“Look at the facts. There are no more padlocks on the loos in Woolworth”
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Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters was an American actress, whose film career spanned seven decades. In 1943 she changed her name to Shelley, after her favorite poet, and Winter(s) taking her mother's maiden name. She won two Academy Awards for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received Oscar nominations for A Place in the Sun (1951) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972). She was also a Gold…
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entertainment · American actress (1920–2006) · actor · film actor · stage actor · television actor · writer · autobiographer · also Shelley Winters, Shirley Schrift, Winters
Born 18 August 1920 · Died 14 January 2006 · Q202144
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2026· 4 entries
“s tits. Ok, I said, but only one finger.”
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“When I refused to yell loud enough for him, he whispered,”
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2006· 3 entries
Of heart failure at the Rehabilitation Center of Beverly Hills; she had suffered a heart attack on October 14, 2005
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Died 2006-01-14.
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“Every now and then, when you're onstage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't get in movies or in television. It is the sound of a wonderful, deep silence that means you've hit them where they live.”
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1968· 1 entry
And Michael Dukakis's presidential campaign in 1988
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for A Patch of Blue (1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Addressed the Selma Marchers briefly outside Montgomery, Alabama on the night before they marched into the state capitol
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964).
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1960· 4 entries
Won: Golden Laurel (1960).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Diary of Anne Frank (1960).
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Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry
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Won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mrs
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1955· 1 entry
“Those lousy studios, they louse you up and then they call you lousy.”
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1952· 1 entry
In Juárez, Mexico; they divorced on June 2, 1954
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1950· 1 entry
Visited the two-year-old State of Israel
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1948· 1 entry
Winters and Mayer were divorced in October 1948.
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1943· 1 entry
Changed her name to Shelley, after her favorite poet, and Winter(s) taking her mother's maiden name
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1920· 1 entry
Born 1920-08-18.
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