ACTOR
Shelley Winters
Known for The Love Boat · Late Night with Conan O'Brien · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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…
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1920
- Died
- Jan 14, 2006
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
TV
The Love BoatTeresa Rosselli · 1977
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
TV
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 1993
★ 7.3
★ 7.3
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 1962
★ 7.6
★ 7.6
TV
Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 1982
★ 6.2
★ 6.2
TV
Wagon TrainRuth Owens · 1957
★ 6.6
★ 6.6
TV
What's My Line?Self · 1950
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 1968
★ 6.8
★ 6.8
TV
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 1944
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
Filmography
Movies
There's Something About a SoldierNorma
1943
What a WomanSecretary (uncredited)
1943
Knickerbocker HolidayUlda Tienhoven
1944
Sailor's HolidayGloria Flynn
1944
She's a Soldier Too'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944
Together AgainYoung Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944
A Thousand and One NightsHandmaiden
1945
Escape in the FogTaxi Driver (uncredited)
1945
Tonight and Every NightBubbles (uncredited)
1945
Susie Steps OutBand Singer
1946
A Double LifePat Kroll
1947
Killer McCoyWaitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947
Living in a Big WayJunior League Girl (uncredited)
1947
New OrleansMrs. Holmbright
1947
The GangsterHazel (uncredited)
1947
Cry of the CityBrenda Martingale
1948
LarcenyTory
1948
Red RiverWagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Stool PigeonTerry
1949
Take One False StepCatherine Sykes
1949
The Great GatsbyMyrtle Wilson
1949
FrenchieFrenchie Fontaine
1950
South Sea SinnerCoral
1950
Winchester '73Lola Manners
1950
A Place in the SunAlice Tripp
1951
Behave Yourself!Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951
He Ran All the WayPeggy Dobbs
1951
The Raging TideConnie Thatcher
1951
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Meet Danny WilsonJoy Carroll
1952
My Man and INancy
1952
Phone Call from a StrangerBinky Gay
1952
Untamed FrontierJane Stevens
1952
A Star Is Born World PremiereSelf
1954
Executive SuiteEva Bardeman
1954
MamboToni Salerno
1954
PlaygirlFran
1954
SaskatchewanGrace Markey
1954
Tennessee ChampSarah Wurble
1954
To Dorothy, a SonMyrtle La Mar
1954
I Am a CameraNatalia Landauer
1955
I Died a Thousand TimesMarie Garson
1955
The Big KnifeDixie Evans
1955
The Night of the HunterWilla Harper
1955
The Treasure of Pancho VillaRuth Harris
1955
Odds Against TomorrowLorry
1959
The Diary of Anne FrankPetronella Van Daan
1959
Let No Man Write My EpitaphNellie Romano
1960
The Young SavagesMary diPace
1961
LolitaCharlotte Haze
1962
The Chapman ReportSarah Garnell
1962
The BalconyMadame Irma
1963
Wives and LoversFran Cabrell
1963
A House Is Not a HomePolly Adler
1964
Time of IndifferenceLisa
1964
A Patch of BlueRose-Ann D'Arcey
1965
The Greatest Story Ever ToldWoman who is healed
1965
AlfieRuby
1966
HarperFay Estabrook
1966
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
The Three SistersNatalya
1966EI
Easier in the DarkFrances
1967
Enter LaughingEmma Kolowitz
1967
Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellShirley Newman
1968
The ScalphuntersKate
1968
Wild in the StreetsMrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
1968
Arthur? Arthur!Hester Green
1969
The Mad RoomMrs. Armstrong
1969
Bloody Mama'Ma' Kate Barker
1970
FlapDorothy Bluebell
1970
How Do I Love Thee?Lena Mervin
1970
A Death of InnocenceElizabeth Cameron
1971
Revenge!Amanda Hilton
1971
What's the Matter with Helen?Helen
1971
The Adventures of Nick CarterBess Tucker
1972
The Poseidon AdventureBelle Rosen
1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'
1972
Blume in LoveMrs. Cramer
1973
Cleopatra JonesMommy
1973
Something to HideGabriella Field
1973
The Devil's DaughterLilith Malone
1973
The Stone KillerDrunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973
Big RoseRose Winters
1974
The Sex SymbolAgatha Murphy
1974
DiamondsZelda Shapiro
1975
Journey into FearMrs. Mathews
1975
Poor Pretty EddieBertha
1975
That Lucky TouchDiana Steedeman
1975
Frosty's Winter WonderlandCrystal
1976
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My GardenCaterina
1976
Next Stop, Greenwich VillageFaye Lapinsky
1976
The TenantConcierge
1976
An Average Little ManAmalia Vivaldi
1977
Black JournalLea
1977
Making It In HollywoodSelf
1977
Pete's DragonLena Gogan
1977
TentaclesTillie Turner
1977
King of the GypsiesQueen Rachel
1978
The Initiation of SarahMrs. Erica Hunter
1978BA
Bringing A Legend To LifeHerself
1979
Cher... and Other FantasiesShelley
1979
City on FireNurse Andrea Harper
1979
ElvisGladys Presley
1979
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in JulyCrystal (voice)
1979
The Magician of LublinElzbieta
1979
The VisitorJane Phillips
1979
LoopingCarmen
1981
S.O.B.Eva Brown
1981
Do It Debbie's WaySelf
1983
Fanny HillMrs. Cole
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelf
1983
EllieCora Jackson
1984
Over the Brooklyn BridgeBecky
1984
Déjà VuOlga Nabokova
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey(archive footage)
1985
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the LegendSelf
1986
The Delta ForceEdie Kaplan
1986
Very Close QuartersGalina
1986
WitchfireLydia
1986
Hello Actors StudioSelf
1988
Purple People EaterRita
1988
An Unremarkable LifeEvelyn McEllany
1989BD
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1989
Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf
1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf
1990TO
Touch of a StrangerLily
1990
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf (archive footage)
1991
Stepping OutMrs. Fraser
1991
Weep No More, My LadyVivian Morgan
1992
The PickleYetta
1993
Marlon Brando: The Wild OneSelf
1994
The Silence of the HamsMrs. Motel (The Mother)
1994
Backfire!The Good Lieutenant
1995
HeavyDolly Modino
1995
Jury DutyMrs. Collins
1995
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'Self
1995
Mrs. MunckAunt Monica
1995
Raging AngelsGrandma Ruth
1995
The Portrait of a LadyMrs. Touchett
1996
Valley GirlsLady in Truck
1996
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelf
1997
GideonMrs. Willows
1998
La bombaProf. Summers
1999BH
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesSelf
2000
On CukorSelf
2000
George Stevens and His Place In The SunSelf (archive footage)
2001
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
2012
The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive footage)
2017
My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)
2020
Groucho & CavettSelf (archive footage)
2022
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Toldself
Television
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 1 eps
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter · 2 eps
1944
Kraft Television TheatreHelen · 1 eps
1947
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 3 eps
1948
The Bob Hope ShowSelf · 2 eps
1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSelf · 2 eps
1950
What's My Line?Self · 5 eps
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsMildred Corrigan · 1 eps
1951
The Ford Television TheatreSally Marland · 1 eps
1952
The OscarsSelf · 4 eps
1953
The United States Steel Hour1 eps
1953
Climax!Leona Stevenson · 1 eps
1954Climax!Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann · 1 eps
1954Climax!Carol · 1 eps
1954PS
Producers' ShowcaseCrystal Allen · 1 eps
1954
The Alcoa Hour1 eps
1955
Armchair TheatreFrances · 1 eps
1956
The Perry Como Show1 eps
1956
The Steve Allen ShowSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1956
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 1 eps
1956Tony AwardsSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
1956
DuPont Show of the MonthLouisa Burt · 1 eps
1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 3 eps
1957
Wagon TrainRuth Owens · 1 eps
1957
The David Susskind ShowSelf · 1 eps
1959
Alcoa Premiere1 eps
1961
Ben Casey1 eps
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Hostess · 10 eps
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 5 eps
1961
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 7 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 59 eps
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf - Guest Hostess · 1 eps
1962BH
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJenny Dworak · 1 eps
1963BH
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreEdith · 1 eps
1963BH
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreClarry Golden · 1 eps
1963
Thirty-Minute TheatreMrs. Bixby · 1 eps
1965
ABC Stage 67Self · 1 eps
1966
BatmanMa Parker · 2 eps
1966
Hollywood SquaresSelf · 14 eps
1966
Here's LucyShelley Summers · 1 eps
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) · 2 eps
1968TL
That's Life2 eps
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1968
ITV Saturday Night TheatreBarbara Bennet · 1 eps
1969
McCloud1 eps
1970
KojakEvelyn McNeil · 1 eps
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf · 2 eps
1973
Chico and the Man1 eps
1974
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf · 1 eps
1975
Midi PremièreSelf · 1 eps
1975
The Hollywood Greats1 eps
1977
The Love BoatTeresa Rosselli · 2 eps
1977
Vega$1 eps
1978
The French Atlantic AffairHelen Wabash · 3 eps
1979
FridaysSelf - Guest Host · 1 eps
1980RH
Russell Harty1 eps
1980
HotelAdele Ellsworth · 1 eps
1982
Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 3 eps
1982
WoganSelf · 2 eps
1982
Hawaiian Heat1 eps
1984
Alice in WonderlandDodo Bird · 1 eps
1985
RoseanneNana Mary · 10 eps
1988
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood1 eps
1989
Charlie RoseSelf · 1 eps
1991V
Vicki!Self - Guest · 1 eps
1992
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1993
Politically Incorrect2 eps
1993
Inside the Actors StudioSelf · 1 eps
1994
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder2 eps
1995Photos
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