Shelley Winters gives a heartbreaking performance as Alice Tripp in the crime drama A PLACE IN THE SUN. Loosely based on a real-life case, the film received 9 Oscars noms including Best Actress for Winters & Best Actor for Montgomery Clift. Tonight at 8pm ET. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

During the making of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK ('59), Star of the Month Shelley Winters met Frank's father, Otto. She told him that if she won the Oscar for the film, she would donate it to the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam. She did and the statue is housed there today. See the film tonight at 8pm ET as we continue our celebration of Winters' work. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

🌹 Remembering Shelley Winters 🌹 Born on August 18, 1920, she would be 105 today. Shelley wasn’t just an actress. She was a force of nature. Fierce, funny, and unafraid to speak her truth, she refused to be put in a box. She won two Oscars (The Diary of Anne Frank & A Patch of Blue), stole scenes in classics like The Poseidon Adventure and Lolita, and built a career on roles that showed women as bold, complicated, and real. Shelley lived life with grit and fire, and she brought that same power