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Shelley Winters

Winters in Cry of the City, 1948
Born Shirley Schrift
18 August 1920(1920-08-18)
St. Louis, Missouri
Died January 14, 2006 (aged 85)
Beverly Hills, California
Occupation actress, singer, producer
Years active 1943 - 1999
Spouse(s) Paul Meyer (1942-1948)
Vittorio Gassman (1952-1954)
Anthony Franciosa (1957-1960)
Gerry DeFord (2006-2006)

Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was a American actress who won Academy Awards for her supporting roles in The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue, and a Golden Globe Award for her role in The Poseidon Adventure. Cry of the City is a 1948 Black-and-white Film noir directed by Robert Siodmak based on the novel by Henry Edward Helseth "The Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo Jr, (October 25 1928 – January 19 2006 was an American Actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on A Patch of Blue is a 1965 film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man Gordon (played by Sidney The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner She appeared in dozens of films as well as on stage and television.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jewish parents Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's clothing, and Rose (Winters), a singer. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ [1][2] Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was three years old. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. She studied in the Hollywood Studio Club, sharing the same bedroom with another beginner, Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, June 1 1926 &ndash August 5 1962 baptized Norma

Career

As the New York Times obituary noted, "A major movie presence for more than five decades, Shelley Winters turned herself into a widely respected actress who won two Oscars. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. " Winters originally broke into Hollywood as "the Blonde Bombshell," but quickly tired of the role's limitations. She washed off her makeup and played against type to set up Elizabeth Taylor's beauty in A Place in the Sun, still a landmark American film. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory As the Associated Press reported, the general public was unaware of how serious a craftswoman Winters was. The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio "Although she was in demand as a character actress, Winters continued to study her craft. She attended Charles Laughton's Shakespeare classes and worked at the Actors Studio, both as student and teacher. Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and The Actors Studio is a membership Organization for Professional Actors theatre directors and Playwrights at 432 West 44th Street in "

Her first movie was What a Woman! (1943). Working in films (in mostly bit roles) throught the forties, Winters' first achieved stardom with her breakout performance as the victim of insane actor Ronald Colman in George Cukor's A Double Life, in 1948. Ronald Colman ( February 9 1891 &ndash May 19 1958) was an English Academy Award and Golden Globe -winning actor George Dewey Cukor ( July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director. A Double Life is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. She quickly ascended in Hollywood with leading roles in The Great Gatsby (1949) and Winchester 73 (1950), opposite James Stewart. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Winchester '73 is an American Western movie released by Universal Pictures in 1950. James Stewart may refer to Actors James Stewart (actor (1908&ndash1997 Hollywood movie actor and USAF Brigadier General But it was A Place in the Sun, a departure from the sexpot image that her studio, Universal, was building up for her at the time. A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory It was this performance that first brought Shelley Winters acclaim as an actress, earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

Throughout the 1950s, Winters continued in films, most notably in Charles Laughton's masterpiece, 1955s Night of the Hunter, with Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish. Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 Film noir, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters, and the only film Charles Laughton Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film Lillian Diana Gish ( October 14 1893 – February 27 1993) was an American stage screen and television actress whose She also returned to the stage on various occasions during this time, including a Broadway run in A Hatful of Rain. A Hatful of Rain is a 1957 dramatic film It stars Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa, Lloyd Nolan and In 1959, she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for The Diary of Anne Frank and another for A Patch of Blue (1965). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of Film or Theatre professionals in recognition of the work The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on A Patch of Blue is a 1965 film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man Gordon (played by Sidney

Notable later roles included her lauded performance as the man-hungry Charlotte in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita, opposite Michael Caine in Alfie, as the once gorgeous, alcoholic former starlet "Fay Estabrook" in Harper (both 1966), in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as the ill-fated Belle Rosen (for which she received her final Oscar nomination), and in Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976). Lolita is an influential 1962 film by Stanley Kubrick based on the classic novel of the same title by Vladimir Nabokov. Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr, CBE (born 14 March 1933 better known by his screen name Michael Caine, is an Oscar - and BAFTA Alfie is a 1966 British film starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own Novel and play Next Stop Greenwich Village is a 1976 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Paul Mazursky, featuring amongst others She also returned to the stage during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably in Tennessee Williams' Night of the Iguana. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical The Night of the Iguana is a Stageplay written by American author Tennessee Williams. Unfortunately, her prestigious work during this period tended to be undermined by her forays into camp kitsch with films like 1968s Wild in the Streets and 1971s Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?. Wild in the Streets was a popular 1968 movie, produced and released by American International Pictures, and based on a Short story by writer Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? is a 1971 British horror - thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Shelley Winters, Mark Always conscious of her Jewish heritage—she had first learned her trade in the Borscht Belt—she donated her Oscar for Anne Frank to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Borscht Belt is an informal term for the summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in Sullivan and Ulster Counties in Upstate New York which were Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a Museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west

As the Associated Press reported, "During her fifty years as a widely known personality, Winters was rarely out of the news. Her stormy marriages, her romances with famous stars, her forays into politics and feminist causes kept her name before the public. She delighted in giving provocative interviews and seemed to have an opinion on everything. "

That led to a second career as a writer. Though not an overwhelming beauty, her acting, wit, and "chutzpah" gave her a love life to rival Monroe's. In late life, she recalled her conquests in autobiographies so popular they undermined her reputation as a serious actor. She wrote of a yearly rendezvous she kept with William Holden, as well as her affairs with Burt Lancaster and Marlon Brando. William Holden ( April 17, 1918 &ndash November 12, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film Actor Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster ( 2 November &ndash 20 October) was an American film Actor and star noted for his athletic physique Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century

Winters suffered a significant weight gain later in life, frequently stating that it was a marketing tool, since there were plenty of prominent normal-weight older actresses but fewer overweight ones, and her obesity would enable her to find work more easily. In 1973 Winters even put on a short-lived Broadway musical review entitled "The Hoofing Hollywood Heifer", co-starring Charles Nelson Reilly and Bongo, a tap-dancing chimp. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Although it closed after only eight performances, this show was applauded for its sheer campy bravado by many critics, one of whom stated that Winters was a "Whale of a Talent looking for a sea of applause big enough to rest her massive girth. "

Audiences born in the 1980s knew her primarily for the autobiographies and for her television work, in which she played a humorous parody of her public persona. In a recurring role in the 1990s, Winters played the title character's grandmother on the ABC sitcom Roseanne. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Stand-up comedian Roseanne Her final film roles were supporting ones, as John Gielgud's wife in The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and as a bitter nursing home administrator in 1999s Gideon. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an The Portrait of a Lady

Personal life

She was married four times. Her husbands were:

  1. Capt. Mack Paul Mayer, whom she married on New Years Day, 1943; they divorced in October 1948. New Year's Day is the first day of the Year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome (though Mayer was unable to deal with Shelley's "Hollywood lifestyle" and wanted a "traditional homemaker" for a wife. Winters wore his wedding ring up until her death and kept their relationship very private.
  2. Vittorio Gassman, whom she married on April 28, 1952; they divorced on June 2, 1954. Vittorio Gassman ( September 1, 1922 – June 29, 2000) popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian Theatre Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) They had one child, Vittoria born February 14, 1953, a physician, who practices internal medicine at Norwalk Hospital in Norwalk, Connecticut. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norwalk Hospital is a nonprofit acute-care community hospital in the Spring Hill section of Norwalk, Connecticut. Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. She was Winters' only child.
  3. Anthony Franciosa, whom she married on May 4, 1957; they divorced on November 18, 1960. Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo Jr, (October 25 1928 – January 19 2006 was an American Actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  4. Gerry DeFord, on January 14, 2006, hours before her death. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Shortly before her death, Winters married long-time companion Gerry DeFord, with whom she had lived for nineteen years. Though Winters' god-daughter objected to the marriage, the actress Sally Kirkland, performed the wedding ceremony for the two at Winters' deathbed. Sally Kirkland (born October 31, 1941) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress Non-denominational last rites for Winters were also performed by Kirkland, a minister of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness. The Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (or MSIA, sometimes pronounced " Messiah " is a 501(c(3 Non-profit religious Corporation Winters also had a romance with Farley Granger that became a long-term friendship. Farley Granger (born July 1, 1925 in San Jose California) is an American Actor. She starred with him in the 1951 film, Behave Yourself!, as well as in a 1957 television production of A. J. Cronin's novel, Beyond This Place. Archibald Joseph Cronin (19 July 1896–6 January 1981 was Beyond This Place is a 1953 Novel by Scottish author A J Cronin.

Winters died on January 14, 2006 from natural causes at the Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills at the age of 85 a few hours after she married DeFord; Ex-husband Anthony Franciosa died of a stroke five days later. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Franciosa, born Anthony George Papaleo Jr, (October 25 1928 – January 19 2006 was an American Actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa

Awards and nominations

Year Award Film Won?
1951 Best Actress in a Leading Role A Place in the Sun No
1959 Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Diary of Anne Frank Yes
1965 Best Actress in a Supporting Role A Patch of Blue Yes
1972 Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Poseidon Adventure No

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1750 Vine Street, and was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 1992. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 motion picture based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. A Patch of Blue is a 1965 film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man Gordon (played by Sidney Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Vine is a Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. The St Louis Walk of Fame honors well-known people from St Louis Missouri who made contributions to Culture of the United States.

Work

Filmography

Theater

  • Of V We Sing (Between 1939-1941) (Off-Broadway)
  • The Time of Your Life (Between 1939-1941) (understudy for Judy Haydon) (Broadway)
  • Meet The People (1939?)(U. The Portrait of a Lady is a 1996 Film adaptation of Henry James 's novel The Portrait of a Lady directed by Jane Campion The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Gideon is an American romantic tragic comedy of the year 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. Touring Company)
  • The Night Before Christmas (1941) (Broadway)
  • Rosalinda (1942) (Broadway)
  • Conquered in April (Between 1942-1946) (Broadway)
  • Oklahoma! (replacement for Celeste Holm 1947) (Broadway)
  • A Hatful of Rain (1955) (Broadway)
  • Girls of Summer (1956) (Broadway and Summer Stock)
  • Invitation to March (1960) (Boston)
  • The Night of the Iguana (1962) (replacement for Bette Davis) (Broadway)
  • Under the Weather (1966) (Broadway)
  • LUV (1967) (Broadway)
  • One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger (1970) (Writer) (Off-Broadway)
  • Minnie's Boys (1970) (Broadway)
  • The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1973-74) (Broadway)
  • Cages'(1974) (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Kennedy's Children (1976) (Chicago)
  • The Gingerbread Lady (1981) (Chicago)
  • Natural Affection (unknown)

Summer Stock Plays

  • The Taming of the Shrew (1947)
  • Born Yesterday (1950)
  • Wedding Breakfast (1955)
  • A Piece of Blue Sky (1959)
  • Two for the Seasaw (1960)
  • The Country Girl (1961)
  • A View from the Bridge (1961)
  • Days of the Dancing (1964)
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1965)

Television

References

  1. ^ Shelley Winters Biography (1920?-)
  2. ^ The religion of Shelley Winters, actress

External links


Awards
Preceded by
Ann-Margret
for Carnal Knowledge		 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
1973
for The Poseidon Adventure		 Succeeded by
Linda Blair
for The Exorcist


Persondata
NAME Winters, Shelley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schrift, Shirley
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis, Missouri, USA
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH Beverly Hills, California, USA
Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Ann-Margret (born April 28 1941 is a Swedish -born American actress singer The Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 1944 for a performance The Poseidon Adventure is an American Adventure novel by Paul Gallico, released in 1969. Linda Denise Blair (born January 22 1959 is an American actress most famous for her role as the possessed child Regan in the 1973 film This article is about the novel published in 1971 For information about the 1973 film please see The Exorcist (film. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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