One of the most respected actresses of the golden age of Hollywood. Although she didn't have stunning looks, she competed against the best of them. She proved to everyone that great work would never go unnoticed. She wrote several "tell all" biographies that ruffled a few feathers throughout the industry. She was known for being very vocal about her opinions, even if that means offending a few people. She studied at The Actor's Studio in New York.



Her father was Jonas Schrift, her mother was Rose Schrift, and her sister was Blanche Schrift. Was roommates with Marilyn Monroe when they were both starting out in Hollywood. Born at 12:05am-CDT Made her Broadway debut as Ado Annie in "Oklahoma!" - five years into its run. Measurements: 37-26 1/2 -36 (as a pin-up starlet in the 1950s) She donated her Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) to the Anne Frank museum. Daughter with Vittorio Gassman, Vittoria Gassman AKA Vittoria-Gina is a physician. In her most important films such as A Place in the Sun (1951), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), A Double Life (1947), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and many others, her character is murdered. Suffered a heart attack on October 14, 2005. Her marriage to Anthony Franciosa broke up when he had an affair with Lauren Bacall. During their affair, Bacall called up Winters and complained, "I've been waiting for Tony for an hour. Where the hell is he?" Shelley said, "You're complaining to me because my husband is late for a date with you?" Bacall answered, "If your husband doesn't respect your marriage, why should I?" Shirley Schrift took her mother's maiden name (Winter) as her stage name and added Shelley for her favorite poet. When she saw the call sheet for A Double Life (1947) she discovered that Universal had added an "s", making her Shelley Winters. Showed up drunk on her first day of shooting of The Linguini Incident (1991) and was fired by director Richard Shepard. In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by either Lidia Simoneschi, Dhia Cristiani or Rosetta Calavetta. She was once dubbed by Wanda Tettoni in Cry of the City (1948) and once by Miranda Bonansea in Behave Yourself! (1951). Gabriella Genta lent her voice to Winters in the role of Belle Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure (1972).