Shelley Duvall

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Born: July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024
From: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Biography

Shelley Alexis Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress known for her portrayal of distinctive, often eccentric characters. She was the recipient of several accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Peabody Award and nominations for a British Academy Film Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Born in Texas, Duvall began acting after being discovered by director Robert Altman, who was impressed with her upbeat presence and cast her in the black comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970). Despite her hesitance towards becoming an actress, she continued to work with Altman, appearing in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Thieves Like Us (1974). Her breakthrough came with Altman's cult film Nashville (1975), and she earned widespread acclaim with the drama 3 Women (1977), also directed by Altman, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and earned a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. That same year, she appeared in a supporting role (as a writer for Rolling Stone) in Woody Allen's satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977) and hosted Saturday Night Live. In the 1980s, Duvall became famous for her leading roles, which include Olive Oyl in Altman's live-action feature version of Popeye (1980) and Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (1980). She appeared in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film Time Bandits (1981), the short comedy horror film Frankenweenie (1984), and the comedy Roxanne (1987). She ventured into producing television programming aimed at children and youth in the latter half of the 1980s, notably creating and hosting the programs Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987), Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987) (which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1988), and Nightmare Classics (1989). Duvall sporadically worked in acting throughout the 1990s, notably playing supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Underneath (1995) and the Henry James adaptation The Portrait of a Lady (1996), directed by Jane Campion. Her last performance was in Manna from Heaven (2002), after which she retired from acting. Duvall for many years kept out of the public media, keeping her personal life generally private; however, her health issues earned significant media coverage. After a 21-year hiatus from acting, Duvall returned to acting in the horror film The Forest Hills. She died due to complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, southwest of Austin, Texas.

Works

86 films

The Shining

19808.2

Annie Hall

19777.7

Popeye

19805.6

Time Bandits

19816.6

Nashville

19757.3

The Portrait of a Lady

19966.0

3 Women

19777.1

Casper Meets Wendy

19985.9

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

19717.2

RocketMan

19975.2

Home Fries

19985.1

Roxanne

19876.4

Suburban Commando

19914.7

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

20017.4

Frankenweenie

19847.0

The 4th Floor

19995.7

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

19975.8

Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy

19984.7

Kubrick by Kubrick

20207.3

Brewster McCloud

19716.3

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

19765.5

Pinocchio

19845.2

Thieves Like Us

19746.5

The Underneath

19955.7

Manna from Heaven

200210.0

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

19876.5

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

19846.4

Alone

19976.7

Big Monster on Campus

19985.2

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

19855.3

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

19905.0

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

19765.3

Puss in Boots

19855.0

Pecos Bill

1986

Cinderella

19856.7

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

19866.0

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

19846.7

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades

19903.0

Frogs!

19913.5

Making 'The Shining'

19807.1

Frog

19875.2

Ponce de Leon

1986

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

19977.3

The Secret World of the Very Young

1984

The Little Mermaid

19876.8

The Nightingale

19835.3

The Dancing Princesses

19876.5

Six Kinds of Light - John Alcott

1983

Lily

1986

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

20058.1

The Paul Simon Special

19778.3

Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall

2026

The Princess and the Pea

19848.2

Hansel and Gretel

19837.1

Johnny Appleseed

1986

Little Red Riding Hood

19835.8

Beauty and the Beast

19846.4

Rapunzel

19835.9

Changing Habits

19972.6

Booker

19848.0

Sleeping Beauty

19837.0

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

19857.5

The Snow Queen

1985

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

19868.0

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

1996

The Emperor's New Clothes

19854.8

Jack and the Beanstalk

19835.0

Annie Oakley

19858.0

The Tale of the Frog Prince

19825.8

The Fairest of Them All

19838.0

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

19975.9

Twilight Theatre

1982

John Henry

198610.0

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures

19866.0

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

19846.5

Thumbelina

19846.0

Rumpelstiltskin

19825.9

Aliens for Breakfast

19945.5

Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location

20248.0

Davy Crockett

198610.0

Howl: Inside the Forest Hills

2026

Darlin' Clementine

1986

Dreams in the Attic

20008.0

Casey at the Bat

19868.0

Earthquake Survival

19889.0

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories: The Christmas Witch

1994