Monday, August 18, 2025

Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...

 ... you can learn from:

What's the Matter With Helen? (1971)

Helen: Men can be quite a bit lower than the angels.

The legend Shelley Winters was born 105 years ago today.
Name your favorite performance of her in the comments!

8 comments:

mrripley said...

I have a big soft spot for her Belle Rosen,I enjoy her in A Patch of Blue,Lolita and Night of the Hunter.

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Anonymous said...

Poseidon Adventure

Unknown said...

Debbie Reynolds is fabulous in What's the Matter With Helen too. My favorite Winters performance is in The Diary of Anne Frank as Petra van Daan.

Natty Soltesz said...

I kinda love her in Wild in the Streets

Anonymous said...

Poseidon Adventure after her heroic swim, and she died!

Paul said...

as a kid, I first noticed her in Poseidon Adventure, and then in Pete's Dragon. As an adult I've loved her in too many things to count.

joel65913 said...

Cannot possibly narrow it to one because there are the times where she gave beautifully observed controlled performances and then times where she left her inner ham fly very free and gave us a "SHELLEY WINTERS" performance. I love both. Then on occasion she mixed the two together-The Poseidon Adventure is one of those times. Plus there are the early sex kitten years were she is different again.

When I hear her name Poseidon Adventure is the first thing that comes to mind so that's a no brainer but of her other work

Blonde bombshell period:
Frenchie (1950)
Larceny (1948)

Solidly controlled dramatic work:
Executive Suite (1954)-her role is small but she's very affecting.
The Chapman Report (1962)
A Death of Innocence (1971)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

Sorta Shelley but more disciplined:
Wives and Lovers (1963)
Tennessee Champ (1954)
Mambo (1954)

The Shelley we all know and love:
What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)