Actor info
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Name :
Shelley Winters
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Born :
August 18, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (85 years at death)
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Died :
January 14, 2006
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
149 films (1943–2022)
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Also known as :
Shirley Schrift, Shelley Winter, شلی وینترز
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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
- The Delta Force (1986) as Edie Kaplan
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as Belle Rosen
- Harper (1966) as Fay Estabrook
- Lolita (1962) as Charlotte Haze
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) as Willa Harper
