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Shelley Winters
American actress (1920–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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). She also appeared in A Double Life (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), and Pete's Dragon (1977). She also acted on television, including a tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and wrote three autobiographies.
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Shelley Winters | |
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Born | Shirley Schrift (1920-08-18)August 18, 1920 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | January 14, 2006(2006-01-14) (aged 85) |
Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery |
Alma mater | The New School |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1936–2006 |
Spouses | Mack Paul Mayer
(m. 1943; div. 1948)Gerry DeFord (m. 2006) |
Children | 1 |
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