For half a century on the stage in Hollywood, Shelley Winters received two Oscars, an Emmy, and a Golden Globe. She has worked with the best directors and famous actors. And she had a chance to live in the same room in Shelley's acting studio with Marilyn Monroe.
Hollywood star of the fifties Shelley Winters, her life path resembled, in her own words, a long rocky road and the Brooklyn ghetto to luxury apartments in New York and the most prestigious awards.
The beginning of the creative path
The future celebrity was born on August 18, 1920 in the Missouri city of St. Louis in the family of a menswear designer and singer. The entire family moved to New York when the youngest daughter, Shelley, was three, and at her sixth, her father went to prison, accused of arson.
Later, the actress admitted that from this she lived in a fantasy world. This subsequently contributed to her career. The girl constantly skipped school. She preferred to attend Broadway performances.
On the audition of the performer for the role of Scarlett in the film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" teenager Shelley could not help but go. Putting on high-heeled shoes that belonged to her older sister, and enlarging her breasts, the young lady went to the casting.
Impressed by such a determined special director, George Cukor recommended Shelley to go on acting training. However, after receiving secondary education, the future celebrity got a job at a garment factory. In parallel, she attended acting evening school, the courses of Charles Lawton and the Manhattan acting, which became legendary, studio
Successful debut
Shelley made her debut at twenty-three. She starred in the film "What a Woman!". But the popularity decided to stay on the road. As a result, only the performance of the victim in the film work of the very same Cukor, who once advised a teenager to get an education, made Winters recognizable.
On the screens "Double Life" viewers saw in 1943. One film was followed by others: "Winchester 73", "The Great Gatsby". They became the keys to Hollywood. Eight years later, in 1951, the performer was offered the lead role in the film "A Place in the Sun".
After her, she was nominated for the Oscar for the first time as the best actress. Shelley's popular American Tragedy project, based on Theodore Dreiser, entered the national registry.
According to the plot, a young Puritan brought up to come to the city to work. The uncle who got him to work forbids romance with female employees.
But the young man could not resist. He cooled down quickly, finding a lady from high society. Fearing publicity, the young man decides to kill his former lover.
The award was not awarded to the actress, but the actress managed to attract the director's attention. As a result, the girl settled down very firmly in the American film industry.
Shelley's talent was especially in demand in the fifties. She starred, often flashed in the secular chronicles.
Confession
In 1960, she was finally awarded an Oscar for her supporting role in the film Anne Frank's Diary. The drama is based on the recordings of a Jewish girl.
She kept a diary during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Sixteen years later, the actress donated the statuette to the Anne Frank Museum, as promised at the awards ceremony.
In 1966 she won her second Oscar. This time the nomination was the same. Only the picture has changed: "A piece of blue". The role of Guy Green Shelley got a characteristic one.
For her participation in the drama, the actress received a second Oscar. The film tells the story of a blind girl suffering from domestic violence and her black friend.
The most notable project of the seventies was the film "The Adventure of Poseidon". As a result of successful activity - a new nomination for a gold statuette.
At the same time, Winters played with enthusiasm on Broadway in her film work. Of the theatrical works of that time, the "Night of the Iguana" stands out.
For the next ten years, the actress is better known to viewers for her television projects and the published book. Shelley Winters managed to get her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
These tapes are just part of the biography of the actress. There are also interesting works. Shelley avoided superficial and primitive sentences. A bright personality and brilliant talent have forever left the performer in the world cinema history.
Matters of the heart
The cheerful and charming actress could not dislike it. Men have always paid attention to her. Among the fans were spectators, colleagues in the shop, and interviewers, of whom there were many.
Every now and then the press reported about the high-profile novels of the performer with the most famous actors of that time. Among them are Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. Shelley entered legal marriage four times.
The first early alliance with military captain M. P. Mayer began during the Second World War and ended in 1948. The spouse dreamed of a strong family with a "home" wife.
The latter, with the rapidly gaining popularity of a Hollywood celebrity, turned out to be impossible. However, Shelley did not take off the wedding ring presented by the first chosen one until her death.
Italian famous director and actor Vittorio Gasman became husband number two. In this marriage, Shelley gave birth to a child, daughter Victoria. She became a doctor and a mother of two children.
The third husband of the star is American actor Anthony Franchoza. He gained fame after the painting "A Hat Full of Rain". With the last fourth chosen one, Jerry DeFodt, the performer remained together until her death. But they officially formalized their relationship only a few hours before Shelley's death in a Beverly Hills rehabilitation center.
Winters passed away at eighty-five from heart failure. The star worked with Elizabeth Taylor and Kurt Russell, she starred with Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski. And Winters boldly put four successful plays, three houses in California and six mink coats on a par with important awards and almost a hundred paintings.
