Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters (1920 - 2006)

Film Deaths[]

A Double Life (1947) [Taryn Duncan]: Strangled by Ronald Colman in her bedroom. Her body is shown again later on when the police investigate.
Larceny (1948) [Tory]: Shot to death by John Payne as she embraces him.
The Great Gatsby (1949) [Myrtle Wilson]: Hit by a car driven by Betty Field.
A Place in the Sun (1951) [Alice Tripp]: Accidentally drowned when the boat capsizes while she is out on a lake with Montgomery Clift. She was pregnant at the time of her death, consequently, her unborn child also died.
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) [Binky Gay a.k.a. Bianca Carr]: Killed in a plane accident, along with Michael Rennie and Keenan Wynn.
Mambo (1954) [Toni Salerno]: Hit by a car while running through a parking garage.
The Big Knife (1955) [Dixie Evans]: Hit by a bus off-screen; we learn of her death afterwards when Wendell Corey informs Ida Lupino.
The Night of the Hunter (1955) [Willa Harper]: Throat slit off-screen, while she's in bed by Robert Mitchum. Robert then ties her body in the car and pushes it into the the river. Where her body is shown afterwards.
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) [Mrs. Petronella Van Daan]: Dies off-screen in a concentration camp; her death is confirmed in an epilogue scene of Joseph Schildkraut discussing the deaths of all his friends.
Lolita (1962) [Charlotte Haze]: Ran Down (off-camera) by a car after finding out her husband (James Mason) was hiding a journal about her daughter (Sue Lyon). We only hear her death is mentioned on a phone by Mason believing it was a joke and then goes out in the rain to find her body covered in sheets and is told by the driver that she jumped into the middle of the road after he swerved to not hit a dog.
The Mad Room (1969) [Mrs. Armstrong]: Hacked to death off-screen with a saber by Stella Stevens; her body is shown afterwards when Stella 'discovers' her.
Bloody Mama (1970) [Kate 'Ma' Barker]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with the FBI. Shown as a series of black & white still frames.
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (Who Slew Auntie Roo?) (1971) [Rosie 'Aunt Roo' Forrest]: Burned to death after Mark Lester starts a fire in the kitchen while she is trapped in the pantry.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) [Belle Rosen]: Dies of a heart attack after rescuing Gene Hackman from being trapped underwater. Her body is shown when her husband (Jack Albertson) goes down beside her.
Shattered (Something to Hide) (1972) [Gabriella Field]: Throat accidentally slashed (off-screen) when she falls onto a broken bottle during a fight with Peter Finch. Her body is never shown; we only hear about her death afterwards when Peter confesses to Linda Hayden.
Cleopatra Jones (1973) [Mommy]: Knocked off a walkway during a fight with Tamara Dobson.
An Average Little Man (Un Borghese piccolo piccolo; A Very Little Man) (1977) [Amalia Vivaldi]: Dies of a heart attack.
City on Fire (1979) [Nurse Andrea Harper]: Hit by falling rubble while the burning hospital is being evacuated.
Looping (Looping: Der lange Traum von kurzen Gluck) (1981) [Carmen]: Shot in the head.
Heavy (1995) [Dolly Medina]: Dies off-screen of natural causes; we only learn about her death afterwards when Liv Tyler finds Pruitt Taylor Vince standing at her grave.
Raging Angels (1995) [Grandma Ruth]: Falls down a flight of stairs while running away from a demon.

Television Deaths[]

Adventures of Nick Carter (1972; TV movie) [Bess Tucker]: Killed off-screen by Neville Brand. Her body is shown afterwards when Robert Conrad discovers her sitting in a parked car.
The Initiation of Sarah (1978; TV movie) [Mrs. Erica Hunter]: Burned to death after Kay Lenz uses her telekinetic powers to set the sorority house terrace on fire.
Elvis (1979; TV movie) [Gladys Presley]: Dies of a heart attack.
Roseanne (2018) [Nana Mary]: To be added

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Noteworthy Connections[]

Ex-wife of Vittorio Gassman
Ex-wife of Anthony Franciosa