
Shelley Winters
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 18, 1920
- Died
- January 14, 2006 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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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Filmography

Groucho & Cavett
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

My Darling Vivian
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Self

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)

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

On Cukor
Movie · as Self
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Movie · as Self

La bomba
Movie · as Prof. Summers

Gideon
Movie · as Mrs. Willows

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

The Portrait of a Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Touchett

Valley Girls
Movie · as Lady in Truck

Heavy
Movie · as Dolly Modino

Jury Duty
Movie · as Mrs. Collins

Backfire!
Movie · as The Good Lieutenant

Mrs. Munck
Movie · as Aunt Monica

Raging Angels
Movie · as Grandma Ruth

Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Movie · as Self

The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
TV · 2 eps

The Silence of the Hams
Movie · as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Movie · as Self

Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Pickle
Movie · as Yetta

Politically Incorrect
TV · 2 eps

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Weep No More, My Lady
Movie · as Vivian Morgan
Vicki!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Stepping Out
Movie · as Mrs. Fraser

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Charlie Rose
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Touch of a Stranger
Movie · as Lily

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Movie · as Self

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie · as Self

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

Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
TV · 1 ep

Hello Actors Studio
Movie · as Self

Purple People Eater
Movie · as Rita

Roseanne
TV · as Nana Mary · 10 eps

The Delta Force
Movie · as Edie Kaplan

Witchfire
Movie · as Lydia

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Movie · as Self

Very Close Quarters
Movie · as Galina

Déjà Vu
Movie · as Olga Nabokova

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie · as (archive footage)

Alice in Wonderland
TV · as Dodo Bird · 1 ep

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Movie · as Becky

Ellie
Movie · as Cora Jackson

Hawaiian Heat
TV · 1 ep

Fanny Hill
Movie · as Mrs. Cole

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Do It Debbie's Way
Movie · as Self

James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie · as Self

Hotel
TV · as Adele Ellsworth · 1 ep

Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

Wogan
TV · as Self · 2 eps

S.O.B.
Movie · as Eva Brown

Looping
Movie · as Carmen
Russell Harty
TV · 1 ep

Fridays
TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

Elvis
Movie · as Gladys Presley

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Movie · as Crystal (voice)

The Visitor
Movie · as Jane Phillips

City on Fire
Movie · as Nurse Andrea Harper

The Magician of Lublin
Movie · as Elzbieta

Cher... and Other Fantasies
Movie · as Shelley
Bringing A Legend To Life
Movie · as Herself

The French Atlantic Affair
TV · as Helen Wabash · 3 eps

King of the Gypsies
Movie · as Queen Rachel

The Initiation of Sarah
Movie · as Mrs. Erica Hunter

Vega$
TV · 1 ep

Pete's Dragon
Movie · as Lena Gogan

Tentacles
Movie · as Tillie Turner

An Average Little Man
Movie · as Amalia Vivaldi

Black Journal
Movie · as Lea

Making It In Hollywood
Movie · as Self

The Hollywood Greats
TV · 1 ep

The Love Boat
TV · as Teresa Rosselli · 2 eps

The Tenant
Movie · as Concierge

Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Movie · as Faye Lapinsky

Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Movie · as Crystal

Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
Movie · as Caterina

Poor Pretty Eddie
Movie · as Bertha

Diamonds
Movie · as Zelda Shapiro

Journey into Fear
Movie · as Mrs. Mathews

That Lucky Touch
Movie · as Diana Steedeman

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Midi Première
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Big Rose
Movie · as Rose Winters

The Sex Symbol
Movie · as Agatha Murphy

Chico and the Man
TV · 1 ep

The Stone Killer
Movie · as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

Cleopatra Jones
Movie · as Mommy

The Devil's Daughter
Movie · as Lilith Malone

Blume in Love
Movie · as Mrs. Cramer

Something to Hide
Movie · as Gabriella Field

Kojak
TV · as Evelyn McNeil · 1 ep

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Belle Rosen

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Movie · as Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'

The Adventures of Nick Carter
Movie · as Bess Tucker

What's the Matter with Helen?
Movie · as Helen

Revenge!
Movie · as Amanda Hilton

A Death of Innocence
Movie · as Elizabeth Cameron

Bloody Mama
Movie · as 'Ma' Kate Barker

Flap
Movie · as Dorothy Bluebell

How Do I Love Thee?
Movie · as Lena Mervin

McCloud
TV · 1 ep

The Mad Room
Movie · as Mrs. Armstrong

Arthur? Arthur!
Movie · as Hester Green

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Barbara Bennet · 1 ep

The Scalphunters
Movie · as Kate

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Movie · as Shirley Newman

Wild in the Streets
Movie · as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)

Here's Lucy
TV · as Shelley Summers · 1 ep

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
That's Life
TV · 2 eps

Enter Laughing
Movie · as Emma Kolowitz
Easier in the Dark
Movie · as Frances

Harper
Movie · as Fay Estabrook

Alfie
Movie · as Ruby

The Three Sisters
Movie · as Natalya

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Movie

Batman
TV · as Ma Parker · 2 eps

ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 14 eps

The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Woman who is healed

A Patch of Blue
Movie · as Rose-Ann D'Arcey

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Mrs. Bixby · 1 ep

Time of Indifference
Movie · as Lisa

A House Is Not a Home
Movie · as Polly Adler

The Balcony
Movie · as Madame Irma

Wives and Lovers
Movie · as Fran Cabrell
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Jenny Dworak, Edith, Clarry Golden · 1 ep

Lolita
Movie · as Charlotte Haze

The Chapman Report
Movie · as Sarah Garnell

The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Hostess · 59 eps

The Young Savages
Movie · as Mary diPace

Ben Casey
TV · 1 ep

Alcoa Premiere
TV · 1 ep

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Hostess · 10 eps

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie · as Nellie Romano

The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Petronella Van Daan

Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie · as Lorry

The David Susskind Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Louisa Burt · 1 ep

Wagon Train
TV · as Ruth Owens · 1 ep

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Perry Como Show
TV · 1 ep

Armchair Theatre
TV · as Frances · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

The Night of the Hunter
Movie · as Willa Harper

I Died a Thousand Times
Movie · as Marie Garson

The Big Knife
Movie · as Dixie Evans

I Am a Camera
Movie · as Natalia Landauer

The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Movie · as Ruth Harris

The Alcoa Hour
TV · 1 ep

Playgirl
Movie · as Fran

Executive Suite
Movie · as Eva Bardeman

Saskatchewan
Movie · as Grace Markey

To Dorothy, a Son
Movie · as Myrtle La Mar

Tennessee Champ
Movie · as Sarah Wurble

Mambo
Movie · as Toni Salerno

A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie · as Self

Climax!
TV · as Leona Stevenson, Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann, Carol · 1 ep
Producers' Showcase
TV · as Crystal Allen · 1 ep

The United States Steel Hour
TV · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Phone Call from a Stranger
Movie · as Binky Gay

Meet Danny Wilson
Movie · as Joy Carroll

Untamed Frontier
Movie · as Jane Stevens

My Man and I
Movie · as Nancy

The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Sally Marland · 1 ep

A Place in the Sun
Movie · as Alice Tripp

He Ran All the Way
Movie · as Peggy Dobbs

The Raging Tide
Movie · as Connie Thatcher

Behave Yourself!
Movie · as Katherine "Kate" Denny

The Re-Inforcer
Movie

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Mildred Corrigan · 1 ep

Winchester '73
Movie · as Lola Manners

South Sea Sinner
Movie · as Coral

Frenchie
Movie · as Frenchie Fontaine

The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 5 eps

Take One False Step
Movie · as Catherine Sykes

The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Myrtle Wilson

Johnny Stool Pigeon
Movie · as Terry

Cry of the City
Movie · as Brenda Martingale

Larceny
Movie · as Tory

Red River
Movie · as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Gangster
Movie · as Hazel (uncredited)

A Double Life
Movie · as Pat Kroll

Killer McCoy
Movie · as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way
Movie · as Junior League Girl (uncredited)

New Orleans
Movie · as Mrs. Holmbright

Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Helen · 1 ep

Susie Steps Out
Movie · as Band Singer

Escape in the Fog
Movie · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Tonight and Every Night
Movie · as Bubbles (uncredited)

A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Handmaiden

Together Again
Movie · as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)

Sailor's Holiday
Movie · as Gloria Flynn

She's a Soldier Too
Movie · as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)

Knickerbocker Holiday
Movie · as Ulda Tienhoven

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep

What a Woman
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

There's Something About a Soldier
Movie · as Norma








