Shelley Winters

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Shelley Winters wrote an autobiography.  That will be my main source for her life in the 50's.  It's a bit hard to track, because she doesn't proceed gradually from early to late, she jumps all about in time, so bear with me as I try to fit everything back into a chronologic framework as best I can.
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Shelley Winters was born as Shirley Schrift.
 
Shelley Winters was born as Shirley Schrift.
  
In the late 1940's she was the roommate of [[Marilyn Monroe]].
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Shortly after WWII, she met [[Sterling Hayden]] who, in her autobiography, she calls "the most beautiful man I have ever met in my life."  They had a short affair in 1954 or 1955, and did a film together many years later.
  
Shortly after WWII, she met [[Sterling Hayden]] who, in her autobiography, she calls "the most beautiful man I have ever met in my life."
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In the late 1940's she was the roommate of [[Marilyn Monroe]], about the time they were shooting for her 1950 film Frenchie.  [[Christopher Isherwood]] introduced her to Dylan Thomas without telling her who he was.  Dylan wanted to meet Charlie Chaplin, so she invited him to have dinner at her apartment with her and Marilyn and then they would all drive over to Chaplin's for his weekly open-house.  Marilyn couldn't cook so Shelley cooked and Marilyn cleaned up.  Shelley did not know that Dylan was a world-famous poet until his bizarre drunken behaviour sent Chaplin into a fit.  Upon which all the guests left.  At the time Chaplin had two sons, Sydney and Charlie Jr.  In his autobiography, Chaplin never mentioned Charlie Jr who committed suicide in the late 60s.
  
In 1951 she starred opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Montgomery Clift]] in ''A Place in the Sun''.  For that work, she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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In 1951 Shelley starred in the film ''A Place in the Sun'' opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Montgomery Clift]].  For that work, she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
  
 
She was married to Vittorio Gassman from whom she divorced in 1954.  He left her for a 16-year-old girl, Anna Maria Ferrero.  Shelley was represented in her divorce by Jerry Giesler who also later represented Marilyn.
 
She was married to Vittorio Gassman from whom she divorced in 1954.  He left her for a 16-year-old girl, Anna Maria Ferrero.  Shelley was represented in her divorce by Jerry Giesler who also later represented Marilyn.

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