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Shelley Winters: Roles
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A chameleon of an actor, Shelley Winters had a lazy, sexy way about her that bespoke of booze, sex and debauchery. Her roles were as varied as her body shape throughout her career, and if legends are to be believed, she was a very very busy social bee. Here's what others have to say.
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Oscar-winning actress Shelley Winters died of heart failure at age 85. Her last big role was in the 1990's on TV but she had made her mark in Hollywood long before that, reports Bill Whitaker. | Share/Embed
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Despite performances that generally rise above them, the films of Shelley Winters are overwhelmingly mediocre or forgettable. From them emerge key stock figures who, for better or worse, epitomize the role to which she became progressively typed: blond, imitation-Harlow bombshells; vulgar but vulnerable victims; slatterns; mistresses; whorehouse madames; and Jewish mothers in caftans. The offscreen image of a brassy, high-flying sexpot—fostered by Universal-International's publicity department—and reports of tantrums thrown on and off the set heightened the public's early association of the actress with the parts she played and evolved in due course into the television talk show blabbermouth regaling Johnny, Merv, Jay, and Dave.
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