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Shelley Winters (born August 18 , 1920 ) is an American actress . She is said to have had an affair with Joseph P. Her first movie was What a Woman! in 1943 . By 1959 , she had won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue in 1965. Notable later roles included her turn as gorgeous, alcoholic former starlet Fay Estabrook in "Harper" (1966) and The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ) as the ill-fated Belle Rosen, for which she received her final Oscar nomination.1
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Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over fifty years, until her death in 2006.Two-time Academy Award winner, Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in A Place in the Sun , The Big Knife , Lolita , The Night of the Hunter , Alfie , and The Poseidon Adventure .
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Shelley Winters (August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films, as well as on stage and television; her career spanned over 50 years until her death in 2006. Winters won Academy Awards for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue , and received nominations for A Place in the Sun ( Best Actress ) and The Poseidon Adventure ( Best Supporting Actress ).She also appeared in such films as The Big Knife , A Double Life , Lolita , The Night of the Hunter , Alfie and Pete's Dragon .
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American actress Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift ; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) 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 (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations for A Place in the Sun (1951) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).Other roles Winters appeared in include A Double Life (1947), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976), and Pete's Dragon (1977).In addition to film, Winters also appeared in television, including a years-long tenure on the sitcom Roseanne , and also authored three autobiographical books.
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American actress (1920–2006) Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift ; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades. She appeared in numerous films. 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). In addition to film, Winters appeared in television, including a tenure on the sitcom Roseanne , and wrote three autobiographical books.
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American actress (1920–2006) 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), the latter of which also earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture . 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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american actress whose career spanned seven decades
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american actress
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