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Shelley Winters was an American actress who had a long career in film and television from the 1940s through the early 2000s. She is remembered as a significant figure in entertainment history, known for her versatility in dramatic and character roles across multiple decades.
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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…
Known for
- Groucho & Cavett — Self (archive footage)2022
- My Darling Vivian — Self (archive footage)2020
- The Fabulous Allan Carr — Self (archive)2017
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)2012
- George Stevens and His Place In The Sun — Self (archive footage)2001
- On Cukor — Self2000
- Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies — Self2000
- La bomba — Prof. Summers1999
- Gideon — Mrs. Willows1998
- Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady — Self1997
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- female
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- United States
- Place of birth
- East St. Louis
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Vittorio Gassman
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- Studio publicity Shelley Winters.jpg
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- 2006-01-14
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- myocardial infarction
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- Academy Award for Best Actress
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- natural causes
- place of burial
- Hillside Memorial Park
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- Shelley Winters
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- 1943-00-00
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- English language
- birth name
- Shirley Schrift
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress, whose film career spanned seven decades. She 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). She was also a Golden Globe Award winner (out of six nominations), a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and a two-time BAFTA Award nominee. She was also a life member of the Actors Studio.
Winters starred in the Broadway musical Oklahoma!. After a string of minor roles, she had a breakthrough role in A Double Life (1947), quickly rose to leading lady status. She was initially typified the "blond bombshell" archetype, but balked at typecasting, and became known for her versatility as a performer. Some of her other well-known films include The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), and Pete's Dragon (1977).
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