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Daughter of actor Vittorio Gassman and actress Shelley Winters, half-sister of actress Paola Gassman, actor Alessandro Gassmann and Jacopo Gassman. Her middle name, Gina, is in honor of the actress Gina Lollobrigida .
The Man I Married | Shelley Winters & Vittorio Gassman - 1953. One of the first things my husband asked “news-writers,” as he calls them, when he arrived in the United States was: “Are there ...
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Vittoria Gassman. Vittoria Gassman was born on 14 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She has been married to Robert Neuman since September 1989. They have two children.
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- She Had Humble Beginnings
- She Was A Grinder
- She Was Blown Away by The Wind
- She Had Her Methods…
- Her Roommate Rocked
- She’S Making A List…
- She Shared Her Talents
- She Had A Look
- Her Looks Faded
- She Was Skilled in Disguises
Shelley Winters wasn’t even born with the name that would take top billing in countless films. The two-time Oscar-winner to-be was born as Shirley Schrift to Austrian Jewish parents in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father worked as a humble men’s clothing designer. Even as a little girl, however, Winters knew what she wanted from life… Wikimedia Commons
Winters knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up…a blonde beauty gracing the silver screen. Coming from such humble beginnings, however, she had to make her own way. Before Winters had even turned 20, she had worked as a model, a store clerk, a vaudevillian, and a chorus girl, all so that she could pay her own way. But she still had to p...
Shelley Winters would go on to have one of the greatest Hollywood careers of all time—but not before facing embarrassing rejection. A bold teenage Winters burst her way into the offices of famed director George Cukor to audition for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s Gone with the Wind. She didn’t get the role—that went to Vivien Leigh—but she d...
Winters struggled throughout her career to have studio executives and directors take her seriously. So, she had to change her…methods. Winters was an early proponent of “method acting.” She both took and taught classes through the Actors Studio in Los Angeles and New York. One of her “acting” pupils might surprise you… Wikimedia Commons
Before Shelley Winters became famous, she had another soon-to-be megastar as a roommate in Los Angeles. The actress bunked up with another blonde beauty by the name of Norma Jeane Mortensen…but you might know her better by her stage name, Marilyn Monroe. Considering what these two got up to, it’s definitely true that blondes have more fun… Getty Im...
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Winters reminisced on her earlier days in Hollywood, and she made a shocking confession about her time with Monroe. When they were roommates, one of their favorite pastimes included making lists…of men they wanted to sleep with! According to Winters, Monroe had a thing for Albert Einstein, and may even ha...
Winters and Monroe had plenty of time to swap boy-related secrets…just between us blondes. We may actually have Winters to thank for Monroe’s signature looks. It was Winters who taught Monroe how to look appealing to men by coaching her to tilt her head back, lower her eyes and keep her mouth partly open. Monroe must have taken Winters’ advice beca...
Shelley Winters followed director George Cukor’s advice on acting lessons and the two became frequent collaborators. It was Cukor who gave Winters her first big break in 1947’s A Double Life. Unfortunately, this would result in directors typecasting Winters as the “blonde bombshell” in their films. Winters would have to go to some pretty extreme le...
Winters wanted to break out of the “blonde beauty” stereotype that she was known for—so she did something drastic. For 1951’s A Place in the Sun, Winters ditched her blonde locks and dyed her hair brown. She even bought dowdy clothes—visiting a factory to see how factory girls dressed—and scrubbed off her nail polish. Her idea totally worked. In fa...
When the time came for Winters’ audition, she was a little hard to find. The film’s director, George Stevens, arrived at their pre-arranged meeting place but didn’t see the blonde actress that he was looking for anywhere. Winters had changed her appearance so completely that Stevens hadn’t recognized her sitting in a corner! Needless to say, she go...
From our 1996 interview, famed Oscar-winning actress and activist Shelley Winters looks back at her career and recounts her admiration for George Cukor, her ...
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Shelley Winters And Her Daughter Vittoria Around 1963. ITALY - CIRCA 1963: The Actress With Her Daughter That She Had With Vittorio Gassman, On A Break On The Shoot Of Time Of Indifference In Rome. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) Embed. PURCHASE A LICENSE.
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Mar 15, 2024 · Shelley’s daughter, Tori, opposed her relationship with Gerry and tried to keep them apart with the threat of a restraining order. “Shelley would be sobbing, saying, ‘Get me Gerry.
