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 Night of the Hunter
(1955)
Willa Harper
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Woman who is healed
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Belle Rosen
The Delta Force
(1986)
Edie Kaplan
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959)
Petronella Van Daan
The Tenant
(1976)
The Concierge
Red River
(1948)
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
Lena Gogan
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Alice Tripp
Winchester '73
(1950)
Lola Manners
Elvis
(1979)
Gladys Presley
Harper
(1966)
Fay Estabrook
Bloody Mama
(1970)
'Ma' Kate Barker
Alfie
(1966)
Ruby
A Patch of Blue
(1965)
Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Full Filmography
Acting
There's Something About a Soldier
(1943)
Norma
What a Woman
(1943)
Secretary (uncredited)
Knickerbocker Holiday
(1944)
Ulda Tienhoven
She's a Soldier Too
(1944)
'Silver' Rankin (uncredited)
Together Again
(1944)
Young Woman Fleeing Nightclub Raid (uncredited)
Sailor's Holiday
(1944)
Gloria Flynn
Tonight and Every Night
(1945)
Bubbles (uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
(1945)
Handmaiden
Escape in the Fog
(1945)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A Double Life
(1947)
Pat Kroll
The Gangster
(1947)
Hazel
New Orleans
(1947)
Mrs. Holmbright
Living in a Big Way
(1947)
Junior League Girl (uncredited)
Killer McCoy
(1947)
Waitress / Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Red River
(1948)
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Larceny
(1948)
Tory
Cry of the City
(1948)
Brenda Martingale
Take One False Step
(1949)
Catherine Sykes
The Great Gatsby
(1949)
Myrtle Wilson
Johnny Stool Pigeon
(1949)
Terry
Frenchie
(1950)
Frenchie Fontaine
South Sea Sinner
(1950)
Coral
Winchester '73
(1950)
Lola Manners
He Ran All the Way
(1951)
Peggy Dobbs
A Place in the Sun
(1951)
Alice Tripp
Behave Yourself!
(1951)
Katherine "Kate" Denny
The Re-Inforcer
(1951)
The Raging Tide
(1951)
Connie Thatcher
Meet Danny Wilson
(1952)
Joy Carroll
My Man and I
(1952)
Nancy
Untamed Frontier
(1952)
Jane Stevens
Phone Call from a Stranger
(1952)
Binky Gay
Saskatchewan
(1954)
Grace Markey
Tennessee Champ
(1954)
Sarah Wurble
Mambo
(1954)
Toni Salerno
Executive Suite
(1954)
Eva Bardeman
A Star Is Born World Premiere
(1954)
Self
To Dorothy, a Son
(1954)
Myrtle La Mar
Playgirl
(1954)
Fran
I Am a Camera
(1955)
Natalia Landauer
I Died a Thousand Times
(1955)
Marie Garson
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
(1955)
Ruth Harris
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
Willa Harper
The Big Knife
(1955)
Dixie Evans
Odds Against Tomorrow
(1959)
Lorry
The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959)
Petronella Van Daan
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(1960)
Nellie Romano
The Young Savages
(1961)
Mary diPace
The Chapman Report
(1962)
Sarah Garnell
Lolita
(1962)
Charlotte Haze
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
A Patch of Blue
(1965)
Rose-Ann D'Arcey
The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965)
Woman who is healed
The Three Sisters
(1966)
Natalya
Harper
(1966)
Fay Estabrook
Alfie
(1966)
Ruby
Easier in the Dark
(1967)
Frances
Enter Laughing
(1967)
Emma Kolowitz
Wild in the Streets
(1968)
Mrs. Daphne Flatow
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
(1968)
Shirley Newman
The Scalphunters
(1968)
Kate
The Mad Room
(1969)
Mrs. Armstrong
Arthur? Arthur!
(1969)
Hester Green
How Do I Love Thee?
(1970)
Lena Mervin
Bloody Mama
(1970)
'Ma' Kate Barker
Flap
(1970)
Dorothy Bluebell
A Death of Innocence
(1971)
Elizabeth Cameron
What's the Matter with Helen?
(1971)
Helen Hill
Revenge!
(1971)
Amanda Hilton
Something to Hide
(1972)
Gabriella Field
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
(1972)
Mrs. Forrest
The Poseidon Adventure
(1972)
Belle Rosen
The Adventures of Nick Carter
(1972)
Bess Tucker
Blume in Love
(1973)
Mrs. Cramer
The Devil's Daughter
(1973)
Lilith Malone
Cleopatra Jones
(1973)
Mommy
The Stone Killer
(1973)
Drunk Woman in Police Station (uncredited)
The Sex Symbol
(1974)
Agatha Murphy
Big Rose
(1974)
Rose Winters
Diamonds
(1975)
Zelda Shapiro
Poor Pretty Eddie
(1975)
Bertha
Journey into Fear
(1975)
Mrs. Mathews
That Lucky Touch
(1975)
Diana Steedeman
Frosty's Winter Wonderland
(1976)
Crystal
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
(1976)
Faye Lapinsky
The Tenant
(1976)
The Concierge
Mimì Bluette... Flower of My Garden
(1976)
Caterina
Black Journal
(1977)
Lea
An Average Little Man
(1977)
Amalia Vivaldi
Tentacles
(1977)
Tillie Turner
Pete's Dragon
(1977)
Lena Gogan
King of the Gypsies
(1978)
Queen Rachel
The Initiation of Sarah
(1978)
Mrs. Erica Hunter
City on Fire
(1979)
Nurse Andrea Harper
Cher... and Other Fantasies
(1979)
Shelley
The Visitor
(1979)
Jane Phillips
The Magician of Lublin
(1979)
Elzbieta
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
(1979)
Crystal (voice)
Elvis
(1979)
Gladys Presley
S.O.B.
(1981)
Eva Brown
Looping
(1981)
Carmen
Fanny Hill
(1983)
Mrs. Cole
Do It Debbie's Way
(1983)
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
(1984)
Becky
Ellie
(1984)
Cora Jackson
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Déjà Vu
(1985)
Olga Nabokova
Very Close Quarters
(1986)
Witchfire
(1986)
Lydia
The Delta Force
(1986)
Edie Kaplan
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
Touch of a Stranger
(1990)
Lily
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
(1990)
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
(1990)
Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
(1991)
Self (archive footage)
Stepping Out
(1991)
Mrs. Fraser
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
Mrs. Munck
(1995)
Aunt Monica
Raging Angels
(1995)
Grandma Ruth
Jury Duty
(1995)
Mrs. Collins
Backfire!
(1995)
The Good Lieutenant
Heavy
(1995)
Dolly Modino
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)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(2014)
Edie Kaplan (archive footage) (uncredited)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Groucho & Cavett
(2022)
Self (archive footage)