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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Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Known For
Lolita
(1962)
Charlotte Haze
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Belle Rosen
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Woman who is healed
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
Willa Harper
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959)
Petronella Van Daan
Red River
(1948)
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Winchester '73
(1950)
Lola Manners
The Delta Force
(1986)
Edie Kaplan
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
Lena Gogan
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Alice Tripp
Alfie
(1966)
Ruby
Harper
(1966)
Fay Estabrook
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(2014)
Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tentacles
(1977)
Tillie Turner
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Elvis
(1979)
Gladys Presley
Full Filmography
Acting
What a Woman
(1943)
Secretary (uncredited)
There's Something About a Soldier
(1943)
Norma
Together Again
(1944)
Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
She's a Soldier Too
(1944)
'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
Knickerbocker Holiday
(1944)
Ulda Tienhoven
Sailor's Holiday
(1944)
Gloria Flynn
Escape in the Fog
(1945)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Tonight and Every Night
(1945)
Bubbles (uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
(1945)
Handmaiden
The Gangster
(1947)
Hazel
A Double Life
(1947)
Pat Kroll
Killer McCoy
(1947)
Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
(1947)
Junior League Girl (uncredited)
New Orleans
(1947)
Mrs. Holmbright
Cry of the City
(1948)
Brenda Martingale
Larceny
(1948)
Tory
Red River
(1948)
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Take One False Step
(1949)
Catherine Sykes
The Great Gatsby
(1949)
Myrtle Wilson
Johnny Stool Pigeon
(1949)
Terry
Winchester '73
(1950)
Lola Manners
South Sea Sinner
(1950)
Coral
Frenchie
(1950)
Frenchie Fontaine
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Alice Tripp
He Ran All the Way
(1951)
Peggy Dobbs
The Raging Tide
(1951)
Connie Thatcher
Behave Yourself!
(1951)
Katherine "Kate" Denny
The Re-Inforcer
(1951)
Phone Call from a Stranger
(1952)
Binky Gay
Meet Danny Wilson
(1952)
Joy Carroll
Untamed Frontier
(1952)
Jane Stevens
My Man and I
(1952)
Nancy
Playgirl
(1954)
Fran
Executive Suite
(1954)
Eva Bardeman
Saskatchewan
(1954)
Grace Markey
To Dorothy, a Son
(1954)
Myrtle La Mar
Tennessee Champ
(1954)
Sarah Wurble
Mambo
(1954)
Toni Salerno
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(1954)
Self
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
Willa Harper
I Died a Thousand Times
(1955)
Marie Garson
The Big Knife
(1955)
Dixie Evans
I Am a Camera
(1955)
Natalia Landauer
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
(1955)
Ruth Harris
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959)
Petronella Van Daan
Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959)
Lorry
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Nellie Romano
The Young Savages
(1961)
Mary diPace
Lolita
(1962)
Charlotte Haze
The Chapman Report
(1962)
Sarah Garnell
The Balcony
(1963)
Madame Irma
Wives and Lovers
(1963)
Fran Cabrell
Time of Indifference
(1964)
Lisa
A House Is Not a Home
(1964)
Polly Adler
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Woman who is healed
A Patch of Blue
(1965)
Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Harper
(1966)
Fay Estabrook
Alfie
(1966)
Ruby
The Three Sisters
(1966)
Natalya
Enter Laughing
(1967)
Emma Kolowitz
Easier in the Dark
(1967)
Frances
The Scalphunters
(1968)
Kate
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
(1968)
Shirley Newman
Wild in the Streets
(1968)
Mrs. Daphne Flatow
The Mad Room
(1969)
Mrs. Armstrong
Arthur? Arthur!
(1969)
Hester Green
Bloody Mama
(1970)
'Ma' Kate Barker
How Do I Love Thee?
(1970)
Lena Mervin
Flap
(1970)
Dorothy Bluebell
What's the Matter with Helen?
(1971)
Helen Hill
Revenge!
(1971)
Amanda Hilton
A Death of Innocence
(1971)
Elizabeth Cameron
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Belle Rosen
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
(1972)
Mrs. Forrest
The Adventures of Nick Carter
(1972)
Bess Tucker
Something to Hide
(1972)
Gabriella Field
Cleopatra Jones
(1973)
Mommy
The Devil's Daughter
(1973)
Lilith Malone
Blume in Love
(1973)
Mrs. Cramer
The Stone Killer
(1973)
Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
The Sex Symbol
(1974)
Agatha Murphy
Big Rose
(1974)
Rose Winters
Poor Pretty Eddie
(1975)
Bertha
Diamonds
(1975)
Zelda Shapiro
Journey into Fear
(1975)
Mrs. Mathews
That Lucky Touch
(1975)
Diana Steedeman
The Tenant
(1976)
The Concierge
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
(1976)
Faye Lapinsky
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
(1976)
Crystal
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
(1976)
Caterina
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
Lena Gogan
Tentacles
(1977)
Tillie Turner
An Average Little Man
(1977)
Amalia Vivaldi
Black Journal
(1977)
Lea
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Queen Rachel
The Initiation of Sarah
(1978)
Mrs. Erica Hunter
Elvis
(1979)
Gladys Presley
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
(1979)
Crystal (voice)
The Visitor
(1979)
Jane Phillips
City on Fire
(1979)
Nurse Andrea Harper
The Magician of Lublin
(1979)
Elzbieta
Cher... and Other Fantasies
(1979)
Shelley
S.O.B.
(1981)
Eva Brown
Looping
(1981)
Carmen
Fanny Hill
(1983)
Mrs. Cole
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Do It Debbie's Way
(1983)
Self
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
(1984)
Becky
Ellie
(1984)
Cora Jackson
Déjà Vu
(1985)
Olga Nabokova
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
The Delta Force
(1986)
Edie Kaplan
Witchfire
(1986)
Lydia
Very Close Quarters
(1986)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
(1986)
Self
Purple People Eater
(1988)
Rita
Hello Actors Studio
(1988)
Self
An Unremarkable Life
(1989)
Evelyn McEllany
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
(1989)
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
(1990)
Self
Touch of a Stranger
(1990)
Lily
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
(1990)
Self
Stepping Out
(1991)
Mrs. Fraser
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Weep No More, My Lady
(1992)
Vivian Morgan
The Pickle
(1993)
Yetta
The Silence of the Hams
(1994)
Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
(1994)
Self
Heavy
(1995)
Dolly Modino
Jury Duty
(1995)
Mrs. Collins
Backfire!
(1995)
The Good Lieutenant
Mrs. Munck
(1995)
Aunt Monica
Raging Angels
(1995)
Grandma Ruth
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
(1995)
Self
The Portrait of a Lady
(1996)
Mrs. Touchett
Valley Girls
(1996)
Lady in Truck
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady
(1997)
Herself
Gideon
(1998)
Mrs. Willows
La bomba
(1999)
Prof. Summers
On Cukor
(2000)
Self
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun
(2001)
Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(2014)
Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Darling Vivian
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
(2022)
Self (archive footage)