Portrait of Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

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.

Born: August 18, 1920

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Filmography

2022
Groucho & Cavett

as Self (archive footage)

2020
My Darling Vivian

as Self (archive footage)

2012
2001
2000
On Cukor

as Self

1999
La bomba

as Prof. Summers

1998
Gideon

as Mrs. Willows

1996
Valley Girls

as Lady in Truck

1996
The Portrait of a Lady

as Mrs. Touchett

1995
Heavy

as Dolly Modino

1995
Raging Angels

as Grandma Ruth

1995
Jury Duty

as Mrs. Collins

1995
Backfire!

as The Good Lieutenant

1995
Mrs. Munck

as Aunt Monica

1994
The Silence of the Hams

as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

1993
The Pickle

as Yetta

1992
Weep No More, My Lady

as Vivian Morgan

1991
Stepping Out

as Mrs. Fraser

1991
1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

as Self (archive footage)

1989
An Unremarkable Life

as Evelyn McEllany

1988
Roseanne

as Nana Mary

1986
The Delta Force

as Edie Kaplan

1986
Witchfire

as Lydia

1985
1985
Déjà Vu

as Olga Nabokova

1984
Ellie

as Cora Jackson

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Cole

1982
Hotel

as Adele Ellsworth

1982
Wogan

as Self

1981
S.O.B.

as Eva Brown

1981
Looping

as Carmen

1979
1979
1979
City on Fire

as Nurse Andrea Harper

1979
The Visitor

as Jane Phillips

1979
Elvis

as Gladys Presley

1978
King of the Gypsies

as Queen Rachel

1978
1978
The Initiation of Sarah

as Mrs. Erica Hunter

1977
1977
Pete's Dragon

as Lena Gogan

1977
The Love Boat

as Teresa Rosselli

1977
An Average Little Man

as Amalia Vivaldi

1977
Tentacles

as Tillie Turner

1976
The Tenant

as Concierge

1976
1975
Diamonds

as Zelda Shapiro

1975
Journey into Fear

as Mrs. Mathews

1975
That Lucky Touch

as Diana Steedeman

1975
1975
1974
The Sex Symbol

as Agatha Murphy

1974
Big Rose

as Rose Winters

1973
Kojak

as Evelyn McNeil

1973
The Stone Killer

as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

1973
1973
Blume in Love

as Mrs. Cramer

1973
The Devil's Daughter

as Lilith Malone

1972
1972
1972
Something to Hide

as Gabriella Field

1971
A Death of Innocence

as Elizabeth Cameron

1971
Revenge!

as Amanda Hilton

1970
Flap

as Dorothy Bluebell

1970
How Do I Love Thee?

as Lena Mervin

1970
Bloody Mama

as 'Ma' Kate Barker

1969
Arthur? Arthur!

as Hester Green

1969
The Mad Room

as Mrs. Armstrong

1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Shirley Newman

1968
Here's Lucy

as Shelley Summers

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
Wild in the Streets

as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)

1968
1967
Enter Laughing

as Emma Kolowitz

1966
1966
Alfie

as Ruby

1966
Harper

as Fay Estabrook

1966
Batman

as Ma Parker

1966
1965
A Patch of Blue

as Rose-Ann D'Arcey

1965
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Woman who is healed

1964
A House Is Not a Home

as Polly Adler

1963
Wives and Lovers

as Fran Cabrell

1963
The Balcony

as Madame Irma

1962
The Chapman Report

as Sarah Garnell

1962
1962
Lolita

as Charlotte Haze

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Hostess

1961
The Young Savages

as Mary diPace

1960
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank

as Petronella Van Daan

1957
1957
Wagon Train

as Ruth Owens

1956
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1956
Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
1955
The Big Knife

as Dixie Evans

1955
1955
I Am a Camera

as Natalia Landauer

1954
To Dorothy, a Son

as Myrtle La Mar

1954
Climax!

as Leona Stevenson

1954
Climax!

as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann

1954
Climax!

as Carol

1954
Mambo

as Toni Salerno

1954
Executive Suite

as Eva Bardeman

1954
Playgirl

as Fran

1954
Saskatchewan

as Grace Markey

1954
Tennessee Champ

as Sarah Wurble

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1952
1952
My Man and I

as Nancy

1952
Untamed Frontier

as Jane Stevens

1952
Meet Danny Wilson

as Joy Carroll

1951
The Raging Tide

as Connie Thatcher

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Mildred Corrigan

1951
Behave Yourself!

as Katherine "Kate" Denny

1951
He Ran All the Way

as Peggy Dobbs

1951
A Place in the Sun

as Alice Tripp

1950
Frenchie

as Frenchie Fontaine

1950
1950
Winchester '73

as Lola Manners

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Take One False Step

as Catherine Sykes

1949
The Great Gatsby

as Myrtle Wilson

1948
Cry of the City

as Brenda Martingale

1948
Red River

as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

1948
Larceny

as Tory

1947
A Double Life

as Pat Kroll

1947
Killer McCoy

as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)

1947
The Gangster

as Hazel

1947
Living in a Big Way

as Junior League Girl (uncredited)

1947
New Orleans

as Mrs. Holmbright

1945
1945
Escape in the Fog

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1945
Tonight and Every Night

as Bubbles (uncredited)

1944
Together Again

as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)

1944
She's a Soldier Too

as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)

1944
Knickerbocker Holiday

as Ulda Tienhoven

1944
Sailor's Holiday

as Gloria Flynn

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

1943
What a Woman

as Secretary (uncredited)