Shelley Winters was an American actress of overwhelming character whose career stretched for nearly six decades. She won two Oscars for Best Supporting Actress, for 'The Diary of Anne Frank' and 'A Patch of Blue', and delivered memorable performances in classics like 'The Night of the Hunter', 'A Place in the Sun', and Stanley Kubrick's 'Lolita'. Bold in transforming herself physically, she starred in one of the most remembered moments of disaster cinema in 'The Poseidon Adventure', a role that also earned her a nomination. Throughout her trajectory she combined intense dramas, comedies, and television without losing her characteristic breeziness. Her style, exuberant and unafraid of ridicule, embodied women of great emotional depth and earthy truth. Read more