Shelley Winters

studio publicity photo of Shelley Winters c. 1951, from Art.com

Birth Name: Shirley Schrift

Date of Birth: August 18, 1920

Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Date of Death: January 14, 2006

Place of Death: Beverly Hills, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Shelley Winters was an American actress. She twice won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965).

Her father, Jonas Schrift, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant. Her mother, Rose (Winter), was born in Missouri, to Austrian Jewish parents.

Shelley was married to Gerry DeFord, until her death. She had a daughter with her former husband, Italian actor Vittorio Gassman.

Shelley’s paternal grandfather was Nussin/Nathan Schrift (the son of Hirsch Schrift and Keyle Bornfeld).

Shirley’s paternal grandmother was named Chana Schonholz.

Shelley’s maternal grandfather was named Philip Winter.

Shelley’s maternal grandmother was named Leah Schwartz.

Sources: Genealogy of Shelley Winters (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com

Shelley’s mother on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org