Shelley Winters
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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2022
Groucho & Cavett as Self (archive footage)
2020My Darling Vivian as Self (archive footage)
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2001George Stevens and His Place In The Sun as Self (archive footage)
2000On Cukor as Self
2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies as Self
1999La bomba as Prof. Summers
1998Gideon as Mrs. Willows
1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady as Self
1996Valley Girls as Lady in Truck
1996The Portrait of a Lady as Mrs. Touchett
1995Heavy as Dolly Modino
1995Raging Angels as Grandma Ruth
1995Jury Duty as Mrs. Collins
1995Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter' as Self
1995Backfire! as The Good Lieutenant
1995The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995Mrs. Munck as Aunt Monica
1994Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
1994The Silence of the Hams as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Politically Incorrect
1993The Pickle as Yetta
1992Vicki! as Self
1992Weep No More, My Lady as Vivian Morgan
1991Stepping Out as Mrs. Fraser
1991Charlie Rose as Self
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star as Self (archive footage)
1990Touch of a Stranger as Lily
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self
1989An Unremarkable Life as Evelyn McEllany
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
1989Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1988Purple People Eater as Rita
1988Hello Actors Studio as Self
1988Roseanne as Nana Mary
1986Very Close Quarters
1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self
1986The Delta Force as Edie Kaplan
1986Witchfire as Lydia
1985Alice in Wonderland as Dodo Bird
1985Déjà Vu as Olga Nabokova
1984Hawaiian Heat
1984Ellie as Cora Jackson
1984Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Becky
1983Emma and Grandpa as Narrator (US)
1983James Bond: The First 21 Years as Self
1983Do It Debbie's Way as Self
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Fanny Hill as Mrs. Cole
1982Hotel as Adele Ellsworth
1982Wogan as Self
1982Late Night with David Letterman as Self
1981S.O.B. as Eva Brown
1981Looping as Carmen
1980Russell Harty
1980Fridays as Self - Guest Host
1979The French Atlantic Affair as Helen Wabash
1979The Magician of Lublin as Elzbieta
1979City on Fire as Nurse Andrea Harper
1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July as Crystal (voice)
1979The Visitor as Jane Phillips
1979Bringing A Legend To Life as Herself
1979Cher... and Other Fantasies as Shelley
1979Elvis as Gladys Presley
1978King of the Gypsies as Queen Rachel
1978Vega$
1978The Initiation of Sarah as Mrs. Erica Hunter
1977Black Journal as Lea
1977Pete's Dragon as Lena Gogan
1977The Love Boat as Teresa Rosselli
1977The Hollywood Greats
1977An Average Little Man as Amalia Vivaldi
1977Tentacles as Tillie Turner
1976Frosty's Winter Wonderland as Crystal
1976Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden as Caterina
1976The Tenant as Concierge
1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Faye Lapinsky
1975Diamonds as Zelda Shapiro
1975Journey into Fear as Mrs. Mathews
1975That Lucky Touch as Diana Steedeman
1975Poor Pretty Eddie as Bertha
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975Midi Première as Self
1974The Sex Symbol as Agatha Murphy
1974Chico and the Man
1974Big Rose as Rose Winters
1973Kojak as Evelyn McNeil
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
1973The Stone Killer as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973Cleopatra Jones as Mommy
1973Blume in Love as Mrs. Cramer
1973The Devil's Daughter as Lilith Malone
1972The Poseidon Adventure as Belle Rosen
1972The Adventures of Nick Carter as Bess Tucker
1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? as Mrs. Forrest
1972Something to Hide as Gabriella Field
1971A Death of Innocence as Elizabeth Cameron
1971Revenge! as Amanda Hilton
1971What's the Matter with Helen? as Helen Hill
1970Flap as Dorothy Bluebell
1970How Do I Love Thee? as Lena Mervin
1970Bloody Mama as 'Ma' Kate Barker
1970McCloud
1969Arthur? Arthur! as Hester Green
1969The Mad Room as Mrs. Armstrong
1968Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Shirley Newman
1968That's Life
1968Here's Lucy as Shelley Summers
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968Wild in the Streets as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
1968The Scalphunters as Kate
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967Easier in the Dark as Frances
1967Enter Laughing as Emma Kolowitz
1966The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966ABC Stage 67 as Self
1966Alfie as Ruby
1966Harper as Fay Estabrook
1966Batman as Ma Parker
1966The Three Sisters as Natalya
1965A Patch of Blue as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre as Mrs. Bixby
1965The Greatest Story Ever Told as Woman who is healed
1964Time of Indifference as Lisa
1964A House Is Not a Home as Polly Adler
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Jenny Dworak
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Edith
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Clarry Golden
1963Wives and Lovers as Fran Cabrell
1963The Balcony as Madame Irma
1962The Chapman Report as Sarah Garnell
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self - Guest Hostess
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962Lolita as Charlotte Haze
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Hostess
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Alcoa Premiere
1961Ben Casey
1961The Young Savages as Mary diPace
1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Nellie Romano
1959Odds Against Tomorrow as Lorry
1959The Diary of Anne Frank as Petronella Van Daan
1959The David Susskind Show as Self
1957DuPont Show of the Month as Louisa Burt
1957Wagon Train as Ruth Owens
1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956The Perry Como Show
1956Armchair Theatre as Frances
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956Tony Awards as Self (archive footage)
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1955I Died a Thousand Times as Marie Garson
1955The Big Knife as Dixie Evans
1955The Treasure of Pancho Villa as Ruth Harris
1955The Alcoa Hour
1955The Night of the Hunter as Willa Harper
1955I Am a Camera as Natalia Landauer
1954To Dorothy, a Son as Myrtle La Mar
1954Producers' Showcase as Crystal Allen
1954Climax! as Leona Stevenson
1954Climax! as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
1954Climax! as Carol
1954A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
1954Mambo as Toni Salerno
1954Executive Suite as Eva Bardeman
1954Playgirl as Fran
1954Saskatchewan as Grace Markey
1954Tennessee Champ as Sarah Wurble
1953The United States Steel Hour
1953The Oscars as Self
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Sally Marland
1952My Man and I as Nancy
1952Untamed Frontier as Jane Stevens
1952Meet Danny Wilson as Joy Carroll
1952Phone Call from a Stranger as Binky Gay
1951The Raging Tide as Connie Thatcher
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Mildred Corrigan
1951The Re-Inforcer
1951Behave Yourself! as Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951He Ran All the Way as Peggy Dobbs
1951A Place in the Sun as Alice Tripp
1950Frenchie as Frenchie Fontaine
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950South Sea Sinner as Coral
1950Winchester '73 as Lola Manners
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1949Take One False Step as Catherine Sykes
1949The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
1949Johnny Stool Pigeon as Terry
1948Cry of the City as Brenda Martingale
1948Red River as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948Larceny as Tory
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1947A Double Life as Pat Kroll
1947Killer McCoy as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947The Gangster as Hazel
1947Living in a Big Way as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947Kraft Television Theatre as Helen
1947New Orleans as Mrs. Holmbright
1945A Thousand and One Nights as Handmaiden
1945Escape in the Fog as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945Tonight and Every Night as Bubbles (uncredited)
1944Together Again as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944She's a Soldier Too as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944Knickerbocker Holiday as Ulda Tienhoven
1944Sailor's Holiday as Gloria Flynn
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1943What a Woman as Secretary (uncredited)
1943There's Something About a Soldier as Norma