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Jul 13, 2020 · She is losing slowly this time; 16 pounds in four months.
- She Had Humble Beginnings
- She Was A Grinder
- She Was Blown Away by The Wind
- She Had Her Methods…
- Her Roommate Rocked
- She’S Making A List…
- She Shared Her Talents
- She Had A Look
- Her Looks Faded
- She Was Skilled in Disguises
Shelley Winters wasn’t even born with the name that would take top billing in countless films. The two-time Oscar-winner to-be was born as Shirley Schrift to Austrian Jewish parents in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father worked as a humble men’s clothing designer. Even as a little girl, however, Winters knew what she wanted from life… Wikimedia Commons
Winters knew exactly what she wanted to be when she grew up…a blonde beauty gracing the silver screen. Coming from such humble beginnings, however, she had to make her own way. Before Winters had even turned 20, she had worked as a model, a store clerk, a vaudevillian, and a chorus girl, all so that she could pay her own way. But she still had to p...
Shelley Winters would go on to have one of the greatest Hollywood careers of all time—but not before facing embarrassing rejection. A bold teenage Winters burst her way into the offices of famed director George Cukor to audition for the role of Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s Gone with the Wind. She didn’t get the role—that went to Vivien Leigh—but she d...
Winters struggled throughout her career to have studio executives and directors take her seriously. So, she had to change her…methods. Winters was an early proponent of “method acting.” She both took and taught classes through the Actors Studio in Los Angeles and New York. One of her “acting” pupils might surprise you… Wikimedia Commons
Before Shelley Winters became famous, she had another soon-to-be megastar as a roommate in Los Angeles. The actress bunked up with another blonde beauty by the name of Norma Jeane Mortensen…but you might know her better by her stage name, Marilyn Monroe. Considering what these two got up to, it’s definitely true that blondes have more fun… Getty Im...
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Winters reminisced on her earlier days in Hollywood, and she made a shocking confession about her time with Monroe. When they were roommates, one of their favorite pastimes included making lists…of men they wanted to sleep with! According to Winters, Monroe had a thing for Albert Einstein, and may even ha...
Winters and Monroe had plenty of time to swap boy-related secrets…just between us blondes. We may actually have Winters to thank for Monroe’s signature looks. It was Winters who taught Monroe how to look appealing to men by coaching her to tilt her head back, lower her eyes and keep her mouth partly open. Monroe must have taken Winters’ advice beca...
Shelley Winters followed director George Cukor’s advice on acting lessons and the two became frequent collaborators. It was Cukor who gave Winters her first big break in 1947’s A Double Life. Unfortunately, this would result in directors typecasting Winters as the “blonde bombshell” in their films. Winters would have to go to some pretty extreme le...
Winters wanted to break out of the “blonde beauty” stereotype that she was known for—so she did something drastic. For 1951’s A Place in the Sun, Winters ditched her blonde locks and dyed her hair brown. She even bought dowdy clothes—visiting a factory to see how factory girls dressed—and scrubbed off her nail polish. Her idea totally worked. In fa...
When the time came for Winters’ audition, she was a little hard to find. The film’s director, George Stevens, arrived at their pre-arranged meeting place but didn’t see the blonde actress that he was looking for anywhere. Winters had changed her appearance so completely that Stevens hadn’t recognized her sitting in a corner! Needless to say, she go...
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).
YearFilmRoleNotes1943Normauncredited1943Secretaryuncredited1944Gloria Flynncredited as Shelley Winter1944Ulda Tienhovencredited as Shelley WinterMar 29, 2023 · Shelley Winters loved a good fight—and is refreshingly honest about that. She describes her rows with gusto, giving one the distinct impression that crossing her was probably a very bad idea.
Dec 14, 2012 · At a party of movie geeks on a rainy Seattle night — the evening of her death (January 14, 2006) — I hoisted a scotch in her memory and toasted some of her greatest moments — which, as it turned out, seemed to revolve around death and water.
Jul 15, 2019 · Still, she didn’t let that slow her down. “She would get hired all the time, no matter her weight,” says Sally. “It was a personal challenge to her, but not a professional one.
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Jan 15, 2006 · Shelley Winters, a blond bombshell of the 1940s who evolved into a character actress best remembered for her roles as victims, shrews and matrons, died Saturday. She was 85.
