Tony Hawk
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Shelley Winters was an acclaimed American film actress who won two Academy Awards and had a career spanning seven decades. She appeared in numerous classic movies, including The Diary of Anne Frank, A Place in the Sun, and The Poseidon Adventure, and also wrote three autobiographies.
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About the Shelley Winters
Shelley Winterswas an American film actress whose career spanned seven decades. She won Academy Awards for The Diary of Anne Frankand A Patch of Blueand 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). She also acted on television, including a tenure on the sitcom Roseanne, and wrote three autobiographies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Shelley Winters was born on August 18, 1920.
Shelley Winters won Academy Awards for her performances in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965).
Shelley Winters appeared in numerous classic films, including A Place in the Sun (1951), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Lolita (1962), Alfie (1966), and The Poseidon Adventure (1972).
Shelley Winters’ acting career spanned seven decades, from the 1940s to the 2000s.
Yes, Shelley Winters wrote three autobiographies during her lifetime.
Shelley Winters had a tenure on the sitcom Roseanne later in her career.
Shelley Winters’ birth name was Shirley Schrift.
11 Quotes by Shelley Winters
- 1.
Every now and then, when you’re on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It’s a sound you can’t get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you’ve hit them where they live.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 2.
All marriages are happy. It’s trying to live together afterwards that causes all the problems.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 3.
Now that I’m over sixty I’m veering toward respectability.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 4.
Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 5.
Where do you go to get anorexia?
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 6.
It was so cold I almost got married.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 7.
I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn’t last long.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 8.
I was so cold the other day, I almost got married.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 9.
I’m not overweight. I’m just nine inches too short.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 10.
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)
- 11.
In Hollywood, all marriages are happy. It’s trying to live together afterwards that causes the problems.
Shelley WintersAmerican actress (1920-2006)