Shelley Winters

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

2022
Groucho & Cavett poster

Groucho & Cavett

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
My Darling Vivian poster

My Darling Vivian

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Fabulous Allan Carr poster

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie · as Self

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen poster

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie · as (archive footage)

2001
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun poster

George Stevens and His Place In The Sun

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
On Cukor poster

On Cukor

Movie · as Self

2000
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Movie · as Self

1999
La bomba poster

La bomba

Movie · as Prof. Summers

1998
Gideon poster

Gideon

Movie · as Mrs. Willows

1997
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady poster

Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady

Movie · as Self

1996
The Portrait of a Lady poster

The Portrait of a Lady

Movie · as Mrs. Touchett

1996
Valley Girls poster

Valley Girls

Movie · as Lady in Truck

1995
Heavy poster

Heavy

Movie · as Dolly Modino

1995
Jury Duty poster

Jury Duty

Movie · as Mrs. Collins

1995
Backfire! poster

Backfire!

Movie · as The Good Lieutenant

1995
Mrs. Munck poster

Mrs. Munck

Movie · as Aunt Monica

1995
Raging Angels poster

Raging Angels

Movie · as Grandma Ruth

1995
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' poster

Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'

Movie · as Self

1995
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder poster

The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder

TV · 2 eps

1994
The Silence of the Hams poster

The Silence of the Hams

Movie · as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)

1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One poster

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

Movie · as Self

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
The Pickle poster

The Pickle

Movie · as Yetta

1993
Politically Incorrect poster

Politically Incorrect

TV · 2 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1992
Weep No More, My Lady poster

Weep No More, My Lady

Movie · as Vivian Morgan

1992
Vicki!

Vicki!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Stepping Out poster

Stepping Out

Movie · as Mrs. Fraser

1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star poster

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1991
Charlie Rose poster

Charlie Rose

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Touch of a Stranger

Touch of a Stranger

Movie · as Lily

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge poster

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Movie · as Self

1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol poster

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Movie · as Self

1989
An Unremarkable Life poster

An Unremarkable Life

Movie · as Evelyn McEllany

1989
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Movie · as Self

1989
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood poster

Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood

TV · 1 ep

1988
Hello Actors Studio poster

Hello Actors Studio

Movie · as Self

1988
Purple People Eater poster

Purple People Eater

Movie · as Rita

1988
Roseanne poster

Roseanne

TV · as Nana Mary · 10 eps

1986
The Delta Force poster

The Delta Force

Movie · as Edie Kaplan

1986
Witchfire poster

Witchfire

Movie · as Lydia

1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend poster

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

Movie · as Self

1986
Very Close Quarters poster

Very Close Quarters

Movie · as Galina

1985
Déjà Vu poster

Déjà Vu

Movie · as Olga Nabokova

1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey poster

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Movie · as (archive footage)

1985
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

TV · as Dodo Bird · 1 ep

1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge poster

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Movie · as Becky

1984
Ellie poster

Ellie

Movie · as Cora Jackson

1984
Hawaiian Heat poster

Hawaiian Heat

TV · 1 ep

1983
Fanny Hill poster

Fanny Hill

Movie · as Mrs. Cole

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
Do It Debbie's Way poster

Do It Debbie's Way

Movie · as Self

1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years poster

James Bond: The First 21 Years

Movie · as Self

1982
Hotel poster

Hotel

TV · as Adele Ellsworth · 1 ep

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1981
S.O.B. poster

S.O.B.

Movie · as Eva Brown

1981
Looping poster

Looping

Movie · as Carmen

1980
Russell Harty

Russell Harty

TV · 1 ep

1980
Fridays poster

Fridays

TV · as Self - Guest Host · 1 ep

1979
Elvis poster

Elvis

Movie · as Gladys Presley

1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July poster

Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

Movie · as Crystal (voice)

1979
The Visitor poster

The Visitor

Movie · as Jane Phillips

1979
City on Fire poster

City on Fire

Movie · as Nurse Andrea Harper

1979
The Magician of Lublin poster

The Magician of Lublin

Movie · as Elzbieta

1979
Cher... and Other Fantasies poster

Cher... and Other Fantasies

Movie · as Shelley

1979
Bringing A Legend To Life

Bringing A Legend To Life

Movie · as Herself

1979
The French Atlantic Affair poster

The French Atlantic Affair

TV · as Helen Wabash · 3 eps

1978
King of the Gypsies poster

King of the Gypsies

Movie · as Queen Rachel

1978
The Initiation of Sarah poster

The Initiation of Sarah

Movie · as Mrs. Erica Hunter

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1977
Pete's Dragon poster

Pete's Dragon

Movie · as Lena Gogan

1977
Tentacles poster

Tentacles

Movie · as Tillie Turner

1977
An Average Little Man poster

An Average Little Man

Movie · as Amalia Vivaldi

1977
Black Journal poster

Black Journal

Movie · as Lea

1977
Making It In Hollywood poster

Making It In Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1977
The Hollywood Greats poster

The Hollywood Greats

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Teresa Rosselli · 2 eps

1976
The Tenant poster

The Tenant

Movie · as Concierge

1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village poster

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Movie · as Faye Lapinsky

1976
Frosty's Winter Wonderland poster

Frosty's Winter Wonderland

Movie · as Crystal

1976
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden poster

Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden

Movie · as Caterina

1975
Poor Pretty Eddie poster

Poor Pretty Eddie

Movie · as Bertha

1975
Diamonds poster

Diamonds

Movie · as Zelda Shapiro

1975
Journey into Fear poster

Journey into Fear

Movie · as Mrs. Mathews

1975
That Lucky Touch poster

That Lucky Touch

Movie · as Diana Steedeman

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Midi Première poster

Midi Première

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Big Rose poster

Big Rose

Movie · as Rose Winters

1974
The Sex Symbol poster

The Sex Symbol

Movie · as Agatha Murphy

1974
Chico and the Man poster

Chico and the Man

TV · 1 ep

1973
The Stone Killer poster

The Stone Killer

Movie · as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)

1973
Cleopatra Jones poster

Cleopatra Jones

Movie · as Mommy

1973
The Devil's Daughter poster

The Devil's Daughter

Movie · as Lilith Malone

1973
Blume in Love poster

Blume in Love

Movie · as Mrs. Cramer

1973
Something to Hide poster

Something to Hide

Movie · as Gabriella Field

1973
Kojak poster

Kojak

TV · as Evelyn McNeil · 1 ep

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1972
The Poseidon Adventure poster

The Poseidon Adventure

Movie · as Belle Rosen

1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? poster

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Movie · as Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'

1972
The Adventures of Nick Carter poster

The Adventures of Nick Carter

Movie · as Bess Tucker

1971
What's the Matter with Helen? poster

What's the Matter with Helen?

Movie · as Helen

1971
Revenge! poster

Revenge!

Movie · as Amanda Hilton

1971
A Death of Innocence poster

A Death of Innocence

Movie · as Elizabeth Cameron

1970
Bloody Mama poster

Bloody Mama

Movie · as 'Ma' Kate Barker

1970
Flap poster

Flap

Movie · as Dorothy Bluebell

1970
How Do I Love Thee? poster

How Do I Love Thee?

Movie · as Lena Mervin

1970
McCloud poster

McCloud

TV · 1 ep

1969
The Mad Room poster

The Mad Room

Movie · as Mrs. Armstrong

1969
Arthur? Arthur! poster

Arthur? Arthur!

Movie · as Hester Green

1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre poster

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV · as Barbara Bennet · 1 ep

1968
The Scalphunters poster

The Scalphunters

Movie · as Kate

1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell poster

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Movie · as Shirley Newman

1968
Wild in the Streets poster

Wild in the Streets

Movie · as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)

1968
Here's Lucy poster

Here's Lucy

TV · as Shelley Summers · 1 ep

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1968
That's Life

That's Life

TV · 2 eps

1967
Enter Laughing poster

Enter Laughing

Movie · as Emma Kolowitz

1967
Easier in the Dark

Easier in the Dark

Movie · as Frances

1966
Harper poster

Harper

Movie · as Fay Estabrook

1966
Alfie poster

Alfie

Movie · as Ruby

1966
The Three Sisters poster

The Three Sisters

Movie · as Natalya

1966
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe poster

The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

Movie

1966
Batman poster

Batman

TV · as Ma Parker · 2 eps

1966
ABC Stage 67 poster

ABC Stage 67

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1966
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 14 eps

1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie · as Woman who is healed

1965
A Patch of Blue poster

A Patch of Blue

Movie · as Rose-Ann D'Arcey

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Mrs. Bixby · 1 ep

1964
Time of Indifference poster

Time of Indifference

Movie · as Lisa

1964
A House Is Not a Home poster

A House Is Not a Home

Movie · as Polly Adler

1963
The Balcony poster

The Balcony

Movie · as Madame Irma

1963
Wives and Lovers poster

Wives and Lovers

Movie · as Fran Cabrell

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Jenny Dworak, Edith, Clarry Golden · 1 ep

1962
Lolita poster

Lolita

Movie · as Charlotte Haze

1962
The Chapman Report poster

The Chapman Report

Movie · as Sarah Garnell

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self, Self - Guest Hostess · 59 eps

1961
The Young Savages poster

The Young Savages

Movie · as Mary diPace

1961
Ben Casey poster

Ben Casey

TV · 1 ep

1961
Alcoa Premiere poster

Alcoa Premiere

TV · 1 ep

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Co-Hostess · 10 eps

1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph poster

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Movie · as Nellie Romano

1959
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

Movie · as Petronella Van Daan

1959
Odds Against Tomorrow poster

Odds Against Tomorrow

Movie · as Lorry

1959
The David Susskind Show poster

The David Susskind Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1957
DuPont Show of the Month poster

DuPont Show of the Month

TV · as Louisa Burt · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Ruth Owens · 1 ep

1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar poster

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1956
The Perry Como Show poster

The Perry Como Show

TV · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Frances · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

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

1955
The Night of the Hunter poster

The Night of the Hunter

Movie · as Willa Harper

1955
I Died a Thousand Times poster

I Died a Thousand Times

Movie · as Marie Garson

1955
The Big Knife poster

The Big Knife

Movie · as Dixie Evans

1955
I Am a Camera poster

I Am a Camera

Movie · as Natalia Landauer

1955
The Treasure of Pancho Villa poster

The Treasure of Pancho Villa

Movie · as Ruth Harris

1955
The Alcoa Hour poster

The Alcoa Hour

TV · 1 ep

1954
Playgirl poster

Playgirl

Movie · as Fran

1954
Executive Suite poster

Executive Suite

Movie · as Eva Bardeman

1954
Saskatchewan poster

Saskatchewan

Movie · as Grace Markey

1954
To Dorothy, a Son poster

To Dorothy, a Son

Movie · as Myrtle La Mar

1954
Tennessee Champ poster

Tennessee Champ

Movie · as Sarah Wurble

1954
Mambo poster

Mambo

Movie · as Toni Salerno

1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere poster

A Star Is Born World Premiere

Movie · as Self

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Leona Stevenson, Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann, Carol · 1 ep

1954
Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase

TV · as Crystal Allen · 1 ep

1953
The United States Steel Hour poster

The United States Steel Hour

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1952
Phone Call from a Stranger poster

Phone Call from a Stranger

Movie · as Binky Gay

1952
Meet Danny Wilson poster

Meet Danny Wilson

Movie · as Joy Carroll

1952
Untamed Frontier poster

Untamed Frontier

Movie · as Jane Stevens

1952
My Man and I poster

My Man and I

Movie · as Nancy

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as Sally Marland · 1 ep

1951
A Place in the Sun poster

A Place in the Sun

Movie · as Alice Tripp

1951
He Ran All the Way poster

He Ran All the Way

Movie · as Peggy Dobbs

1951
The Raging Tide poster

The Raging Tide

Movie · as Connie Thatcher

1951
Behave Yourself! poster

Behave Yourself!

Movie · as Katherine "Kate" Denny

1951
The Re-Inforcer poster

The Re-Inforcer

Movie

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Mildred Corrigan · 1 ep

1950
Winchester '73 poster

Winchester '73

Movie · as Lola Manners

1950
South Sea Sinner poster

South Sea Sinner

Movie · as Coral

1950
Frenchie poster

Frenchie

Movie · as Frenchie Fontaine

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1950
The Bob Hope Show poster

The Bob Hope Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1949
Take One False Step poster

Take One False Step

Movie · as Catherine Sykes

1949
The Great Gatsby poster

The Great Gatsby

Movie · as Myrtle Wilson

1949
Johnny Stool Pigeon poster

Johnny Stool Pigeon

Movie · as Terry

1948
Cry of the City poster

Cry of the City

Movie · as Brenda Martingale

1948
Larceny poster

Larceny

Movie · as Tory

1948
Red River poster

Red River

Movie · as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1947
The Gangster poster

The Gangster

Movie · as Hazel (uncredited)

1947
A Double Life poster

A Double Life

Movie · as Pat Kroll

1947
Killer McCoy poster

Killer McCoy

Movie · as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)

1947
Living in a Big Way poster

Living in a Big Way

Movie · as Junior League Girl (uncredited)

1947
New Orleans poster

New Orleans

Movie · as Mrs. Holmbright

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · as Helen · 1 ep

1946
Susie Steps Out poster

Susie Steps Out

Movie · as Band Singer

1945
Escape in the Fog poster

Escape in the Fog

Movie · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1945
Tonight and Every Night poster

Tonight and Every Night

Movie · as Bubbles (uncredited)

1945
A Thousand and One Nights poster

A Thousand and One Nights

Movie · as Handmaiden

1944
Together Again poster

Together Again

Movie · as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)

1944
Sailor's Holiday poster

Sailor's Holiday

Movie · as Gloria Flynn

1944
She's a Soldier Too poster

She's a Soldier Too

Movie · as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)

1944
Knickerbocker Holiday poster

Knickerbocker Holiday

Movie · as Ulda Tienhoven

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep

1943
What a Woman poster

What a Woman

Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

1943
There's Something About a Soldier poster

There's Something About a Soldier

Movie · as Norma