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Shelley Winters
Age: 85 (passed away Jan. 14th, 2006)
Height: 5' 4"
Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Born: Aug. 18th, 1920
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Shelley Winters' Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: 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.
TRIVIA:
- Suffered a heart attack on October 14, 2005.
- Taught 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) how to "act" pretty by tilting her head back, keeping her eyes lowered and her mouth partly opened
- When Shelley and 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) were roommates in the late 1940s in Hollywood, Shelley said that one day she had to step out and asked Marilyn to "wash the lettuce" for a salad they were to share for dinner. When she got back to the apartment, Marilyn (aparently new to the art of cooking) had the leaves of lettuce in a small tub of soapy water and was scrubbing them clean.
- Godmother of actor 'Sally Kirkland (I)' (qv). Kirkland, also an ordained minister, conducted the wedding ceremony between Winters and Gerry DeFord ten hours before Winters died.
- Godmother of 'Laura Dern' (qv).
- On the 6 July, 1972 episode of _"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)_ (qv), she grew tired of 'Oliver Reed (I)' (qv)'s attitude towards women. They had a heated conversation and, after Winters told Reed what she thought of his opinions, she left the set. The show continued with Reed going on about women while 'Johnny Carson (I)' (qv) looked at him in a daze. Shortly afterward, Winters appeared from stage left, unannounced to Reed and to the shock of Carson. She was carrying a champagne bucket of ice and water and surprised Reed by dumping it over his head. Reed was furious over this and tried to attack her but crew members intervened. The show broke for commercial break. When it resumed, both actors were gone.
- 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)_ (qv) she discovered that Universal had added an "s", making her Shelley Winters.
- In _The Poseidon Adventure (1972)_ (qv), she plays an award winning swimmer and in _A Place in the Sun (1951)_ (qv), she can't swim and drowns.
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