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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
Supporting Actress
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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Two best supporting actress Academy Awards
- She won two best supporting actress Academy Awards, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations as best actress for A Place in the Sun (1951) and supporting actress for The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
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Primetime Emmy Awards. 1975 Nominee Primetime Emmy. Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series. McCloud. For playing: "Thelma". For episode: "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street". 1966 Nominee Primetime Emmy.
- August 18, 1920
- January 14, 2006
Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She 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).
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Shelley Winters - David di Donatello Special Award (1977) , Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1973) , Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1965) and more awards.
May 10, 2024 · Shelley Winters was an American actor who had a career that spanned more than half a century, well over 100 films, and a variety of colourful characters. She won two best supporting actress Academy Awards, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations as.
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Shelley Winters. Actress: The Poseidon Adventure. Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift of very humble beginnings on August 18, 1920 (some sources list 1922) in East St. Louis, Illinois.
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- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
The role, which garnered Shelley her first Oscar nomination, finally plucked her out of the sordid starlet pool she was treading and into the ranks of serious femme star contenders. But not for long. Winters just couldn't escape the lurid bottle-blonde quality she instilled in her characters.
Jan 15, 2006 · She was nominated for an Academy Award as best actress for that performance. Tough-talking and oozing sex appeal, Ms. Winters was blowzy, vulgar and often pathetically vulnerable in her early...