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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Night of the Hunter

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Delta Force

As Edie Kaplan

The Poseidon Adventure

As Belle Rosen

The Portrait of a Lady

As Mrs. Touchett

A Place in the Sun

As Alice Tripp

The Visitor

As Jane Phillips

King of the Gypsies

As Queen Rachel

Backfire!

As The Good Lieutenant

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Related people

Collaborators & neighbours

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  Chuck Norris

  Shared 2 credits

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  Robert Vaughn

  Shared 2 credits

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  Robert Mitchum

  Shared 2 credits

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  Franz Waxman

  Shared 2 credits

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  Nicole Kidman

  Shared a credit

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  Christopher Walken

  Shared a credit

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  Christian Bale

  Shared a credit

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  Jane Campion

  Shared a credit

Acted

The Portrait of a Lady

1996 · Mrs. Touchett

Backfire!

1995 · The Good Lieutenant

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990 · Self

The Delta Force

1986 · Edie Kaplan

The Visitor

1979 · Jane Phillips

King of the Gypsies

1978 · Queen Rachel

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976 · Faye Lapinsky

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · Belle Rosen

The Night of the Hunter

1955 · Willa Harper

I Am a Camera

1955 · Natalia Landauer

He Ran All the Way

1951 · Peggy Dobbs

A Place in the Sun

1951 · Alice Tripp