Shelley Winters
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| − | '''Shelley Winters''', American actress | + | '''Shelley Winters''' (18 Aug 1920 - 14 Jan 2006), Academy-Award winning American actress, who appeared in dozens of films as well as stage and television. |
=Shirley Schrift= | =Shirley Schrift= | ||
Shelley Winters wrote an autobiography. That will be my main source for her life in the 50's. It's a bit hard to track, because she doesn't proceed gradually from early to late, she jumps all about in time, so bear with me as I try to fit everything back into a chronologic framework as best I can. | Shelley Winters wrote an autobiography. That will be my main source for her life in the 50's. It's a bit hard to track, because she doesn't proceed gradually from early to late, she jumps all about in time, so bear with me as I try to fit everything back into a chronologic framework as best I can. | ||
| − | Shelley Winters was born as Shirley Schrift. | + | Shelley Winters was born as Shirley Schrift on 17 Aug 1920 in St Louis, [[Missouri]] the daughter of Jewish-American Jonas Schrift and his wife Rose Winter. |
Shortly after WWII, she met [[Sterling Hayden]] who, in her autobiography, she calls "the most beautiful man I have ever met in my life." They had a short affair in 1954 or 1955, and did a film together many years later. | Shortly after WWII, she met [[Sterling Hayden]] who, in her autobiography, she calls "the most beautiful man I have ever met in my life." They had a short affair in 1954 or 1955, and did a film together many years later. | ||
