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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. Her mother, Rose Winter, was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents, and her father, Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant.
Apr 26, 2024 · Shelley Winters (born August 18, 1920, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died January 14, 2006, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.) 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 ...
Jan 14, 2006 · Shelley Winters, the outspoken actress who won Oscars for her work in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), has died of heart failure at the age of 85. Her publicist in...
Jan 15, 2006 · Jan. 15, 2006 12 AM PT. Special to The Times. Shelley Winters, a blond bombshell of the 1940s who evolved into a character actress best remembered for her roles as victims, shrews and matrons,...
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).
Jan 14, 2006 · Shelley Winters, who once described her life as a  rocky road out of the Brooklyn ghetto to one New York apartment, two Oscars, three California houses, four hit plays, five Impressionist...
Jan 14, 2006 · BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in “The Diary of Anne ...
