Shelley Winters
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest
1962
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Hostess
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Hostess
1961
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Love Boat
Teresa Rosselli
1977
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Series
Wagon Train
Ruth Owens
1957
Series
Batman
Ma Parker
1966
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Jenny Dworak
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Edith
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Clarry Golden
1963
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self (archive footage)
1956
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
1957
Series
Hotel
Adele Ellsworth
1982
Series
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Climax!
Leona Stevenson
1954
Series
Climax!
Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
1954
Series
Climax!
Carol
1954
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Barbara Bennet
1969
Series
Midi Première
Self
1975
Series
The Bob Hope Show
Self
1950
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Mrs. Bixby
1965
Series
Ben Casey
1961
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Kraft Television Theatre
Helen
1947
Series
Here's Lucy
Shelley Summers
1968
Series
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Vega$
1978
Series
Kojak
Evelyn McNeil
1973
Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Series
The Ford Television Theatre
Sally Marland
1952
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968
Vicki!
Self - Guest
1992
Series
Fridays
Self - Guest Host
1980
Series
Chico and the Man
1974
Series
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Self
1973
Film
Lolita
Charlotte Haze
1962
Series
Charlie Rose
Self
1991
Series
Alcoa Premiere
1961
Film
The Delta Force
Edie Kaplan
1986
Film
The Poseidon Adventure
Belle Rosen
1972
Film
Pete's Dragon
Lena Gogan
1977
Film
The Night of the Hunter
Willa Harper
1955
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Louisa Burt
1957
Series
ABC Stage 67
Self
1966
Russell Harty
1980
Series
The Alcoa Hour
1955
Film
Red River
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
1948
Producers' Showcase
Crystal Allen
1954
Series
Roseanne
Nana Mary
1988
Series
The David Susskind Show
Self
1959
Film
The Tenant
Concierge
1976
Series
Alice in Wonderland
Dodo Bird
1985
Series
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Film
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Woman who is healed
1965
Film
A Place in the Sun
Alice Tripp
1951
Series
Politically Incorrect
1993
Film
The Portrait of a Lady
Mrs. Touchett
1996
Series
The French Atlantic Affair
Helen Wabash
1979
Film
Winchester '73
Lola Manners
1950
Film
Harper
Fay Estabrook
1966
Film
Cry of the City
Brenda Martingale
1948
Film
The Silence of the Hams
Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
1994
Film
The Diary of Anne Frank
Petronella Van Daan
1959
Film
Elvis
Gladys Presley
1979
Film
The Scalphunters
Kate
1968
Film
Black Journal
Lea
1977
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
Alfie
Ruby
1966
Film
A Patch of Blue
Rose-Ann D'Arcey
1965
Film
Bloody Mama
'Ma' Kate Barker
1970
That's Life
1968
Film
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Film
The Stone Killer
Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
1973
Film
Déjà Vu
Olga Nabokova
1985
Series
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood
1989
Series
The Perry Como Show
1956
Film
King of the Gypsies
Queen Rachel
1978
Series
Hawaiian Heat
1984
Film
Cleopatra Jones
Mommy
1973
Film
Groucho & Cavett
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
City on Fire
Nurse Andrea Harper
1979
Film
Jury Duty
Mrs. Collins
1995
Film
The Visitor
Jane Phillips
1979
Film
He Ran All the Way
Peggy Dobbs
1951
Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mildred Corrigan
1951
Film
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Shirley Newman
1968
Film
A Double Life
Pat Kroll
1947
Film
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
Crystal (voice)
1979
Film
The Great Gatsby
Myrtle Wilson
1949
Film
My Darling Vivian
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
2017
Film
Executive Suite
Eva Bardeman
1954
Film
Poor Pretty Eddie
Bertha
1975
Film
Saskatchewan
Grace Markey
1954
Film
The Big Knife
Dixie Evans
1955
Film
Tentacles
Tillie Turner
1977
Film
S.O.B.
Eva Brown
1981
Film
A Thousand and One Nights
Handmaiden
1945
Film
Odds Against Tomorrow
Lorry
1959
Film
Heavy
Dolly Modino
1995
Film
The Pickle
Yetta
1993
Film
I Died a Thousand Times
Marie Garson
1955
Film
The Young Savages
Mary diPace
1961
Film
Time of Indifference
Lisa
1964
Film
Stepping Out
Mrs. Fraser
1991
Film
Escape in the Fog
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1945
Film
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
1994
Series
Armchair Theatre
Frances
1956
Film
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Faye Lapinsky
1976
Film
The Chapman Report
Sarah Garnell
1962
Film
Journey into Fear
Mrs. Mathews
1975
Film
Together Again
Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
1944
Film
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Mrs. Forrest
1972
Film
Phone Call from a Stranger
Binky Gay
1952
Film
Fanny Hill
Mrs. Cole
1983
Film
Backfire!
The Good Lieutenant
1995
Film
What's the Matter with Helen?
Helen
1971
Film
Frenchie
Frenchie Fontaine
1950
Film
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Self
1983
Film
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Nellie Romano
1960
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self
1989
Film
An Average Little Man
Amalia Vivaldi
1977
Film
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(archive footage)
1985
Film
Raging Angels
Grandma Ruth
1995
Film
Purple People Eater
Rita
1988
Film
Blume in Love
Mrs. Cramer
1973
Film
Take One False Step
Catherine Sykes
1949
Film
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Film
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Terry
1949
Film
Untamed Frontier
Jane Stevens
1952
Film
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
1990
Film
Tonight and Every Night
Bubbles (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Devil's Daughter
Lilith Malone
1973
Film
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
Crystal
1976
Film
That Lucky Touch
Diana Steedeman
1975
Film
A House Is Not a Home
Polly Adler
1964
Film
The Re-Inforcer
1951
Film
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self
1990
Film
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
1954
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Balcony
Madame Irma
1963
Film
Wild in the Streets
Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
1968
Film
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Self
1986
Film
The Gangster
Hazel (uncredited)
1947
Film
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
Self
1997
Film
My Man and I
Nancy
1952
Film
The Mad Room
Mrs. Armstrong
1969
Series
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder
1995
Film
The Raging Tide
Connie Thatcher
1951
Film
Gideon
Mrs. Willows
1998
Film
The Initiation of Sarah
Mrs. Erica Hunter
1978
Film
Ellie
Cora Jackson
1984
Film
Enter Laughing
Emma Kolowitz
1967
Film
Mambo
Toni Salerno
1954
Film
Meet Danny Wilson
Joy Carroll
1952
Film
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966
Film
Very Close Quarters
Galina
1986
Film
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Becky
1984
Film
Larceny
Tory
1948
Film
Behave Yourself!
Katherine "Kate" Denny
1951
Film
Living in a Big Way
Junior League Girl (uncredited)
1947
Film
There's Something About a Soldier
Norma
1943
Film
New Orleans
Mrs. Holmbright
1947
Film
South Sea Sinner
Coral
1950
Film
Valley Girls
Lady in Truck
1996
Film
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
Self (archive footage)
2001
Film
Killer McCoy
Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
1947
Film
What a Woman
Secretary (uncredited)
1943
Film
La bomba
Prof. Summers
1999
Film
Arthur? Arthur!
Hester Green
1969
Film
Flap
Dorothy Bluebell
1970
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies
Self
2000
Film
Weep No More, My Lady
Vivian Morgan
1992
Film
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Bess Tucker
1972
Film
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Ruth Harris
1955
Film
The Three Sisters
Natalya
1966
Film
Tennessee Champ
Sarah Wurble
1954
Film
Sailor's Holiday
Gloria Flynn
1944
Film
I Am a Camera
Natalia Landauer
1955
Film
On Cukor
Self
2000
Film
A Death of Innocence
Elizabeth Cameron
1971
Film
The Magician of Lublin
Elzbieta
1979
Film
Susie Steps Out
Band Singer
1946
Film
Playgirl
Fran
1954
Film
The Sex Symbol
Agatha Murphy
1974
Film
Cher... and Other Fantasies
Shelley
1979
Film
To Dorothy, a Son
Myrtle La Mar
1954
Film
How Do I Love Thee?
Lena Mervin
1970
Film
Knickerbocker Holiday
Ulda Tienhoven
1944
Film
Wives and Lovers
Fran Cabrell
1963
Film
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
Self
1995
Film
Mrs. Munck
Aunt Monica
1995
Film
Do It Debbie's Way
Self
1983
Film
Revenge!
Amanda Hilton
1971
Bringing A Legend To Life
Herself
1979
Film
Diamonds
Zelda Shapiro
1975
Film
Big Rose
Rose Winters
1974
Film
She's a Soldier Too
'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
1944
Film
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
Caterina
1976
Film
An Unremarkable Life
Evelyn McEllany
1989
Film
Something to Hide
Gabriella Field
1972
Film
Witchfire
Lydia
1986
Film
Looping
Carmen
1981
Touch of a Stranger
Lily
1990
Easier in the Dark
Frances
1967