Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

211

Gender

Female

Birthday

1920-08-18

Deathday

2006-01-14 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Shirley Schrift
Shelley Winter
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Shelley Winters

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.

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Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (US)

2022

Groucho & Cavett as Self (archive footage)

2021

The Sparks Brothers as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020

My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)

2014		Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014		And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)

2001

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun as Self (archive footage)

2000

On Cukor as Self

1999

La bomba as Prof. Summers

1998

Gideon as Mrs. Willows

1997

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self

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		Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' as Self
1995		Backfire! as The Good Lieutenant
1995		The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995		Mrs. Munck as Aunt Monica

1994		Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994		Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
1994		The Silence of the Hams as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

1993		Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993		Politically Incorrect
1993		The Pickle as Yetta

1992		Vicki! as Self
1992		Weep No More, My Lady as Vivian Morgan

1991		Stepping Out as Mrs. Fraser
1991		Charlie Rose as Self - Guest
1991		Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)

1990		Touch of a Stranger as Lily
1990		Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
1990		Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self

1989		An Unremarkable Life as Evelyn McEllany
1989		Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
1989		Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Herself

1988		Purple People Eater as Rita
1988		Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988		Roseanne as Nana Mary

1986		Very Close Quarters
1986		Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self
1986		The Delta Force as Edie Kaplan
1986		Witchfire as Lydia

1985		Alice in Wonderland as Dodo Bird
1985		Déjà Vu as Olga Nabokova
1985		George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage)

1984		Hawaiian Heat
1984		Ellie as Cora Jackson
1984		Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Becky

1983		Do It Debbie's Way as Self
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
1982		Late Night with David Letterman as Self

1981		S.O.B. as Eva Brown
1981		Looping as Carmen

1980

Russell Harty

1979		The French Atlantic Affair as Helen Wabash
1979		The Magician of Lublin as Elzbieta
1979		City on Fire as Nurse Andrea Harper
1979		Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Crystal (voice)
1979		The Visitor as Jane Phillips
1979		Cher... and Other Fantasies as Shelley
1979		Elvis as Gladys Presley

1978		King of the Gypsies as Queen Rachel
1978		Vega$
1978		The Initiation of Sarah as Mrs. Erica Hunter

1977		Black Journal as Lea
1977		Pete's Dragon as Lena Gogan
1977		The Love Boat as Teresa Rosselli
1977		The Hollywood Greats
1977		An Average Little Man as Amalia Vivaldi
1977		Tentacles as Tillie Turner

1976		Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Crystal
1976		Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden as Caterina
1976		The Tenant as Concierge
1976		Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Faye Lapinsky

1975		Diamonds as Zelda Shapiro
1975		Journey into Fear as Mrs. Mathews
1975		That Lucky Touch as Diana Steedeman
1975		Poor Pretty Eddie as Bertha
1975		Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975		Midi Première as Self

1974		The Sex Symbol as Agatha Murphy
1974		Chico and the Man
1974		Big Rose as Rose Winters

1973		Kojak as Evelyn McNeil
1973		The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1973		The Stone Killer as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973		Cleopatra Jones as Mommy
1973		Blume in Love as Mrs. Cramer
1973		The Devil's Daughter as Lilith Malone

1972		The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
1972		The Adventures of Nick Carter as Bess Tucker
1972		Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Mrs. Forrest
1972		Something to Hide as Gabriella Field

1971		A Death of Innocence as Elizabeth Cameron
1971		Revenge! as Amanda Hilton
1971		What's the Matter with Helen? as Helen Hill

1970		Flap as Dorothy Bluebell
1970		How Do I Love Thee? as Lena Mervin
1970		Bloody Mama as 'Ma' Kate Barker
1970		McCloud

1969		Arthur? Arthur! as Hester Green
1969		The Mad Room as Mrs. Armstrong

1968		Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Shirley Newman
1968		That's Life
1968		Here's Lucy as Shelley Summers
1968		The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968		Wild in the Streets as Mrs. Daphne Flatow
1968		The Scalphunters as Kate
1968		Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self

1967		Enter Laughing as Emma Kolowitz
1967		Easier in the Dark as Frances

1966		ABC Stage 67 as Self
1966		Alfie as Ruby
1966		Harper as Fay Estabrook
1966		Batman as Ma Parker
1966		The Three Sisters as Natalya

1965		A Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965		Thirty-Minute Theatre as Mrs. Bixby
1965		The Greatest Story Ever Told as Woman who is healed

1964		Time of Indifference as Lisa
1964		A House Is Not a Home as Polly Adler

1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Jenny Dworak
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Edith
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Clarry Golden
1963		Wives and Lovers as Fran Cabrell
1963		The Balcony as Madame Irma

1962		The Chapman Report as Sarah Garnell
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962		The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Hostess
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		Lolita as Charlotte Haze

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess
1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Alcoa Premiere
1961		Ben Casey
1961		The Young Savages as Mary diPace

1960

Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Nellie Romano

1959		Odds Against Tomorrow as Lorry
1959		The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan
1959		The David Susskind Show as Self

1957		DuPont Show of the Month as Louisa Burt
1957		Wagon Train as Ruth Owens

1956		The Perry Como Show
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956		Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1955		I Died a Thousand Times as Marie Garson
1955		The Big Knife as Dixie Evans
1955		The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Ruth Harris
1955		The Alcoa Hour
1955		The Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
1955		I Am a Camera as Natalia Landauer

1954		To Dorothy, a Son as Myrtle La Mar
1954		Producers' Showcase as Crystal Allen
1954		Climax! as Leona Stevenson
1954		Climax! as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
1954		Climax! as Carol
1954		A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
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 United States Steel Hour
1953		The Oscars as Self

1952		The Ford Television Theatre as Sally Marland
1952		My Man and I as Nancy
1952		Untamed Frontier as Jane Stevens
1952		Meet Danny Wilson as Joy Carroll
1952		Phone Call from a Stranger as Binky Gay

1951		The Raging Tide as Connie Thatcher
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mildred Corrigan
1951		The Re-Inforcer
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		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		South Sea Sinner as Coral
1950		Winchester '73 as Lola Manners
1950		The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949		Take One False Step as Catherine Sykes
1949		The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
1949		Johnny Stool Pigeon as Terry

1948		Cry of the City as Brenda Martingale
1948		Red River as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948		Larceny as Tory
1948		The Ed Sullivan Show as Self

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		A Thousand and One Nights as Handmaiden
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)
1943		There's Something About a Soldier as Norma