---
name: "Sloane Shelton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sloane-shelton"
fi1m_id: "sloane-shelton"
imdb_id: "nm0791395"
tmdb_id: 1428151
wikidata_id: "Q28504128"
roles: []
born: "15 March 1934"
died: "17 September 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T02:02:53.229767+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sloane Shelton

## Identity

Sloane Shelton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sloane-shelton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sloane-shelton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0791395
- **TMDB ID:** 1428151
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28504128
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28504128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1428151

Actor. Born 15 March 1934 in Hahira, Georgia, USA. Died 17 September 2015.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 March 1934, Hahira, Georgia, USA
- **Died:** 17 September 2015
- **Active:** 1976–2000
- **Also known as:** Sloan Shelton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 2000s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28504128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1428151

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*What Lies Beneath*](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md) (63)

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## Biography

Sloane Shelton was an American actress and writer. She was born on 14 March 1934 in Hahira, Georgia, and died on 17 September 2015 in Wainscott, New York.

She appeared in numerous films and television series from the 1970s onwards, including *All the President's Men* (1976), *All That Jazz* (1979), *Running on Empty* (1988), *Jacknife* (1989), *One True Thing* (1998), *Pollock* (2000) and *What Lies Beneath* (2000) as Mrs. Templeton. Shelton also had an extensive stage career, with Broadway credits including *I Never Sang for My Father* (1968), *The Runner Stumbles* (1976) and *Dinner at Eight* (2002). She performed in regional theatre and worked with actors including Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman.

*Sources: imdb.com, easthamptonstar.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Fi1m 63, as Mrs. Templeton — [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *All the President's Men* (1976), Fi1m 90, as Bookkeeper's Sister — [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Mrs. Eldon
- *Perfume* (2001), as Denise
- *Pollock* (2000), as Dot Miller
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), as Mrs. Templeton — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *The Confession* (1999), as Mrs. Defeo
- *One True Thing* (1998), as Mrs. Best
- *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), as Secretary (segment 'A Domestic Dilemma')
- *Orpheus Descending* (1990), as Beulah
- *Jacknife* (1989), as Shirley
- *Lean On Me* (1989), as Mrs. Hamilton
- *Running on Empty* (1988), as Mrs. Phillips
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Judge Vilma Serena
- *Murder: By Reason of Insanity* (1985), as Nurse Karris
- *Silent Madness* (1984), as Anne Swenson
- *Summer Switch* (1984), as Pegotty Horn
- *Millay at Steepletop* (1983), Writer, Producer
- *Keeping On* (1983), as Virginia
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Virginia
- *F.D.R.: The Last Year* (1980), Actor
- *All That Jazz* (1979), as Mother — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/all-that-jazz.md)
- *Somebody Killed Her Husband* (1978), as Odd Couple Wife
- *All the President's Men* (1976), as Bookkeeper's Sister — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/all-the-presidents-men.md)
- *The Broad Coalition* (1972), as Maxine Stark
- *I Never Sang for My Father* (1970), as 2nd Nurse

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