Person Details

Birthday: 1920-08-18 18:16:58

Death: 2006-01-14 18:16:58

Aliases: Shirley Schrift , Shelley Winter

Gender: Female

Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 106

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shelley Winters licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Wagon Train
Average
7

Wagon Train

(1957) Ruth Owens
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Carol
Kojak
Average
7

Kojak

(1973) Evelyn McNeil
Tony Awards
Average
5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter
The Poseidon Adventure
Average
7

The Poseidon Adventure

(1972) Belle Rosen
The Ford Television Theatre
Average
0

The Ford Television Theatre

(1952) Sally Marland
The Delta Force
Average
6

The Delta Force

(1986) Edie Kaplan

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self (archive footage)
2020 Self (archive footage)
2014 Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
2012 (archive footage)
2002 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
2000 Self
1999 Prof. Summers
1998 Mrs. Willows
1997 Self
1996 Lady in Truck
Mrs. Touchett
1995 Dolly Modino
Grandma Ruth
Mrs. Collins
Self
The Good Lieutenant
N/A
Aunt Monica
1994 Self
Self
Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1993 Self - Guest
N/A
Yetta
1992 Vivian Morgan
1991 Mrs. Fraser
Self - Guest
Self (archive footage)
1990 Lily
Self
Self
1989 Evelyn McEllany
Self
1988 Rita
Self
Nana Mary
1986 N/A
Self
Edie Kaplan
Lydia
1985 Dodo Bird
Olga Nabokova
Self (archive footage)
1984 N/A
Cora Jackson
Becky
1983 Self
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mrs. Cole
1982 N/A
Self
Self
1981 Eva Brown
Carmen
1980 N/A
1979 Helen Wabash
Elzbieta
Nurse Andrea Harper
Crystal (voice)
Jane Phillips
Shelley
Gladys Presley
1978 Queen Rachel
N/A
Mrs. Erica Hunter
1977 Lea
Lena Gogan
Teresa Rosselli
N/A
Amalia Vivaldi
Tillie Turner
1976 Crystal
Caterina
The Concierge
Faye Lapinsky
1975 Zelda Shapiro
Mrs. Mathews
Diana Steedeman
Bertha
Self
Self
1974 Agatha Murphy
N/A
Rose Winters
1973 Evelyn McNeil
Self
Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
Mommy
Mrs. Cramer
Lilith Malone
1972 Belle Rosen
Bess Tucker
Mrs. Forrest
Gabriella Field
1971 Elizabeth Cameron
Amanda Hilton
Helen Hill
1970 Dorothy Bluebell
Lena Mervin
'Ma' Kate Barker
N/A
1969 Hester Green
Mrs. Armstrong
1968 Shirley Newman
Shelley Summers
Self - Guest
Mrs. Daphne Flatow
Kate
1967 Self
Emma Kolowitz
Frances
1966 Ruby
Fay Estabrook
Ma Parker
Natalya
1965 Rose-Ann D'Arcey
N/A
Woman who is healed
1964 Lisa
Polly Adler
1963 N/A
Jenny Dworak
Fran Cabrell
Madame Irma
1962 Sarah Garnell
Self
Self
Charlotte Haze
1961 Self - Co-Hostess
Self
N/A
N/A
Mary diPace
1960 Nellie Romano
1959 Lorry
Petronella Van Daan
Self
1957 Louisa Burt
Ruth Owens
1956 N/A
Self - Guest
Self - Presenter
Self (archive footage)
1955 Marie Garson
Dixie Evans
Ruth Harris
N/A
Willa Harper
Natalia Landauer
1954 Myrtle La Mar
Crystal Allen
Leona Stevenson
Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
Carol
Self
Toni Salerno
Eva Bardeman
Fran
Grace Markey
Sarah Wurble
1953 N/A
Self
1952 Sally Marland
Nancy
Jane Stevens
Joy Carroll
Binky Gay
1951 Connie Thatcher
Mildred Corrigan
N/A
Katherine "Kate" Denny
Peggy Dobbs
Alice Tripp
1950 Frenchie Fontaine
Self
Coral
Lola Manners
Self
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 Catherine Sykes
Myrtle Wilson
Terry
1948 Brenda Martingale
Tory
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Self
Self - Guest
1947 Pat Kroll
Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Hazel
Junior League Girl (uncredited)
Mrs. Holmbright
1945 Handmaiden
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bubbles (uncredited)
1944 Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
Ulda Tienhoven
Gloria Flynn
1943 Secretary (uncredited)
Norma
Narrator (US)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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