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Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Birthday: 1920-08-18 | Place of Birth: 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shelley Winters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1998
Gideon

as    Mrs. Willows

1996
Heavy

as    Dolly Modino

1996
The Portrait of a Lady

as    Mrs. Touchett

1995
Raging Angels

as    Grandma Ruth

1993
The Pickle

as    Yetta

1992
Weep No More, My Lady

as    Vivian Morgan

1991
Stepping Out

as    Mrs. Fraser

1988
Purple People Eater

as    Rita

1986
The Delta Force

as    Edie Kaplan

1985
Déjà Vu

as    Olga Nabokova

1985
Alice in Wonderland

as    The Dodo Bird

1983
Fanny Hill

as    Mrs. Cole

1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

as    Crystal (voice)

1979
Elvis

as    Gladys Presley

1979
The Visitor

as    Jane Phillips

1979
City on Fire

as    Nurse Andrea Harper

1978
The Initiation of Sarah

as    Mrs. Erica Hunter

1978
King of the Gypsies

as    Queen Rachel

1977
Pete's Dragon

as    Lena Gogan

1977
Tentacles

as    Tillie Turner

1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland

as    Crystal

1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village

as    Faye Lapinsky

1976
The Tenant

as    The Concierge

1975
Diamonds

as    Zelda Shapiro

1973
The Devil's Daughter

as    Lilith Malone

1973
Cleopatra Jones

as    Mommy

1973
Blume in Love

as    Mrs. Cramer

1972
The Poseidon Adventure

as    Belle Rosen

1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

as    Mrs. Forrest