Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Shelley Winters
Born August 18, 1922
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Shelley Winters Marker
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Shelley Winters. Born August 18, 1922. Born Shirley Schrift in an apartment on Newstead Ave. in St. Louis, she was in the Veiled Prophet Pageant at age four. She left high school to become a model, studying acting at night. A gifted performer who fought Hollywood's stereotypes, Shelley Winters earned an Oscar nomination for the 1945 film Double Life, her first major role. Devoted to method acting, she appeared in 50 plays as well as more than 100 films and television shows. A frequent award nominee, she received a 1964 Emmy for Two Is the Number. Shelley Winters won two Academy Awards, for The Diary of Anne Frank in 1959 and A Patch of Blue in 1965.
Born Shirley Schrift in an apartment on Newstead Ave. in St. Louis, she was in the Veiled Prophet Pageant at age four. She left high school to become a model, studying acting at night. A gifted performer who fought Hollywood's stereotypes, Shelley Winters earned an Oscar nomination for the 1945 film Double Life, her first major role. Devoted to method acting, she appeared in 50 plays as well as more than 100 films and television shows. A frequent award nominee, she received a 1964 Emmy for Two Is the Number. Shelley Winters won two Academy Awards, for The Diary of Anne Frank in 1959 and A Patch of Blue in 1965.
Location. 38° 39.356′ N, 90° 18.22′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard east of Westgate Avenue, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6323 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Greater St. Louis. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 514 times since then and 16 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
