The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Ronald Neame's 1972 capsized ocean liner. Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Shelley Winters.
Actor: Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters won Best Supporting Actress twice, for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue, and was nominated twice more.
The Night of the Hunter gives her the most disturbing image in her filmography, and A Place in the Sun the earlier nomination.
The Poseidon Adventure brought a late nomination for an underwater swimming sequence she performed at fifty-two, having gained weight for the role. She was a founding member of the Actors Studio and wrote two candid memoirs.
