Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters was born in E. St. Louis, Ill., on Aug. 18, 1922. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Winters worked as a model and chorus girl before getting her break on Broadway in 1941. That led to a contract with Columbia Studios, which gave Winters her screen debut in 1943's What a Woman!

Winters first gained critical notice in A Double Life (1947). As Montgomery Clift's pregnant girlfriend in A Place in the Sun (1951), she earned her first Oscar nod for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to win the award twice, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and was nominated again for her role best known to later generations: Mrs. Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

Winters' other films include Red River, The Night of the Hunter, Lolita, Next Stop, Greenwich Village and S.O.B. She also had a recurring role on television's "Roseanne." Winters died Jan. 14, 2006.

Featured Movies
  • The Night of the HunterThe Night of the Hunter

    Bogus "preacher" Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum) learns cellmate Ben Harper (Peter Graves) has stashed stolen loot on his property. So after the demented Powell is released, he charms Ben's widow (Shelley Winters) into getting hitched, and in time, only Ben's kids stand between him and the money. As... Read More

  • AlfieAlfie

    English playboy Alfie (Michael Caine) is a charming Don Juan in the free-spirited 1960s with an insatiable appetite for women. He lives for sex and steers clear of emotional attachments, taking up with one "bird" after another. But his carefree days are over when he impregnates multiple women... Read More

  • Winchester '73Winchester '73

    Perhaps the pinnacle in the series of Anthony Mann/Jimmy Stewart Westerns, Winchester '73 stars Stewart as obsessed cowhand Lin McAdam. The trouble starts when McAdam wins a valuable Winchester 1873 repeating rifle in a shooting contest -- which his brother instantly steals. This leads to a... Read More

  • ElvisElvis

    Kurt Russell earned an Emmy nod for his portrayal of hip-swiveling rock god Elvis Presley in this made-for-television biopic that also earned nominations for its cinematography and makeup, along with a Golden Globe nomination for Best TV Movie. Shelley Winters co-stars as Elvis's mother, Gladys,... Read More

  • The ScalphuntersThe Scalphunters

    Outnumbered by a tribe of gun-toting Kiowa Indians, illiterate trapper Joe Bass (Burt Lancaster) reluctantly agrees to trade his furs for educated slave Joseph Lee (Ossie Davis). Bass and Lee track down the Indians to reclaim the furs, but Jim Howie (Telly Savalas) gets there first, nabs the furs,... Read More

All Shelley Winters Movies
Southern Fried Comedy (2004)
NR
On Cukor (2000)
NR
Short: International Release #2 (2000)
NR
Gideon (1999)
NR
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
PG-13
Backfire (1995)
PG-13
Heavy (1995)
R
The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1991)
NR
An Unremarkable Life (1989)
PG
Very Close Quarters (1986)
R
The Delta Force (1986)
R
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
NR
Déjà Vu (1985)
R
Fanny Hill (1983)
R
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1982)
NR
S.O.B. (1981)
R
Elvis (1979)
NR
The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
NR
King of the Gypsies (1978)
R
Pete's Dragon (1977)
G
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
R
Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
R
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
PG
Blume in Love (1973)
R
The Best of Match Game (1973)
NR
The Devil's Daughter (1973)
NR
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
(Bonus materials available separately)
PG
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
PG
Bloody Mama (1970)
R
The Scalphunters (1968)
NR
Wild in the Streets (1968)
NR
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
NR
Here's Lucy (1968)
NR
Here's Lucy: Season 1 (1968)
NR
Harper (1966)
NR
Alfie (1966)
PG
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
(Bonus materials available separately)
G
A Patch of Blue (1965)
UR
Wives and Lovers (1963)
UR
The Balcony (1963)
UR
Lolita (1962)
NR
The Chapman Report (1962)
NR
The Young Savages (1961)
NR
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
NR
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
NR
Bloody Mama / A Bucket of Blood (1959)
NR
The Big Knife (1955)
NR
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
NR
I Am a Camera (1955)
NR
Executive Suite (1954)
NR
Untamed Frontier (1952)
NR
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
NR
A Place in the Sun (1951)
NR
Behave Yourself (1951)
NR
Winchester '73 (1950)
NR
A Double Life (1947)
NR

 
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