Shelley Winters
Department: 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.
Known For
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
Lolita
1962
The Stone Killer
1973
The Night of the Hunter
1955
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
The Silence of the Hams
1994
Escape in the Fog
1945
King of the Gypsies
1978
Cry of the City
1948
Take One False Step
1949
Pete's Dragon
1977
Bloody Mama
1970
The Tenant
1976
Heavy
1995
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
1972
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
The Initiation of Sarah
1978
The Scalphunters
1968
Harper
1966
A Place in the Sun
1951
Larceny
1948
The Gangster
1947
He Ran All the Way
1951
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1976
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
A Patch of Blue
1965
S.O.B.
1981
Cleopatra Jones
1973
Elvis
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
1979
The Pickle
1993
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
A Double Life
1947
Playgirl
1954
Stepping Out
1991
Winchester '73
1950
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
What's the Matter with Helen?
1971
Wild in the Streets
1968
Enter Laughing
1967
Executive Suite
1954
Tonight and Every Night
1945
Alfie
1966
The Raging Tide
1951
The Delta Force
1986
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
The Big Knife
1955
Tentacles
1977
Jury Duty
1995
The Great Gatsby
1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949
An Average Little Man
1977
The Visitor
1979
I Am a Camera
1955
Phone Call from a Stranger
1952
Black Journal
1977
The Young Savages
1961
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
1955
Fanny Hill
1983
On Cukor
2000
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
The Devil's Daughter
1973
Diamonds
1975
City on Fire
1979
Time of Indifference
1964
Blume in Love
1973
La bomba
1999
South Sea Sinner
1950
Backfire!
1995
Witchfire
1986
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Revenge!
1971
Saskatchewan
1954
The Chapman Report
1962
The Balcony
1963
Meet Danny Wilson
1952
Big Rose
1974
Journey into Fear
1975
Wives and Lovers
1963
Untamed Frontier
1952
Déjà Vu
1985
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
The Adventures of Nick Carter
1972
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Behave Yourself!
1951
Tennessee Champ
1954
An Unremarkable Life
1989
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
Frenchie
1950
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984
A House Is Not a Home
1964
The Sex Symbol
1974
Ellie
1984
Hello Actors Studio
1988
Touch of a Stranger
1990
My Man and I
1952
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
Purple People Eater
1988
Together Again
1944
Mrs. Munck
1995
Killer McCoy
1947
A Death of Innocence
1971
Red River
1948
Living in a Big Way
1947
The Magician of Lublin
1979
Flap
1970
Mambo
1954
Sailor's Holiday
1944
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
How Do I Love Thee?
1970
The Mad Room
1969
Groucho & Cavett
2022
Easier in the Dark
1967
Something to Hide
1972
She's a Soldier Too
1944
New Orleans
1947
Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
That Lucky Touch
1975
What a Woman
1943
Raging Angels
1995
Weep No More, My Lady
1992
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
Looping
1981
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954
Gideon
1998
Cher... and Other Fantasies
1979
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
1976
The Three Sisters
1966
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
Arthur? Arthur!
1969
Do It Debbie's Way
1983
Very Close Quarters
1986
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
My Darling Vivian
2020
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001
Valley Girls
1996
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
Bringing A Legend To Life
1979
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983
Susie Steps Out
1946
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Charlie Rose
1991
Here's Lucy
1968
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Batman
1966
Chico and the Man
1974
Roseanne
1988
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The David Susskind Show
1959
Hotel
1982
Politically Incorrect
1993
Kojak
1973
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Vega$
1978
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
McCloud
1970
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Climax!
1954
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Ben Casey
1961
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Hawaiian Heat
1984
Wogan
1982
The Hollywood Greats
1977
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Oscars
1953
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Russell Harty
1980
The Perry Como Show
1956
Alice in Wonderland
1985
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
Wagon Train
1957
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
Producers' Showcase
1954
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Bob Hope Show
1950
The French Atlantic Affair
1979
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Love Boat
1977
Climax!
1954
Climax!
1954
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Midi Première
1975
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
What's My Line?
1950
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Vicki!
1992
That's Life
1968
ABC Stage 67
1966
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Armchair Theatre
1956
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Fridays
1980
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956