Shelley Winters

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August 18, 1920

January 14, 2006 (aged 85) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Winters died on January 14, 2006 of heart failure at the Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills; she had suffered a heart attack on October 14, 2005.

Shirley Schrift

Paul Meyer (1942-1948)

Vittorio Gassman (1952-1954) 1 daughter

Anthony Franciosa (1957-1960)

Gerry DeFord (2006)

Winters also had a romance with Farley Granger that became a long-term friendship.

Actress

1999 La bomba

1999 Gideon

1991-1996 Roseanne (TV series)

1996 The Portrait of a Lady

1995 Raging Angels

1995 Mrs. Munck

1995 Jury Duty

1995 Heavy

1995 Backfire!

1994 Il silenzio dei prosciutti

1993 The Pickle

1992 Weep No More, My Lady (TV movie)

1991 Stepping Out

1990 Touch of a Stranger

1989 An Unremarkable Life

1988 Purple People Eater

1986 The Delta Force

1986 Witchfire

1986 Very Close Quarters

1985 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)

1985 Déjà Vu

1984 Hawaiian Heat (TV series)

1984 Hotel (TV series)

1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge

1984 Ellie

1983 Fanny Hill

1983 Parade of Stars (TV movie)

1983 Emma and Grandpa on the Farm (TV movie)

1982 The Love Boat (TV series)

1981 Looping - Der lange Traum vom kurzen Glück

1981 S.O.B.

1981 Face the Music (TV series)

1981 Fridays (TV series)

1979 Vega$ (TV series)

1979 The French Atlantic Affair (TV mini-series)

1979 The Magician of Lublin

1979 Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (TV movie) (voice)

1979 City on Fire

1979 Stridulum

1979 Elvis (TV movie)

1978 King of the Gypsies

1978 The Initiation of Sarah (TV movie)

1978 Kojak (TV series)

1977 Pete's Dragon

1977 An Average Little Man

1977 Tentacoli

1977 Gran bollito

1977 Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino

1976 Frosty's Winter Wonderland (TV short) (voice)

1976 Le locataire

1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976 La dahlia scarlatta

1975 Diamonds

1975 Journey Into Fear

1975 That Lucky Touch

1975 Poor Pretty Eddie

1975 Chico and the Man (TV series)

1974 McCloud (TV series)

1974 The Sex Symbol (TV movie)

1974 Big Rose: Double Trouble (TV movie)

1973 Cleopatra Jones

1973 Blume in Love

1973 The Devil's Daughter (TV movie)

1972 The Poseidon Adventure

1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)

1972 Adventures of Nick Carter (TV movie)

1972 Something to Hide

1971 A Death of Innocence (TV movie)

1971 Revenge (TV movie)

1971 What's the Matter with Helen?

1971 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

1970 Flap

1970 The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (TV series)

1970 How Do I Love Thee?

1970 Bloody Mama

1969 Arthur! Arthur!

1969 The Mad Room

1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1968 Here's Lucy (TV series)

1968 Wild in the Streets

1968 The Scalphunters

1964-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)

1967 Enter Laughing

1967 Armchair Theatre (TV series)

1966 Batman (TV series)

1966 Alfie

1966 Harper

1966 The Three Sisters

1965 A Patch of Blue

1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)

1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told

1964 Ben Casey (TV series)

1964 A House Is Not a Home

1964 Gli indifferenti

1963 Wives and Lovers

1963 The Balcony

1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)

1962 The Chapman Report

1962 Lolita

1961 The Young Savages

1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph

1959 Odds Against Tomorrow

1959 The Diary of Anne Frank

1957 Kraft Television Theatre (TV series)

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)

1957 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series)

1957 Wagon Train (TV series)

1954-1957 Climax! (TV series)

1957 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)

1957 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)

1955 I Died a Thousand Times

1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa

1955 The Big Knife

1955 I Am a Camera

1955 The Night of the Hunter

1955 Producers' Showcase (TV series)

1954 To Dorothy a Son

1954 Mambo

1954 Playgirl

1954 Executive Suite

1954 Saskatchewan

1954 Tennessee Champ

1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)

1952 My Man and I

1952 Untamed Frontier

1952 Phone Call from a Stranger

1951 Meet Danny Wilson

1951 The Raging Tide

1951 Behave Yourself!

1951 A Place in the Sun

1951 He Ran All the Way

1950 Frenchie

1950 South Sea Sinner

1950 Winchester '73

1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon

1949 The Great Gatsby

1949 Take One False Step

1948 Cry of the City

1948 Larceny

1948 Red River (uncredited)

1947 Killer McCoy (uncredited)

1947 A Double Life

1947 The Gangster

1947 Living in a Big Way (uncredited)

1947 New Orleans (uncredited)

1946 Abie's Irish Rose (uncredited)

1946 Susie Steps Out (uncredited)

1946 Two Smart People (uncredited)

1946 The Fighting Guardsman(uncredited)

1945 A Thousand and One Nights (uncredited)

1945 Escape in the Fog (uncredited)

1945 Tonight and Every Night (uncredited)

1944 Together Again (uncredited)

1944 Dancing in Manhattan(uncredited)

1944 She's a Soldier Too (uncredited)

1944 Cover Girl (unconfirmed)

1944 Knickerbocker Holiday (as Shelley Winter)

1944 Sailor's Holiday (as Shelley Winter)

1943 What a Woman! (uncredited)

1943 There's Something About a Soldier

Producer

1986 Witchfire (executive producer)

Appearances

2006 A-List

2001 History vs. Hollywood (TV series documentary)

2001 George Stevens and His Place in the Sun (video short)

2001 Biography (TV series documentary)

1989-2000 American Masters (TV series documentary)

2000 Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (video documentary)

1998-1999 The Charlie Rose Show (TV series)

1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)

1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (uncredited)

1997-1998 Politically Incorrect (TV series)

1996-1998 The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (TV series)

1996 Marlon Brando: The Wild One (TV documentary)

1995 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)

1993-1994 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)

1994 Inside the Actors Studio (TV series)

1994 A Century of Cinema (documentary)

1993 The Full Wax (TV series)

1992 Vicki! (TV series)

1983-1992 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)

1992 The American Film Institute Salute to Sidney Poitier (TV special)

Night Rap (TV series)

1970-1991 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)

1990 Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (documentary)

1990 Un dia és un dia (TV series)

1984-1990 Wogan (TV series)

1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (video documentary)

1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)

1988 Hello Actors Studio (TV documentary)

1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)

1984 Star Search (TV series)

1983 Do It Debbie's Way (video)

1983 James Bond: The First 21 Years (TV documentary)

1982 The Russell Harty Show (TV series)

1982 Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (TV movie)

1978-1981 Parkinson (TV series)

1979 Cher... and Other Fantasies (TV movie)

1978 The Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)

1976 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)

1967-1974 Password (TV series)

1973 Match Game 73 (TV series)

1972 The Return of the Movie Movie (documentary short)(uncredited)

1970 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)

1970 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)

1970 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)

1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)

1969 Late Night Lineup (TV series)

1969 The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)

1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series) (uncredited)

1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)

1967-1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)

1967 The 39th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1966 The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (documentary)

1955-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)

1966 I've Got a Secret (TV series)

1964 To Tell the Truth (TV series)

1963 The 35th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1962 Howard K. Smith (TV series)

1962 The 34th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1961 The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

1956-1959 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)

1957 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)

1956 Person to Person (TV series documentary)

1956 The Perry Como Show (TV series)

1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere (TV short)

1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)

1951 Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (documentary short)

Winters, Shelley (1980). Shelley: Also known as Shirley. Morrow.

Winters, Shelley (1989). Shelley II: The Middle of My Century.

Academy Awards

1973 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

1966 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: A Patch of Blue (1965).

1960 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

1952 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: A Place in the Sun (1951).

BAFTA Awards

1978 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress for: Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976).

1973 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress for: The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

David di Donatello Awards

1977 Won Special David for: An Average Little Man (1977). For her acting performance.

Emmy Awards

1975 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series for: "McCloud" (1970). For episode "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street".

1966 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for: "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963). For playing "Edith". For episode "Back to Back".

1964 Won Emmy Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963). For playing "Jenny Dworak". For episode "Two Is The Number".

Golden Globes

1977 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for: Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976).

1973 Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for: The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

1967 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress for: Alfie (1966).

1963 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: Lolita (1962).

1960 Nominated Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress for: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

1952 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama for: A Place in the Sun (1951).

Hollywood Film Festival

1998 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

1967 Won KCFCC Award Best Supporting Actress for: A Patch of Blue (1965).

Laurel Awards

1967 2nd place Golden Laurel Female Supporting Performance for: Alfie (1966).

1966 Won Golden Laurel Supporting Performance, Female for: A Patch of Blue (1965).

1960 Won Golden Laurel Top Female Supporting Performance for: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).

Venice Film Festival

1954 Won Special Jury Prize for: Executive Suite (1954). For ensemble acting.

Walk of Fame

Won Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 1750 Vine Street.

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Shelley Winters was raised in New York, where her family moved so her father, a tailor's cutter, could be close to the city's garment industry. She worked as a model and chorus girl to pay for acting lessons, making her Broadway debut in the comedy The Night Before Christmas (1941). She then had minor roles in several movies until she came to wider notice as a waitress smart enough to be scared - but dumb enough to be strangled - by Ronald Colman in the film noir A Double Life (1947). Ideally cast as Myrtle Wilson in a regrettably poor The Great Gatsby (1949), Winters played a succession of similar roles in film noirs such as Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949), and Westerns such as Winchester '73 (1950).

Her acting trademark was a slight squint when she suspected, much too late, she was in horrible danger: she plays a factory girl who winds up dumped in a lake by Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun (1951), for which she garnered an Oscar nomination. She later followed this up with an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). Winters was Jewish, and fittingly donated this Oscar to the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam. But she got to keep her second Oscar, which she won six years later in 1965 for her role as a manipulative matriarch in A Patch of Blue.

In the 1960s, a little blowsier, Winters was perfect as Charlotte Haze in Lolita (1962), and the middle-aged sexpot in Alfie (1966). Then she switched to monster mamas and gorgons: a scary concierge in Roman Polanski's Le Locataire (1976) (The Tenant), and Mrs. Touchett in The Portrait of a Lady (1996). Winters was married four times and had many relationships with fellow actors. She recounted her lively love life in two autobiographies.

I did a picture in England one winter and it was so cold I almost got married.

The best way to find out about a man is to have lunch with his ex-wife

I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long.

Was roommates with Marilyn Monroe when they were both starting out in Hollywood.

Godmother of Laura Dern.

Attended Thomas Jefferson High School in New York City.