SHELLEY WINTERS

Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift) was an actress from the 1940s to the 1990s. She started as a sexy blonde (she was good friends with Marilyn Monroe), but she gained considerable weight, however she had memorable supporting roles in movies of the 1970s on. Some of her movies include: The Night of the Hunter, A Patch Of Blue (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), Red River, Winchester '73, The Diary Of Anne Frank (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), The Place In the Sun (nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for this film), and The Poseidon Adventure (nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film). She passed away in 2006 at the age of 85.