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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 18, 1920
Died
January 14, 2006
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Shirley Schrift
- Shelley Winter
- شلی وینترز
Shelley Winters
1.1 Popularity
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
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
2022
6.8
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
2020
7.6
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
6.7
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
2001
0.0
Self
On Cukor
2000
🎬
0.0
Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
2000
5.6
Prof. Summers
La bomba
1999
5.8
Mrs. Willows
Gideon
1998
7.5
Self
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
1997
0.0
Lady in Truck
Valley Girls
1996
Credits
Groucho & Cavett
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.0
My Darling Vivian
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.8
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
7.6
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
as Self (archive footage)
2001
6.7
On Cukor
as Self
2000
0.0
🎬
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
as Self
2000
0.0
La bomba
as Prof. Summers
1999
5.6
Gideon
as Mrs. Willows
1998
5.8
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
as Self
1997
7.5
Valley Girls
as Lady in Truck
1996
0.0
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mrs. Touchett
1996
6.0
Heavy
as Dolly Modino
1995
6.6
Raging Angels
as Grandma Ruth
1995
2.4
Jury Duty
as Mrs. Collins
1995
4.3
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
as Self
1995
7.0
Backfire!
as The Good Lieutenant
1995
3.0
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995
5.0
Mrs. Munck
as Aunt Monica
1995
6.3
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
1994
6.0
The Silence of the Hams
as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1994
4.9
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Politically Incorrect
1993
5.3
The Pickle
as Yetta
1993
4.7
🎬
Vicki!
as Self
1992
5.0
Weep No More, My Lady
as Vivian Morgan
1992
3.8
Stepping Out
as Mrs. Fraser
1991
5.9
Charlie Rose
as Self
1991
5.9
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.5
🎬
Touch of a Stranger
as Lily
1990
0.0
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
1990
7.3
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self
1990
0.0
An Unremarkable Life
as Evelyn McEllany
1989
0.0
🎬
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Self
1989
0.0
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
0.0
Purple People Eater
as Rita
1988
4.8
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988
6.5
Roseanne
as Nana Mary
1988
6.8
🎬
Very Close Quarters
1986
0.0
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
as Self
1986
7.5
The Delta Force
as Edie Kaplan
1986
5.9
Witchfire
as Lydia
1986
2.3
Alice in Wonderland
as Dodo Bird
1985
6.8
Déjà Vu
as Olga Nabokova
1985
5.9
Hawaiian Heat
1984
2.3
Ellie
as Cora Jackson
1984
3.8
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Becky
1984
4.8
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
1983
5.0
Do It Debbie's Way
as Self
1983
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Cole
1983
5.1
Hotel
as Adele Ellsworth
1982
6.8
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1982
5.9
S.O.B.
as Eva Brown
1981
5.9
Looping
as Carmen
1981
3.4
🎬
Russell Harty
1980
0.0
Fridays
as Self - Guest Host
1980
5.4
The French Atlantic Affair
as Helen Wabash
1979
7.0
The Magician of Lublin
as Elzbieta
1979
4.0
City on Fire
as Nurse Andrea Harper
1979
5.0
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
as Crystal (voice)
1979
6.4
The Visitor
as Jane Phillips
1979
5.2
🎬
Bringing A Legend To Life
as Herself
1979
0.0
Cher... and Other Fantasies
as Shelley
1979
10.0
Elvis
as Gladys Presley
1979
6.8
King of the Gypsies
as Queen Rachel
1978
5.7
Vega$
1978
7.0
The Initiation of Sarah
as Mrs. Erica Hunter
1978
5.5
Black Journal
as Lea
1977
5.3
Pete's Dragon
as Lena Gogan
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Teresa Rosselli
1977
6.3
The Hollywood Greats
1977
3.5
An Average Little Man
as Amalia Vivaldi
1977
8.0
Tentacles
as Tillie Turner
1977
4.6
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
as Crystal
1976
6.6
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
as Caterina
1976
0.0
The Tenant
as Concierge
1976
7.6
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Faye Lapinsky
1976
6.3
Diamonds
as Zelda Shapiro
1975
5.4
Journey into Fear
as Mrs. Mathews
1975
5.6
That Lucky Touch
as Diana Steedeman
1975
6.0
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Bertha
1975
4.9
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
The Sex Symbol
as Agatha Murphy
1974
2.3
Chico and the Man
1974
5.8
Big Rose
as Rose Winters
1974
0.0
Kojak
as Evelyn McNeil
1973
7.0
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
5.4
The Stone Killer
as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973
6.2
Cleopatra Jones
as Mommy
1973
5.6
Blume in Love
as Mrs. Cramer
1973
5.7
The Devil's Daughter
as Lilith Malone
1973
6.5
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen
1972
7.1
The Adventures of Nick Carter
as Bess Tucker
1972
2.7
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
as Mrs. Forrest
1972
6.1
Something to Hide
as Gabriella Field
1972
5.2
A Death of Innocence
as Elizabeth Cameron
1971
7.0
Revenge!
as Amanda Hilton
1971
6.4
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Helen Hill
1971
5.8
Flap
as Dorothy Bluebell
1970
6.4
How Do I Love Thee?
as Lena Mervin
1970
3.3
Bloody Mama
as 'Ma' Kate Barker
1970
5.5
McCloud
1970
7.1
Arthur? Arthur!
as Hester Green
1969
2.3
The Mad Room
as Mrs. Armstrong
1969
6.1
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
as Shirley Newman
1968
5.8
🎬
That's Life
1968
6.0
Here's Lucy
as Shelley Summers
1968
6.7
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
Wild in the Streets
as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
1968
5.8
The Scalphunters
as Kate
1968
6.4
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Enter Laughing
as Emma Kolowitz
1967
3.8
🎬
Easier in the Dark
as Frances
1967
0.0
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
6.7
ABC Stage 67
as Self
1966
6.2
Alfie
as Ruby
1966
6.5
Harper
as Fay Estabrook
1966
6.6
Batman
as Ma Parker
1966
7.3
The Three Sisters
as Natalya
1966
0.0
A Patch of Blue
as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965
7.6
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Mrs. Bixby
1965
3.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Woman who is healed
1965
6.4
Time of Indifference
as Lisa
1964
6.1
A House Is Not a Home
as Polly Adler
1964
4.1
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Jenny Dworak
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Edith
1963
5.7
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Clarry Golden
1963
5.7
Wives and Lovers
as Fran Cabrell
1963
4.1
The Balcony
as Madame Irma
1963
5.0
The Chapman Report
as Sarah Garnell
1962
5.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest Hostess
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
Lolita
as Charlotte Haze
1962
7.3
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Hostess
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Alcoa Premiere
1961
5.0
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Young Savages
as Mary diPace
1961
6.3
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Nellie Romano
1960
5.6
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Lorry
1959
6.8
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Petronella Van Daan
1959
7.2
The David Susskind Show
as Self
1959
5.0
DuPont Show of the Month
as Louisa Burt
1957
6.8
Wagon Train
as Ruth Owens
1957
6.6
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Perry Como Show
1956
7.3
Armchair Theatre
as Frances
1956
5.8
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
I Died a Thousand Times
as Marie Garson
1955
6.1
The Big Knife
as Dixie Evans
1955
6.0
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
as Ruth Harris
1955
5.8
The Alcoa Hour
1955
4.0
The Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper
1955
7.9
I Am a Camera
as Natalia Landauer
1955
6.0
To Dorothy, a Son
as Myrtle La Mar
1954
5.6
🎬
Producers' Showcase
as Crystal Allen
1954
6.5
Climax!
as Leona Stevenson
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Carol
1954
3.3
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
Mambo
as Toni Salerno
1954
5.5
Executive Suite
as Eva Bardeman
1954
7.0
Playgirl
as Fran
1954
4.0
Saskatchewan
as Grace Markey
1954
5.9
Tennessee Champ
as Sarah Wurble
1954
5.8
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.2
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Sally Marland
1952
7.3
My Man and I
as Nancy
1952
6.8
Untamed Frontier
as Jane Stevens
1952
7.2
Meet Danny Wilson
as Joy Carroll
1952
3.3
Phone Call from a Stranger
as Binky Gay
1952
6.2
The Raging Tide
as Connie Thatcher
1951
5.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Mildred Corrigan
1951
7.2
The Re-Inforcer
1951
5.5
Behave Yourself!
as Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951
6.0
He Ran All the Way
as Peggy Dobbs
1951
7.2
A Place in the Sun
as Alice Tripp
1951
7.3
Frenchie
as Frenchie Fontaine
1950
5.7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
South Sea Sinner
as Coral
1950
5.0
Winchester '73
as Lola Manners
1950
7.3
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Take One False Step
as Catherine Sykes
1949
5.2
The Great Gatsby
as Myrtle Wilson
1949
5.4
Johnny Stool Pigeon
as Terry
1949
6.2
Cry of the City
as Brenda Martingale
1948
6.7
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948
7.3
Larceny
as Tory
1948
5.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
A Double Life
as Pat Kroll
1947
6.3
Killer McCoy
as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947
6.0
The Gangster
as Hazel
1947
5.1
Living in a Big Way
as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947
5.0
Kraft Television Theatre
as Helen
1947
7.5
New Orleans
as Mrs. Holmbright
1947
6.6
A Thousand and One Nights
as Handmaiden
1945
5.8
Escape in the Fog
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945
5.3
Tonight and Every Night
as Bubbles (uncredited)
1945
5.2
Together Again
as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944
5.3
She's a Soldier Too
as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944
3.0
Knickerbocker Holiday
as Ulda Tienhoven
1944
5.0
Sailor's Holiday
as Gloria Flynn
1944
0.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
What a Woman
as Secretary (uncredited)
1943
5.6
There's Something About a Soldier
as Norma
1943
4.8