Shelley Winters

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. Winters was born Shirley Schrift in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Jewish parents Rose (née Winter), a singer with The Muny, and Jonas Schrift, a designer of men's clothing. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was three years old. As the New York Times obituary noted, "A major movie pr... more

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  • Aug 18, 1920

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  • Jan 14, 2006 (age 85 years)

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  • Shirley Schrift
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