Shelley Winters
1920-2006
Known for Lolita, The Night of the Hunter, The Poseidon Adventure.
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.
Movie Credits
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
Revenge! (1971)
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
An Average Little Man (1977)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
The Sex Symbol (1974)
Lolita (1962)
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Winchester '73 (1950)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Pickle (1993)
Fanny Hill (1983)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
Larceny (1948)
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
The Tenant (1976)
The Visitor (1979)
Journey into Fear (1975)
The Delta Force (1986)
The Silence of the Hams (1994)
S.O.B. (1981)
My Darling Vivian (2020)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Red River (1948)
The Stone Killer (1973)
