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SHELLY WINTERS IN THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE


Some inside poop from a friend who recently worked with Debbie Reynolds, who co-starred with Shellsters in WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HELEN and in DO IT DEBBIE'S WAY--an aerobics video!


DEBBIE- "I called her "the killer" on the set of HELEN . We did not get along. I cussed at her so much. In the part we're best of friends, and she played piano for the kiddies. I wanted Shelley for the part , but I didn't know she was bananas. She kills me in the movie. For the prop, we had a rubber knife that had a retractable blade. But I had a dream something weird was going to happen, so i go to my brother, who was our make-up man, and say I want you to check about that knife. Well she had switched the rubber knife with a real one, so my brother thank god switched the knives back. And when she stabbed me, and really expected me for me to kick it, she said "oh SHIT. I tell her all these stories and she says "no I didn't do that Debbie I would never kill you. Well that works for me. "

"I used to pick her up every morning to get her to work on time, and I was wealthy at the time (I thought). But let me tell you Shelley is rich as shit. She owned a whole block, so she didn't like to come to work, she'd like to party. She'd stay up really late, and she used to put marijuana in the cookies. So some mornings I pick her up on Santa Monica Blvd and the only ones that would be up are the gay boys. She'd still be in her nightgown, And there was always a different guy visiting. She told me she had insomnia, and I said "I didn't catch his last name.' "

"I survived Shelly. She is brilliant but she is completely cuckoo...On the set, she played Nazi war records from the 30's in between scenes so she could get in the mood. Drove me crazy."

"In the 80's, she wanted to be in my aerobics video. So on the set I'd say, 'now we're gonna do this exercise' and she's complain 'I don't want to do that.' So i said , 'Well just shut up and lie there and we'll call it a day.' And then she kept saying," I don't know why I'm here" and I'd say "I don't want you here, get the hell out."

"Well still she's a little cuckoo, but it takes all kinds to make the world go round. Really I don't mean to criticize her, cuz honest to God I love her. She wishes everybody to have a good time.
Shelly was scary, but she's really fun if you meet her at a party, and don't sit near the utensils.
But I'm happy she's still with us, because in a way I admire her guts. Her daughter sued her and tried to
put her in the nuthouse, but Shelley went to court and fought. She's a fighter"