Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August , â€" January , ) 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 nominations for A
Place in the Sun () and The Poseidon Adventure (). Other roles Winters
include A Double Life (), The Night of the Hunter (), Lolita (), Alfie
(), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (), and Pete's Dragon ().In addition
to film, Winters also appeared in television, including a years-long
tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and also authored three
autobiographical books.Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St.
Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Rose (née Winter), a singer with St.
Louis Municipal Opera Theatre, and Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's
clothing. Her parents were Jewish; her father emigrated from Austria,
and her mother was born in St. Louis to Austrian immigrants. Her
parents were third cousins.
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 nominations for A
Place in the Sun () and The Poseidon Adventure (). Other roles Winters
include A Double Life (), The Night of the Hunter (), Lolita (), Alfie
(), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (), and Pete's Dragon ().In addition
to film, Winters also appeared in television, including a years-long
tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and also authored three
autobiographical books.Shelley Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St.
Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Rose (née Winter), a singer with St.
Louis Municipal Opera Theatre, and Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's
clothing. Her parents were Jewish; her father emigrated from Austria,
and her mother was born in St. Louis to Austrian immigrants. Her
parents were third cousins.
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