"I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long."
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress twice, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965). She is also known for her appearances in such films as A Double Life, A Place in the Sun, The Night of the Hunter, Lolita, Alfie, The Poseidon Adventure, and Next Stop, Greenwich Village. She also made occasional appearances on television, including the recurring role of Nana Mary on Roseanne.
She was married four times, including to fellow actors Vittorio Gassman (with whom she had one child) and Anthony Franciosa.
Winters died in 2006 at the age of 85 from heart failure.
Roles on this wiki:
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Film roles
- Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) as Ulda Tienhoven
- Cover Girl (1944) as Chorus Girl (uncredited)
- A Double Life (1947) as Pat Kroll
- Red River (1948) as Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
- Winchester '73 (1950) as Lola Manners
- A Place in the Sun (1951) as Alice Tripp
- Executive Suite (1954) as Eva Bardeman
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) as Willa Harper
- The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) as Mrs. Petronella Van Daan
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) as Lorry
- Lolita (1962) as Charlotte Haze
- The Balcony (1963) as Madame Irma
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Healed Woman
- A Patch of Blue (1965) as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
- Harper (1966) as Fay Estabrook
- Alfie (1966) as Ruby
- The Scalphunters (1968) as Kate
- Wild in the Streets (1968) as Mrs. Daphne Flatow
- Bloody Mama (1970) as Kate Barker
- What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) as Helen
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) as Mrs. Forrest
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as Belle Rosen
- Cleopatra Jones (1973) as Mommy
- Poor Pretty Eddie (1975) as Bertha
- Journey into Fear (1975) as Mrs. Matthews
- The Tenant (1976) as the Concierge
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) as Faye Lapinsky
- Pete's Dragon (1977) as Lena Gogan
- King of the Gypsies (1978) as Queen Rachel
- The Visitor (1979) as Jane Phillips
- City on Fire (1979) as Nurse Andrea Harper
- S.O.B. (1981) as Eva Brown
- Fanny Hill (1983) as Mrs. Cole
- The Delta Force (1986) as Edie Kaplan
- The Silence of the Hams (1994) as Mrs. Motel
- Jury Duty (1995) as Mom
- The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as Mrs. Touchett
Television roles
- Wagon Train (1 episode, 1957) as Ruth Owens
- Batman (2 episodes, 1966) as Ma Parker
- McCloud (1 episode, 1974) as Thelma
- Chico and the Man (1 episode, 1975) as Shirley Schrift
- Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) as Crystal (voice)
- Kojak (1 episode, 1978) as Evelyn McNeil
- Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979) as Crystal (voice)
- Vegas (1 episode, 1979) as J.D. Fenton
- The Love Boat (1 episode, 1982) as Teresa Rosselli
- Alice in Wonderland (1985) as the Dodo Bird
- Roseanne (10 episodes, 1991–96) as Nana Mary
