Like so many children born to an immigrant parent, Shelley Winters was taught that in America anything is possible. “My father firmly believed the streets of America were paved with gold,” she wrote ...

Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned almost six decades. She appeared in numerous films, and won Academy Awards for ...

“When I come to a fork in the road, I try to take both,” the irrepressible Shelley Winters writes in her bestselling 1980 memoir, Shelley: Also Known as Shirley. “Shelley was a mass of contradictions ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Shelley Winters, the forceful,outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas,winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of AnneFrank" and "A ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and ...

Shelley Winters, 85, a brassy actress and raconteur who appeared in more than 120 films and twice won the Academy Award for supporting performances, died Jan. 14 at a rehabilitation center in Beverly ...

Winters, whose given name was Shirley Schrift, was appearing in the Broadway hit “Rosalinda” when Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn offered her a screen test. A Columbia contact and a new name — ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Shelley Winters, the forceful, outspoken star who graduated from blond bombshell parts to dramas, winning Academy Awards as supporting actress in "The Diary of Anne Frank" and ...