Awards and Nominations

Right from the beginning of Shelley Winters career she has been praised for her work and on this page I am going to list all of the awards that I have knowledge of that she has received or been nominated for.

RED= Did not win the award
GREEN= Won the award

The Academy Awards (Oscars)

March 20, 1951-Nominated-Best Actress (A Place in the Sun)

"I'll never let myself in for another emotional experience like that. Ye Gods, I almost had a heart attack"
-Shelley Winters 1951, on not winning the Oscar

April 4, 1959-Won-Best Supporting Actress (The Diary of Anne Frank)
April 18, 1965-Won-Best Supporting Actress (A Patch of Blue) (read Shelley's acceptance speech)
March 27, 1972-Nominated-Best Supporting Actress (The Poseidon Adventure)

Here is a picture of Shelley at the 1997 Academy Awards, along with Red Buttons
Here are pictures taken from the TV of Shelley during the BEST ACTORS/ACTRESS of the past 70 years presentation

The Golden Globes

1965-Nominated-Best Supporting Actress (Alfie)
1972-Won-Best Supporting Actress-Motion Picture (The Poseidon Adventure)
1976-Nominated-Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role (Next Stop, Greenwich Village)

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTA)

1973-Nominated-Best Supporting Actress (The Poseidon Adventure)
1978-Nominated-Best Supporting Actress (Next Stop, Greenwich Village)

The Emmy Awards

Now of course Shelley is a great movie star but she has also been nominated and won for her many TV appearances.

1964-Won-Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role-"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater" (playing Jenny Dworak in episode "Two Is The Number)
1966-Nominated-Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role-"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater" ( playing Edith in episode "Back to Back")
1975-Nominated-Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role-"McCloud" ( for episode "The Barefoot Girls of Bleecker Street")

The Laurel Awards

An Award given out by Motion Picture Exhibitor Magazine from 1958-1966. The Award is known as the Golden Laurel

1966-Won-Supporting Performance, Female- "A Patch of Plue"
1960-Won-Top Female Supporting Performace- "The Diary of Anne Frank"

The New York Film Critics Awards

This is an award I guess given by the NY film Critics, and all this info is from www.allmovies.com and I don't know if its true but I will put it here anyways. I don't know if they are wins or Nominations so I will leave them black

1951-New York Film Critics Award-Best Actress-A Place in the Sun
1969-New York Film Critics Award-Best Supporting Actress-??Unknown
1976-New York Film Critics Award-Best Supporting Actress-Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Other Awards

Italian Oscar-David of Donatelo- for the movie: Piccolo, Piccolo, Borghese (1977)

The Venice Film Festival- Special Jury Prize- For Enseble Acting in 1954 for Executive Suite

Lifetime Achievement Awards-Hollywood Film Festival-August 10, 1998

In accepting her honor, Ms. Winters said, "This award is bigger
than the Oscars! Its about time Hollywood started to pay less
attention to special effects and violence, and more attention to
human beings and relationships."

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