SHELLEY WINTERS

Long-time celebrity actress Shelley Winters (age 85),"I am so sad. She was a great person and a genius to
passed away in a Beverly Hills, California nursing home.work with," said Roseanne Barr in a statement. "We
Ms Winters had a long, distinguished career as awill all miss her."
character actress spanning over 55 years. She wonThe pair starred together in the 1990s show
two Oscars, one for 'The Diary of Anne Frank' in 1959Roseanne, with Winters playing Roseanne's
and one for 'Patch of Blue' in 1965. In addition, she wasgrandmother.
nominated for two others: 'A Place in the Sun' in 1951"Shelley was an idol of mine - and many - an
and 'The Poseidon Adventure' in 1972. Altogether, sheextraordinary woman with powerful charisma,
appeared in 130 films and TV movies. Ms Winters wasenormous talent and a keen, perceptive mind," said
a Method actress who lived with celebrity superstarlongtime friend and actress Connie Stevens.
comedic actress Marilyn Monroe in Hollywood in theMonroe's roommate
1950 when they both studied Method acting at theWinters' career spans six decades, beginning with an
Actor's Studio under the famed acting teacher Leeuncredited part in 1943's What a Woman!
Strasberg.In the 1980s Winters wrote two autobiographies,
She died at a Beverly Hills nursing home early onShelley, Also Known as Shirley, and Shelley II: The
Saturday, having suffered a heart attack in October.Middle of My Century, in which she detailed her
Winters, who won Oscars for The Diary of Annerelationships with a string of Hollywood stars including
Frank and A Patch of Blue, was best known for herMarlon Brando, Burt Lancaster and William Holden.
role in 1972 disaster movie The Poseidon Adventure.The books became bestsellers, but her trademark
She was equally famous for her romances with somefrankness meant that talk show hosts "only want to
of Hollywood's leading men including Errol Flynn andknow about my love affairs," Winters later said.
Clark Gable.