Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters 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), the latter of which also earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture, as well as a nomination for a British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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).
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- Born in
- East St. Louis
- Educated at
- The New SchoolThomas Jefferson High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress🏆 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie🏆 David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement🏆 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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1920
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