Shelley Winters
Known for acting · Born 18 August 1920 · Died 14 January 2006 · aged 85 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
212 credits
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
Lolita
1962
The Night of the Hunter
1955
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
A Place in the Sun
1951
Winchester '73
1950
The Diary of Anne Frank
1959
The Tenant
1976
An Average Little Man
1977
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
Alfie
1966
Pete's Dragon
1977
Elvis
1979
Acting (212)
2022Groucho & CavettSelf (archive footage)Film
2020My Darling VivianSelf (archive footage)Film
2017The Fabulous Allan CarrSelf (archive footage)Film
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)Film
2001George Stevens and His Place In The SunSelf (archive footage)Film
2000On CukorSelfFilm
2000Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster MoviesSelfFilm
1999La bombaProf. SummersFilm
1998GideonMrs. WillowsFilm
1997Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a LadySelfFilm
1996The Portrait of a LadyMrs. TouchettFilm
1996Valley GirlsLady in TruckFilm
1995Jury DutyMrs. CollinsFilm
1995HeavyDolly ModinoFilm
1995Raging AngelsGrandma RuthFilm
1995Mrs. MunckAunt MonicaFilm
1995Backfire!The Good LieutenantFilm
1995The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder · 2 episodesSeries
1995Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'SelfFilm
1994The Silence of the HamsMrs. Motel (The Mother)Film
1994Marlon Brando: The Wild OneSelfFilm
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1993The PickleYettaFilm
1993Politically Incorrect · 2 episodesSeries
1992Weep No More, My LadyVivian MorganFilm
1992Vicki!Self - GuestSeries
1991Stepping OutMrs. FraserFilm
1991Charlie RoseSelfSeries
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf (archive footage)Film
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelfFilm
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelfFilm
1990Touch of a StrangerLilyFilm
1989An Unremarkable LifeEvelyn McEllanyFilm
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelfFilm
1989Skip E. Lowe Looks at HollywoodSeries
1988RoseanneNana Mary · 10 episodesSeries
1988Purple People EaterRitaFilm
1988Hello Actors StudioSelfFilm
1986The Delta ForceEdie KaplanFilm
1986Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the LegendSelfFilm
1986WitchfireLydiaFilm
1986Very Close QuartersGalinaFilm
1985Alice in WonderlandDodo BirdSeries
1985George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey(archive footage)Film
1985Déjà VuOlga NabokovaFilm
1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeBeckyFilm
1984EllieCora JacksonFilm
1984Hawaiian HeatSeries
1983Fanny HillMrs. ColeFilm
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1983James Bond: The First 21 YearsSelfFilm
1983Do It Debbie's WaySelfFilm
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
1982HotelAdele EllsworthSeries
1982WoganSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1981S.O.B.Eva BrownFilm
1981LoopingCarmenFilm
1980FridaysSelf - Guest HostSeries
1980Russell HartySeries
1979ElvisGladys PresleyFilm
1979The VisitorJane PhillipsFilm
1979Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in JulyCrystal (voice)Film
1979City on FireNurse Andrea HarperFilm
1979The Magician of LublinElzbietaFilm
1979The French Atlantic AffairHelen Wabash · 3 episodesSeries
1979Cher... and Other FantasiesShelleyFilm
1979Bringing A Legend To LifeHerselfFilm
1978The Initiation of SarahMrs. Erica HunterFilm
1978Vega$Series
1978King of the GypsiesQueen RachelFilm
1977Pete's DragonLena GoganFilm
1977An Average Little ManAmalia VivaldiFilm
1977The Love BoatTeresa Rosselli · 2 episodesSeries
1977TentaclesTillie TurnerFilm
1977Black JournalLeaFilm
1977The Hollywood GreatsSeries
1977Making It In HollywoodSelfFilm
1976The TenantConciergeFilm
1976Frosty's Winter WonderlandCrystalFilm
1976Next Stop, Greenwich VillageFaye LapinskyFilm
1976Mimì Bluette... Flower of My GardenCaterinaFilm
1975Poor Pretty EddieBerthaFilm
1975Journey into FearMrs. MathewsFilm
1975DiamondsZelda ShapiroFilm
1975That Lucky TouchDiana SteedemanFilm
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelfSeries
1975Midi PremièreSelfSeries
1974Chico and the ManSeries
1974The Sex SymbolAgatha MurphyFilm
1974Big RoseRose WintersFilm
1973KojakEvelyn McNeilSeries
1973The Stone KillerDrunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)Film
1973Cleopatra JonesMommyFilm
1973Blume in LoveMrs. CramerFilm
1973The Devil's DaughterLilith MaloneFilm
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1973Something to HideGabriella FieldFilm
1972The Poseidon AdventureBelle RosenFilm
1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?Mrs Rosie Forrest / 'Auntie Roo'Film
1972The Adventures of Nick CarterBess TuckerFilm
1971What's the Matter with Helen?HelenFilm
1971Revenge!Amanda HiltonFilm
1971A Death of InnocenceElizabeth CameronFilm
1970Bloody Mama'Ma' Kate BarkerFilm
1970McCloudSeries
1970FlapDorothy BluebellFilm
1970How Do I Love Thee?Lena MervinFilm
1969The Mad RoomMrs. ArmstrongFilm
1969Arthur? Arthur!Hester GreenFilm
1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreBarbara BennetSeries
1968The ScalphuntersKateFilm
1968Wild in the StreetsMrs. Max Flatow (Frost)Film
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf (uncredited) · 2 episodesSeries
1968Here's LucyShelley SummersSeries
1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellShirley NewmanFilm
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 episodesSeries
1968That's Life · 2 episodesSeries
1967Enter LaughingEmma KolowitzFilm
1967Easier in the DarkFrancesFilm
1966BatmanMa Parker · 2 episodesSeries
1966AlfieRubyFilm
1966HarperFay EstabrookFilm
1966Hollywood SquaresSelf · 14 episodesSeries
1966The Legend of Marilyn MonroeFilm
1966ABC Stage 67SelfSeries
1966The Three SistersNatalyaFilm
1965The Greatest Story Ever ToldWoman who is healedFilm
1965A Patch of BlueRose-Ann D'ArceyFilm
1965Thirty-Minute TheatreMrs. BixbySeries
1964Time of IndifferenceLisaFilm
1964A House Is Not a HomePolly AdlerFilm
1963The BalconyMadame IrmaFilm
1963Wives and LoversFran CabrellFilm
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreJenny Dworak, Edith, Clarry GoldenSeries
1962LolitaCharlotte HazeFilm
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 59 episodes, Self - Guest HostessSeries
1962The Chapman ReportSarah GarnellFilm
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 7 episodesSeries
1961The Young SavagesMary diPaceFilm
1961Ben CaseySeries
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf - Co-Hostess · 10 episodes, Self · 5 episodesSeries
1961Alcoa PremiereSeries
1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphNellie RomanoFilm
1959The Diary of Anne FrankPetronella Van DaanFilm
1959Odds Against TomorrowLorryFilm
1959The David Susskind ShowSelfSeries
1957Wagon TrainRuth OwensSeries
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1957DuPont Show of the MonthLouisa BurtSeries
1956The Steve Allen ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1956Armchair TheatreFrancesSeries
1956The Perry Como ShowSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter, Self (archive footage)Series
1955The Night of the HunterWilla HarperFilm
1955The Big KnifeDixie EvansFilm
1955I Died a Thousand TimesMarie GarsonFilm
1955I Am a CameraNatalia LandauerFilm
1955The Treasure of Pancho VillaRuth HarrisFilm
1955The Alcoa HourSeries
1954Executive SuiteEva BardemanFilm
1954SaskatchewanGrace MarkeyFilm
1954PlaygirlFranFilm
1954Climax!Leona Stevenson, Margaret Corey / Ethel / Lillian / Ann, CarolSeries
1954To Dorothy, a SonMyrtle La MarFilm
1954MamboToni SalernoFilm
1954Tennessee ChampSarah WurbleFilm
1954Producers' ShowcaseCrystal AllenSeries
1954A Star Is Born World PremiereSelfFilm
1953The OscarsSelf · 4 episodesSeries
1953The United States Steel HourSeries
1952Phone Call from a StrangerBinky GayFilm
1952Untamed FrontierJane StevensFilm
1952My Man and INancyFilm
1952Meet Danny WilsonJoy CarrollFilm
1952The Ford Television TheatreSally MarlandSeries
1951A Place in the SunAlice TrippFilm
1951He Ran All the WayPeggy DobbsFilm
1951The Raging TideConnie ThatcherFilm
1951Behave Yourself!Katherine "Kate" DennyFilm
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsMildred CorriganSeries
1951The Re-InforcerFilm
1950Winchester '73Lola MannersFilm
1950What's My Line?Self · 5 episodesSeries
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1950FrenchieFrenchie FontaineFilm
1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1950South Sea SinnerCoralFilm
1949The Great GatsbyMyrtle WilsonFilm
1949Take One False StepCatherine SykesFilm
1949Johnny Stool PigeonTerryFilm
1948Red RiverWagon Train Member (uncredited)Film
1948Cry of the CityBrenda MartingaleFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 3 episodesSeries
1948LarcenyToryFilm
1947A Double LifePat KrollFilm
1947The GangsterHazel (uncredited)Film
1947New OrleansMrs. HolmbrightFilm
1947Killer McCoyWaitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)Film
1947Kraft Television TheatreHelenSeries
1947Living in a Big WayJunior League Girl (uncredited)Film
1946Susie Steps OutBand SingerFilm
1945Escape in the FogTaxi Driver (uncredited)Film
1945Tonight and Every NightBubbles (uncredited)Film
1945A Thousand and One NightsHandmaidenFilm
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
1944Together AgainYoung Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)Film
1944Knickerbocker HolidayUlda TienhovenFilm
1944She's a Soldier Too'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)Film
1944Sailor's HolidayGloria FlynnFilm
1943What a WomanSecretary (uncredited)Film
1943There's Something About a SoldierNormaFilm