena Gogan
The Raging Tide
1951
as Connie Thatcher
The Visitor
1979
as Jane Phillips
Fanny Hill
1983
as Mrs. Cole
Déjà Vu
1985
as Olga Nabokova
My Darling Vivian
2020
as Self (archive footage)