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.
A PLACE IN THE SUN
LOLITA
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
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 and Alfie.
Winters died at the age of 85 on January 14, 2006, of heart failure at the Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills; she had suffered a heart attack on October 14, 2005. She was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City. Her third ex-husband Anthony Franciosa had a stroke on the day she died and, himself, died five days later.
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