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Shelley Winters, born Shirley Schrift in 1920, carved a six-decade career from the silver screen to television, garnering two Academy Awards for her roles in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and "A Patch of Blue," alongside nominations for "A Place in the Sun" and "The Poseidon Adventure." Her formidable presence graced classics like "The Night of the Hunter" and "Lolita," and she found later success in "Roseanne," a sitcom where her star power endured. Beyond acting, Winters penned three autobiographies, cementing her legacy as an actress of enduring impact and versatility.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | La bomba | Prof. Summers | Film |
| 1998 | Gideon | Mrs. Willows | Film |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Mrs. Touchett | Film |
| 1995 | Heavy | Dolly Modino | Film |
| 1995 | Jury Duty | Mrs. Collins | Film |
| 1995 | Backfire! | The Good Lieutenant | Film |
| 1995 | Raging Angels | Grandma Ruth | Film |
| 1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Mrs. Motel (The Mother) | Film |
| 1993 | The Pickle | Yetta | Film |
| 1992 | Weep No More, My Lady | Vivian Morgan | Film |
| 1991 | Stepping Out | Mrs. Fraser | Film |
| 1989 | An Unremarkable Life | Evelyn McEllany | Film |
| 1988 | Purple People Eater | Rita | Film |
| 1986 | The Delta Force | Edie Kaplan | Film |
| 1986 | Witchfire | Lydia | Film |
| 1986 | Very Close Quarters | Galina | Film |
| 1985 | Déjà Vu | Olga Nabokova | Film |
| 1984 | Ellie | Cora Jackson | Film |
| 1983 | Fanny Hill | Mrs. Cole | Film |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Eva Brown | Film |
| 1979 | City on Fire | Nurse Andrea Harper | Film |
| 1979 | Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Crystal (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | Elvis | Gladys Presley | Film |
| 1979 | The Magician of Lublin | Elzbieta | Film |
| 1978 | The Initiation of Sarah | Mrs. Erica Hunter | Film |
| 1978 | King of the Gypsies | Queen Rachel | Film |
| 1977 | Tentacles | Tillie Turner | Film |
| 1977 | An Average Little Man | Amalia Vivaldi | Film |
| 1977 | Black Journal | Lea | Film |
| 1977 | Pete's Dragon | Lena Gogan | Film |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Faye Lapinsky | Film |
| 1976 | Frosty's Winter Wonderland | Crystal | Film |
| 1976 | The Tenant | Concierge | Film |
| 1975 | Poor Pretty Eddie | Bertha | Film |
| 1975 | Journey into Fear | Mrs. Mathews | Film |
| 1975 | Diamonds | Zelda Shapiro | Film |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Mommy | Film |
| 1973 | The Devil's Daughter | Lilith Malone | Film |
| 1973 | Blume in Love | Mrs. Cramer | Film |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | Belle Rosen | Film |
| 1972 | Something to Hide | Gabriella Field | Film |
| 1972 | The Adventures of Nick Carter | Bess Tucker | Film |
| 1972 | Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Mrs. Forrest | Film |
| 1971 | What's the Matter with Helen? | Helen Hill | Film |
| 1971 | Revenge! | Amanda Hilton | Film |
| 1971 | A Death of Innocence | Elizabeth Cameron | Film |
| 1970 | Bloody Mama | 'Ma' Kate Barker | Film |
| 1970 | Flap | Dorothy Bluebell | Film |
| 1969 | Arthur? Arthur! | Hester Green | Film |
| 1969 | The Mad Room | Mrs. Armstrong | Film |
| 1968 | The Scalphunters | Kate | Film |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Shirley Newman | Film |
| 1968 | Wild in the Streets | Mrs. Max Flatow (Frost) | Film |
| 1967 | Enter Laughing | Emma Kolowitz | Film |
| 1966 | Harper | Fay Estabrook | Film |
| 1966 | Alfie | Ruby | Film |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Woman who is healed | Film |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Rose-Ann D'Arcey | Film |
| 1964 | Time of Indifference | Lisa | Film |
| 1964 | A House Is Not a Home | Polly Adler | Film |
| 1963 | The Balcony | Madame Irma | Film |
| 1963 | Wives and Lovers | Fran Cabrell | Film |
| 1962 | The Chapman Report | Sarah Garnell | Film |
| 1962 | Lolita | Charlotte Haze | Film |
| 1961 | The Young Savages | Mary diPace | Film |
| 1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Nellie Romano | Film |
| 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrow | Lorry | Film |
| 1959 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Petronella Van Daan | Film |
| 1955 | The Big Knife | Dixie Evans | Film |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Marie Garson | Film |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Willa Harper | Film |
| 1955 | I Am a Camera | Natalia Landauer | Film |
| 1955 | The Treasure of Pancho Villa | Ruth Harris | Film |
| 1954 | Saskatchewan | Grace Markey | Film |
| 1954 | Playgirl | Fran | Film |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Eva Bardeman | Film |
| 1954 | Mambo | Toni Salerno | Film |
| 1954 | To Dorothy, a Son | Myrtle La Mar | Film |
| 1954 | Tennessee Champ | Sarah Wurble | Film |
| 1952 | Phone Call from a Stranger | Binky Gay | Film |
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