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.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

The Love Boat

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (149)

• Groucho & Cavett2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• My Darling Vivian2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• George Stevens and His Place In The Sun2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• On Cukor2000 · as Self
• Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies2000 · as Self
• La bomba1999 · as Prof. Summers
• Gideon1998 · as Mrs. Willows
• Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady1997 · as Self
• Valley Girls1996 · as Lady in Truck
• The Portrait of a Lady1996 · as Mrs. Touchett
• Heavy1995 · as Dolly Modino
• Raging Angels1995 · as Grandma Ruth
• Jury Duty1995 · as Mrs. Collins
• Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'1995 · as Self
• Backfire!1995 · as The Good Lieutenant
• Mrs. Munck1995 · as Aunt Monica
• Marlon Brando: The Wild One1994 · as Self
• The Silence of the Hams1994 · as Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
• The Pickle1993 · as Yetta
• Weep No More, My Lady1992 · as Vivian Morgan
• Stepping Out1991 · as Mrs. Fraser
• Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Touch of a Stranger1990 · as Lily
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990 · as Self
• Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990 · as Self
• An Unremarkable Life1989 · as Evelyn McEllany
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self
• Purple People Eater1988 · as Rita
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• Very Close Quarters1986 · as Galina
• Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend1986 · as Self
• The Delta Force1986 · as Edie Kaplan
• Witchfire1986 · as Lydia
• Déjà Vu1985 · as Olga Nabokova
• Ellie1984 · as Cora Jackson
• Over the Brooklyn Bridge1984 · as Becky
• James Bond: The First 21 Years1983 · as Self
• Do It Debbie's Way1983 · as Self
• Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Fanny Hill1983 · as Mrs. Cole
• S.O.B.1981 · as Eva Brown
• Looping1981 · as Carmen
• The Magician of Lublin1979 · as Elzbieta
• City on Fire1979 · as Nurse Andrea Harper
• Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July1979 · as Crystal (voice)
• The Visitor1979 · as Jane Phillips
• Bringing A Legend To Life1979 · as Herself
• Cher... and Other Fantasies1979 · as Shelley
• Elvis1979 · as Gladys Presley
• King of the Gypsies1978 · as Queen Rachel
• The Initiation of Sarah1978 · as Mrs. Erica Hunter
• Black Journal1977 · as Lea
• Pete's Dragon1977 · as Lena Gogan
• An Average Little Man1977 · as Amalia Vivaldi
• Tentacles1977 · as Tillie Turner
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland1976 · as Crystal
• Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden1976 · as Caterina
• The Tenant1976 · as Concierge
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village1976 · as Faye Lapinsky
• Diamonds1975 · as Zelda Shapiro
• Journey into Fear1975 · as Mrs. Mathews
• That Lucky Touch1975 · as Diana Steedeman
• Poor Pretty Eddie1975 · as Bertha
• The Sex Symbol1974 · as Agatha Murphy
• Big Rose1974 · as Rose Winters
• The Stone Killer1973 · as Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
• Cleopatra Jones1973 · as Mommy
• Blume in Love1973 · as Mrs. Cramer
• The Devil's Daughter1973 · as Lilith Malone
• The Poseidon Adventure1972 · as Belle Rosen
• The Adventures of Nick Carter1972 · as Bess Tucker
• Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?1972 · as Mrs. Forrest
• Something to Hide1972 · as Gabriella Field
• A Death of Innocence1971 · as Elizabeth Cameron
• Revenge!1971 · as Amanda Hilton
• What's the Matter with Helen?1971 · as Helen Hill
• Flap1970 · as Dorothy Bluebell
• How Do I Love Thee?1970 · as Lena Mervin
• Bloody Mama1970 · as 'Ma' Kate Barker
• Arthur? Arthur!1969 · as Hester Green
• The Mad Room1969 · as Mrs. Armstrong
• Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell1968 · as Shirley Newman
• Wild in the Streets1968 · as Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost)
• The Scalphunters1968 · as Kate
• Enter Laughing1967 · as Emma Kolowitz
• Easier in the Dark1967 · as Frances
• The Legend of Marilyn Monroe1966
• Alfie1966 · as Ruby
• Harper1966 · as Fay Estabrook
• The Three Sisters1966 · as Natalya
• A Patch of Blue1965 · as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
• The Greatest Story Ever Told1965 · as Woman who is healed
• Time of Indifference1964 · as Lisa
• A House Is Not a Home1964 · as Polly Adler
• Wives and Lovers1963 · as Fran Cabrell
• The Balcony1963 · as Madame Irma
• The Chapman Report1962 · as Sarah Garnell
• Lolita1962 · as Charlotte Haze
• The Young Savages1961 · as Mary diPace
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960 · as Nellie Romano
• Odds Against Tomorrow1959 · as Lorry
• The Diary of Anne Frank1959 · as Petronella Van Daan
• I Died a Thousand Times1955 · as Marie Garson
• The Big Knife1955 · as Dixie Evans
• The Treasure of Pancho Villa1955 · as Ruth Harris
• The Night of the Hunter1955 · as Willa Harper
• I Am a Camera1955 · as Natalia Landauer
• To Dorothy, a Son1954 · as Myrtle La Mar
• A Star Is Born World Premiere1954 · as Self
• Mambo1954 · as Toni Salerno
• Executive Suite1954 · as Eva Bardeman
• Playgirl1954 · as Fran
• Saskatchewan1954 · as Grace Markey
• Tennessee Champ1954 · as Sarah Wurble
• My Man and I1952 · as Nancy
• Untamed Frontier1952 · as Jane Stevens
• Meet Danny Wilson1952 · as Joy Carroll
• Phone Call from a Stranger1952 · as Binky Gay
• The Raging Tide1951 · as Connie Thatcher
• The Re-Inforcer1951
• Behave Yourself!1951 · as Katherine "Kate" Denny
• He Ran All the Way1951 · as Peggy Dobbs
• A Place in the Sun1951 · as Alice Tripp
• Frenchie1950 · as Frenchie Fontaine
• South Sea Sinner1950 · as Coral
• Winchester '731950 · as Lola Manners
• Take One False Step1949 · as Catherine Sykes
• The Great Gatsby1949 · as Myrtle Wilson
• Johnny Stool Pigeon1949 · as Terry
• Cry of the City1948 · as Brenda Martingale
• Red River1948 · as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
• Larceny1948 · as Tory
• A Double Life1947 · as Pat Kroll
• Killer McCoy1947 · as Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
• The Gangster1947 · as Hazel (uncredited)
• Living in a Big Way1947 · as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
• New Orleans1947 · as Mrs. Holmbright
• Susie Steps Out1946 · as Band Singer
• A Thousand and One Nights1945 · as Handmaiden
• Escape in the Fog1945 · as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• Tonight and Every Night1945 · as Bubbles (uncredited)
• Together Again1944 · as Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
• She's a Soldier Too1944 · as 'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
• Knickerbocker Holiday1944 · as Ulda Tienhoven
• Sailor's Holiday1944 · as Gloria Flynn
• What a Woman1943 · as Secretary (uncredited)
• There's Something About a Soldier1943 · as Norma

All TV Shows (68)

• The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder1995
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Politically Incorrect1993
• Vicki!1992 · as Self - Guest
• Charlie Rose1991 · as Self
• Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood1989
• Roseanne1988 · as Nana Mary
• Alice in Wonderland1985 · as Dodo Bird
• Hawaiian Heat1984
• Hotel1982 · as Adele Ellsworth
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Russell Harty1980
• Fridays1980 · as Self - Guest Host
• The French Atlantic Affair1979 · as Helen Wabash
• Vega$1978
• The Love Boat1977 · as Teresa Rosselli
• The Hollywood Greats1977
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Chico and the Man1974
• Kojak1973 · as Evelyn McNeil
• The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973 · as Self
• McCloud1970
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Barbara Bennet
• That's Life1968
• Here's Lucy1968 · as Shelley Summers
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self (uncredited)
• ABC Stage 671966 · as Self
• Batman1966 · as Ma Parker
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Mrs. Bixby
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Jenny Dworak
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Edith
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963 · as Clarry Golden
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self - Guest Hostess
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self - Co-Hostess
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• Alcoa Premiere1961
• Ben Casey1961
• The David Susskind Show1959 · as Self
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Louisa Burt
• Wagon Train1957 · as Ruth Owens
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• The Perry Como Show1956
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Frances
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Guest
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Alcoa Hour1955
• Producers' Showcase1954 · as Crystal Allen
• Climax!1954 · as Leona Stevenson
• Climax!1954 · as Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann
• Climax!1954 · as Carol
• The United States Steel Hour1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Ford Television Theatre1952 · as Sally Marland
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951 · as Mildred Corrigan
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• The Bob Hope Show1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Kraft Television Theatre1947 · as Helen
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter