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A beloved character actor with a career spanning decades, Shelley Winters was born Shelley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920. The young Winters took an interest in acting almost as soon as ...
May 10, 2006 · Shelley Winters: Queen of the watery demise. Herewith, a belated salute, on the occasion of the sailing of the revamped " Poseidon ," to the late, great Shelley Winters. At a party of movie geeks on a rainy Seattle night -- the evening of her death (January 14, 2006) -- I hoisted a scotch in her memory and toasted some of her greatest moments ...
Jul 7, 2019 · Having Shelley Winters as a godmother was “the greatest thing that could ever happen,” raves Laura Dern, whose mother, Diane Ladd, was one of the legendary actress’ closest friends ...
Jan 14, 2006 · Shelley Winters 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 and A Patch of Blue, and received no
Jun 23, 2021 · Shelley Winters (1920-2006) was a movie, television, and stage actor, performing in over 100 movies, 50 stage plays, and many television programs over the course of her career. She also published a two-volume autobiography, written in the feisty outspoken style for which she was known.
Jan 14, 2006 · Ever vocal on social and political matters, Winters was a favored guest on television talk shows, and she demonstrated her frankness in two autobiographies: "Shelley, Also Known as Shirley" (1980 ...
Over a six-decade (and counting) career, Brooklyn-born Shelley Winters has proven to be a highly prolific, galvanic presence on stage and screen. As a teenager, she auditioned for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in her thick "Noo Yawk" accent, prompting director George Cukor to suggest she...
