Shelley Winters
Acting
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.
Filmography 209
Movies (149)
Groucho & Cavett2022Self (archive footage)
My Darling Vivian2020Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr2017Self (archive)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012(archive footage)
George Stevens and His Place In The Sun2001Self (archive footage)
On Cukor2000Self- Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies2000Self
La bomba1999Prof. Summers
Gideon1998Mrs. Willows
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady1997Self
Valley Girls1996Lady in Truck
The Portrait of a Lady1996Mrs. Touchett
Heavy1995Dolly Modino
Raging Angels1995Grandma Ruth
Jury Duty1995Mrs. Collins
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'1995Self
Backfire!1995The Good Lieutenant
Mrs. Munck1995Aunt Monica
Marlon Brando: The Wild One1994Self
The Silence of the Hams1994Mrs. Motel (The Mother)
The Pickle1993Yetta
Weep No More, My Lady1992Vivian Morgan
Stepping Out1991Mrs. Fraser
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991Self (archive footage)- Touch of a Stranger1990Lily
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990Self
An Unremarkable Life1989Evelyn McEllany- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989Self
Purple People Eater1988Rita
Shows (60)
The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder1995
Inside the Actors Studio1994Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993Self - Guest
Politically Incorrect1993- Vicki!1992Self - Guest
Charlie Rose1991Self
Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood1989
Roseanne1988Nana Mary
Alice in Wonderland1985Dodo Bird
Hawaiian Heat1984
Hotel1982Adele Ellsworth
Wogan1982Self
Late Night with David Letterman1982Self - Guest- Russell Harty1980
Fridays1980Self - Guest Host
The French Atlantic Affair1979Helen Wabash
Vega$1978
The Love Boat1977Teresa Rosselli
The Hollywood Greats1977
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975Self
Midi Première1975Self
Chico and the Man1974
Kojak1973Evelyn McNeil
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts1973Self
McCloud1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969Barbara Bennet- That's Life1968
Here's Lucy1968Shelley Summers
The Dick Cavett Show1968Self - Guest
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968Self (uncredited)