Comments on: In Memoriam Shelley Winters http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/ The Internet home for American gay conservatives. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Peter Hughes http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10948 Peter Hughes Wed, 18 Jan 2006 02:35:35 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10948 Anyone remember her appearance on the old "The Lucy Show" when she was supposed to be losing 20 pounds and Lucy Carmichael had to make sure she met her goal? My favorite scene is of her screaming, ranting and kicking on the floor in a hysterical tantrum until Lucy got her a "treat." Then she got up, looked straight at the camera and quipped: "I didn't get those two Oscars for nothing, you know." That scene still sends me into hysterics and I have to echo my fellow gay conservative above: here's a scotch-and-water to you, Shelley. You were definitely one-of-a-kind. Regards, Peter Hughes Anyone remember her appearance on the old “The Lucy Show” when she was supposed to be losing 20 pounds and Lucy Carmichael had to make sure she met her goal? My favorite scene is of her screaming, ranting and kicking on the floor in a hysterical tantrum until Lucy got her a “treat.” Then she got up, looked straight at the camera and quipped: “I didn’t get those two Oscars for nothing, you know.”

That scene still sends me into hysterics and I have to echo my fellow gay conservative above: here’s a scotch-and-water to you, Shelley. You were definitely one-of-a-kind.

Regards,
Peter Hughes

]]> By: ThatGayConservative http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10947 ThatGayConservative Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:42:12 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10947 #s 4,5,7,8 &9 I'll drink to that. #s 4,5,7,8 &9

I’ll drink to that.

]]> By: Jack Allen http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10946 Jack Allen Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:48:00 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10946 Shelley Winters wasn't just an actress. She was a bigger than life star in the glamorous old Hollywood -- a Hollywood we miss and are not likely to see again. I think I've seen every film she made, some many times, and enjoyed them all. But I will remember her most as Roseanne's grandmother. I doubt that she needed the money. I always figured she took the TV role because she could play herself -- a tough, old broad who saw life and people as they really are and wasn't shy about saying so. God bless her soul. Shelley Winters wasn’t just an actress. She was a bigger than life star in the glamorous old Hollywood — a Hollywood we miss and are not likely to see again.

I think I’ve seen every film she made, some many times, and enjoyed them all. But I will remember her most as Roseanne’s grandmother.

I doubt that she needed the money. I always figured she took the TV role because she could play herself — a tough, old broad who saw life and people as they really are and wasn’t shy about saying so.

God bless her soul.

]]> By: Gene http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10945 Gene Mon, 16 Jan 2006 04:18:28 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10945 Shelley Winters...some of my fave memories of her were when she appeared on the Tonight Show w Johnny Carson. She was hysterical and Johnny seemed always afraid she'd let go with a GD or F bomb. Her funny stories of the "old" hollywood were a hoot. Shelley Winters…some of my fave memories of her were when she appeared on the Tonight Show w Johnny Carson. She was hysterical and Johnny seemed always afraid she’d let go with a GD or F bomb. Her funny stories of the “old” hollywood were a hoot.

]]> By: Campagna http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10944 Campagna Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:25:15 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10944 I find myself wondering if Winters avoided the Method Acting craze of the 50's. She was so good that she made it seem as if she didn't need any "method" at all, but of course that's probably just a tribute to her talent. Another giant has left us. I find myself wondering if Winters avoided the Method Acting craze of the 50’s. She was so good that she made it seem as if she didn’t need any “method” at all, but of course that’s probably just a tribute to her talent. Another giant has left us.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10943 Daniel Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:32:06 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10943 I lived in a West Hollywood building where Shelley used the pool to practice her swimming before the Poseidon role. A few people living there remembered her visits (her make up artist, or something like that, had an apartment there). Anyway, I remember them saying she was a hoot, telling stories about old hollywood, and swearing like a sailor all the time. Wish I could have been there...... I lived in a West Hollywood building where Shelley used the pool to practice her swimming before the Poseidon role. A few people living there remembered her visits (her make up artist, or something like that, had an apartment there). Anyway, I remember them saying she was a hoot, telling stories about old hollywood, and swearing like a sailor all the time. Wish I could have been there……

]]> By: Kevin http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10942 Kevin Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:15:53 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10942 A truly great broad in the old Hollywood tradition. A truly great broad in the old Hollywood tradition.

]]> By: NahnCee http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10941 NahnCee Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:44:10 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10941 She played the mother in the Robert Mitchum thriller "Night of the Hunter". Mitchum kills her and there's a close-up of her drowned body floating about serenely, eyes open and innocent, while her children are scrambling for their lives in the real world, running from Mitchum's implacable killer. There's a story I read someplace along the line about Shelley. She caught a boyfriend (whose name escapes me right now) cheating on her. The story is that in the middle of the night she drove her car through several neighbor's backyards trying to catch the cad and run him down. The image of the boyfriend scampering across yards and leaping frantically over hedges with Shelley snarling and behind the wheel of a careening convertible always makes me smile. You go, Shelley! Give 'em hell. She played the mother in the Robert Mitchum thriller “Night of the Hunter”. Mitchum kills her and there’s a close-up of her drowned body floating about serenely, eyes open and innocent, while her children are scrambling for their lives in the real world, running from Mitchum’s implacable killer.

There’s a story I read someplace along the line about Shelley. She caught a boyfriend (whose name escapes me right now) cheating on her. The story is that in the middle of the night she drove her car through several neighbor’s backyards trying to catch the cad and run him down. The image of the boyfriend scampering across yards and leaping frantically over hedges with Shelley snarling and behind the wheel of a careening convertible always makes me smile.

You go, Shelley! Give ‘em hell.

]]> By: Peter Hughes http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10940 Peter Hughes Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:26:14 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10940 Ditto to that last comment. Regards, Peter Hughes Ditto to that last comment.

Regards,
Peter Hughes

]]> By: GayPatriotWest http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10939 GayPatriotWest Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:16:08 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10939 Me too, Reader Iam, I wish we had more like her. Me too, Reader Iam, I wish we had more like her.

]]> By: reader_iam http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10938 reader_iam Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:59:48 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10938 Nice tribute post to a truly gifted actress and luminous Hollywood beauty (of the old school). Poseidon Adventure was a kick when I was a teen-ager, but I remember being shocked when my mom told me that she was the same start who had starred in so many of the old movies that mom and I watched, late at night, on a grainy black-and-white portable TV. (My mom, bless her, would bring the TV into my room into my bedroom and wake me up so we could watch together. A bit of unconventionality during that time period, for which I will be everlastingly grateful.) So I was privileged to see most of Winters' work, in "rerun", as a child druing the '60s. I too, hope she is remembered as more than Belle. I wish we had more like her today. R.I.P. Nice tribute post to a truly gifted actress and luminous Hollywood beauty (of the old school).

Poseidon Adventure was a kick when I was a teen-ager, but I remember being shocked when my mom told me that she was the same start who had starred in so many of the old movies that mom and I watched, late at night, on a grainy black-and-white portable TV. (My mom, bless her, would bring the TV into my room into my bedroom and wake me up so we could watch together. A bit of unconventionality during that time period, for which I will be everlastingly grateful.)

So I was privileged to see most of Winters’ work, in “rerun”, as a child druing the ’60s.

I too, hope she is remembered as more than Belle. I wish we had more like her today.

R.I.P.

]]> By: wfoster http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10937 wfoster Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:21:51 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10937 Lolita - Charlotte Haze - the Shelly Winters Cha-Cha! Lolita - Charlotte Haze - the Shelly Winters Cha-Cha!

]]> By: ThatGayConservative http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10936 ThatGayConservative Sun, 15 Jan 2006 10:35:50 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10936 When I read that, my first thought was "Yeah. The lady from the Poseidon Adventure!", even though I've not seen it all the way through. Then I thought "Surely everybody will remember her for stuff other than that." So far, that's the movie mentioned most. When I read that, my first thought was “Yeah. The lady from the Poseidon Adventure!”, even though I’ve not seen it all the way through. Then I thought “Surely everybody will remember her for stuff other than that.” So far, that’s the movie mentioned most.

]]> By: Carl http://www.gaypatriot.net/2006/01/15/in-memoriam-shelley-winters/#comment-10935 Carl Sun, 15 Jan 2006 09:51:50 +0000 http://www.gaypatriot.net/?p=536#comment-10935 She was great on Roseanne, as the tough-talking grandmother. She always knew how to shut down her annoying daughter (Estelle Parsons) with one word. She was great on Roseanne, as the tough-talking grandmother. She always knew how to shut down her annoying daughter (Estelle Parsons) with one word.

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