Actress Shelley Winters dies of heart failure
{{date|January 14, 2006}}

Actress [[w:Shelley Winters|Shelly Winters]] died of heart failure today at The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills, her publicist, Dale Olson said. She was 85. 

Winters was hospitalized in October after suffering a heart attack.

Winters was the daughter of a tailor's cutter and her mother was a former opera singer. She made her impromptu singing appearance at a St. Louis amateur night when she was only 4 years old.

She started her career as a nightclub chorus girl, and advanced to supporting roles in New York plays, then became famous as a Hollywood sexpot.

Winters is probably best known for her appearance in the movie ''[[w:The Poseidon Adventure|The Poseidon Adventure]]''.  She made several appearances on Roseanne as Roseanne's grandmother.
==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10851769/|title=Shelly Winters dies at 85|author=Associated press|pub=MSNBC|date=January 14, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=77029|title=Shelley Winters Biography|author=Hal Erickson|pub=The New York Times|date=2006}}

   
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Actress Shelly Winters died of heart failure today at The Rehabilitation Centre of Beverly Hills, her publicist, Dale Olson said. She was 85. 

Winters was hospitalized in October after suffering a heart attack.

Winters was the daughter of a tailor's cutter and her mother was a former opera singer. She made her impromptu singing appearance at a St. Louis amateur night when she was only 4 years old.

She started her career as a nightclub chorus girl, and advanced to supporting roles in New York plays, then became famous as a Hollywood sexpot.

Winters is probably best known for her appearance in the movie The Poseidon Adventure.  She made several appearances on Roseanne as Roseanne's grandmother.
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