Shelley Winters

American actress (1920–2006)

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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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“Every now and then, when you're onstage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live.”
“I've been away from Hollywood so long, I feel like a spider on a wedding cake.”
“A pretty face is a passport.”

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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).