Shelley Winters
Actor
- A Double Life (1947)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters…
- Ronald Colman won a Best Actor Oscar as a Broadway idol who immerses himself in the role of Othello and allows his off–stage cruel streak to…
- Cry of the City (1948)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark…
- Dying cop–killer Conte refuses to confess to a crime, and worries that childhood friend turned flinty cop Mature, will implicate his girlfriend…
- Great Gatsby, The (1949)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey…
- The second adaptation of the literary classic has the miscast Alan Ladd as the mysterious Long Islander.
- Winchester '73 (1950)
- Dir. Anthony Mann
Feat. James Stewart, Shelley Winters
- Lean, mean, and superbly photographed, this helped repopularise the Western in the '50s. Stewart wins a rare 'perfect' rifle, which is subsequently…
- Place in the Sun, A (1951)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters…
- Montgomery Clift excels as a penniless youth whose determination to win the heart of socialite Elizabeth Taylor (in her debut as an adult actress) is…
- He Ran All The Way (1951)
- Dir. John Berry
Feat. John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford
- Tense film noir features John Garfield as a bank robber on the run and Shelly Winters as the woman who takes him into her home. Garfield's final…
- Night of the Hunter, The (1955)
- Dir. Charles Laughton
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
- A disturbing yet poetic masterpiece in which Robert Mitchum is mighty mean as a psychopathic preacher pursuing two runaways across the American…
- Big Knife, The (1955)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Rod Steiger…
- Lurid expose of the Hollywood 'studio system' from the melodramatic pen of playwright Clifford Odets.
Palance shows a rare vulnerability as a…
- I Died A Thousand Times (1955)
- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lee Marvin…
- Enjoyable remake of High Sierra that benefits from a fantastic cast and a rousing finale. Look for a young and uncredited Dennis Hopper.
- I am a Camera (1955)
- Dir. Henry Cornelius
Feat. Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey, Shelley Winters…
- Dreary drama is the original "Cabaret". Julie Harris gives a somewhat overheated portrayal of Sally Bowles, the bawdy nightclub entertainer in…
- Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters…
- Absorbing film version of the play based on the experience of a Jewish girl who was forced to live within the confines of a tiny attic, under…
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters…
- Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…
- Young Savages, The (1961)
- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews…
- Arresting crime drama set on the segregated streets of East Harlem and focused on a district attorney investigating the murder of a blind Puerto…
- Lolita (1962)
- Dir. Stanley Kubrick
Feat. James Mason, Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters…
- A middle–aged man falls in love with a 14–year–old girl, so marries her mother to be near her. Fascinating black comedy of sexual…
- Balcony, The (Le Balcon) (1963)
- Dir. Joseph Strick
Feat. Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant…
- Fascinating adaptation of Jean Genet's play set in a fictional country, where Shelley Winters plays the Madam of a brothel that satisfies the erotic…
- Alfie (1965)
- Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Michael Caine, Shelley Winters
- The film that made Michael Caine a household name. His eponymous anti–hero is that of a likely lad who likes to 'ave a go wiv the birds. They…
- Patch of Blue, A (1965)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
- Near flawless film about the friendship between a blind, uneducated girl and a black man she meets in the park, who becomes determined to help her…
- Harper (1966)
- Dir. Jack Smight
Feat. Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris…
- Paul Newman is laconic as a P.I. in the Bogart tradition, investigating the disappearance of Lauren Bacall’s husband. Sleek, witty entertainment…
- Scalphunters, The (1968)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters, Ossie Davis…
- A 'mountain' Western, with fur trapper Lancaster and ex–slave Davis teaming up to recapture a cargo of stolen pelts. The script aims at various…
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
- Dir. Melvin Frank
Feat. Gina Lollobrigida, Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers…
- Genial World War II farce with Italian seductress Lollobrigida receiving payments from three American GIs all under the impression they are the…
- Bloody Mama (1970)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Shelley Winters, Robert De Niro
- 'The family that stays together slays together!'. Shelley Winters is Ma Barker, the mad matriarch who led her brood's violent reign in the '30s.…
- What's the Matter With Helen? / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971-1972)
- Dir. Curtis Harrington
Feat. Shelley Winters, Debbie Reynolds, Dennis Weaver…
- A double feature disc in the "Grande Dame Guignol" genre (directly inspired by WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE), with Shelley Winters hamming/slumming…
- Poseidon Adventure, The (1972)
- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Leslie Nielsen, Gene Hackman, Shelley Winters…
- One of the better 70s disaster movies has an ocean–liner 'turned turtle' and the survivors trying to find a way out. Often unintentionally…
- Blume in Love (1973)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. George Segal, Kris Kristofferson, Susan Anspach…
- George Segal loves his wife dearly, but loses her because of an office fling. Controversial 70s exploration of mid–life angst.
- Cleopatra Jones (1973)
- Dir. Jack Starrett
Feat. Tamara Dobson, Shelley Winters
- Beautiful black Amazon Tamara Dobson stars as 6–foot–2–inch CIA narcotics agent, Cleopatra, who deploys James Bond–style…
- Tenant, The (1976)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Shelley Winters
- Polanski himself plays an introverted office clerk who undergos a psycho–sexual mutation while residing in a seedy high–rise apartment.…
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
- Dir. Paul Mazursky
Feat. Lenny Baker, Shelley Winters, Ellen Greene…
- Cozy, semi–autographical coming–of–age from New York native Paul Mazursky, recounting with fondness the formative years of an…
- Pete's Dragon (1977)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Shelley Winters, Jim Dale…
- Young orphan Pete (Sean Marchall) bonds with animated green dragon Elliot in this lesser–Disney live–action movie.
Sentimental songs…
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Sterling Hayden…
- A credible and fascinating depiction of Gypsy culture through the smog of modern day America. Eric Roberts makes his screen debut as a New Yorker who…
- Elvis (1979)
- Dir. John Carpenter
Feat. Kurt Russell, Shelley Winters, Bing Russell…
- Made just two years after Elvis's death, the king of rock 'n' roll's life is traced from dirt poor beginnings to becoming the most loved entertainer…