Shelley Winters
Actor
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 Night of the Hunter
as Willa Harper 1955
The Tenant
as Concierge 1976
The Poseidon Adventure
as Belle Rosen 1972
Pete's Dragon
as Lena Gogan 1977
Red River
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited) 1948
The Delta Force
as Edie Kaplan 1986
A Place in the Sun
as Alice Tripp 1951
Winchester '73
as Lola Manners 1950
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Petronella Van Daan 1959
The Portrait of a Lady
as Mrs. Touchett 1996
An Average Little Man
as Amalia Vivaldi 1977
Alfie
as Ruby 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Woman who is healed 1965
The Silence of the Hams
as Mrs. Motel (The Mother) 1994
Harper
as Fay Estabrook 1966
Elvis
as Gladys Presley 1979