Shelley Duvall
Born
July 7, 1949
Died
July 11, 2024 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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.
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The Forest Hills
Rico's Mother
2024

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Bad Ballet Dancer (archive footage)
2005

Manna from Heaven
Detective Dubrinski
2002

Big Monster on Campus
Mrs. Stein
2000

The 4th Floor
Martha Stewart
1999

Home Fries
Mrs. Jackson
1998

Casper Meets Wendy
Gabby
1998

Tale of the Mummy
Edith Butros
1998

Alone
Estelle
1997

RocketMan
Mrs. Randall (uncredited)
1997

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Amelia Glahn
1997

Changing Habits
Sister Agatha
1997

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Mrs. Fink
1997

The Portrait of a Lady
Countess Gemini
1996

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
Self
1996

The Underneath
Nurse
1995

Suburban Commando
Jenny Wilcox
1991

Frogs!
Annie
1991

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades
Self
1990

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Little Bo Peep
1990

Roxanne
Dixie
1987

Rip Van Winkle
Self - Host (uncredited)
1987

Frog
Mrs. Anderson
1987

Davy Crockett
Self / Host
1986

John Henry
Self / Host
1986

Ponce de Leon
Self / Host
1986

Darlin' Clementine
Self / Host / Clementine
1986

Casey at the Bat
Host
1986

Johnny Appleseed
Self / Host
1986

Pecos Bill
Self / Host
1986

Annie Oakley
The Host
1985

Cinderella
Self - Host
1985

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Self - Host
1985

Frankenweenie
Susan Frankenstein
1984
Booker
Laura
1984

Thumbelina
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Pinocchio
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Twilight Theatre
1982

Time Bandits
Dame Pansy / Pansy
1981

Popeye
Olive Oyl
1980

Making 'The Shining'
Self
1980

The Shining
Wendy Torrance
1980

The Paul Simon Special
Joan of Arc
1977

Annie Hall
Pam
1977

3 Women
Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux
1977

Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Bernice
1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The First Lady (Mrs. Cleveland)
1976

Nashville
L.A. Joan
1975

Thieves Like Us
Keechie
1974

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Ida Coyle
1971

Brewster McCloud
Suzanne
1970

Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall
Self

Dreams in the Attic
Aunt Nellie
2025

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
2001
Maggie Winters
Muriel · (18 episodes)
1998

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self
1997

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Alice Flitt · (52 episodes)
1997

Wishbone
Renee Lassiter · (50 episodes)
1995

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Ocka (voice) · (102 episodes)
1994
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Potsi · (1 episode)
1994

Aliens for Breakfast
Teacher
1994

Frasier
Caroline (voice) · (1 episode)
1993

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Shelley Duvall · (13 episodes)
1992

Earthquake Survival
Self
1988

The Dancing Princesses
Self - Host
1987

The Little Mermaid
Self - Host
1987

L.A. Law
Margo Stanton · (1 episode)
1986

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Self
1986

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Self - Host
1986

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Self - Host
1986

Lily
Lily Miniver
1986

The Emperor's New Clothes
Self - Host
1985

The Twilight Zone
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness") · (1 episode)
1985

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Self / Host
1985

Tall Tales & Legends
Self - Host · (9 episodes)
1985

Tall Tales & Legends
Clementine · (1 episode)
1985

Puss in Boots
Self - Host / Narrator
1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater
Leota Bean · (1 episode)
1985
WonderWorks
Laura Burroughs · (1 episode)
1984

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Beauty and the Beast
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White's Mother / Self - Host
1984

The Princess and the Pea
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Self - Host (uncredited)
1984

Hansel and Gretel
Self - Host (uncredited)
1983

Little Red Riding Hood
Self - Host (uncredited)
1983

Jack and the Beanstalk
Self - Host (uncredited)
1983

Sleeping Beauty
Self - Host (uncredited)
1983

The Fairest of Them All
Self
1983

The Nightingale
Nightingale (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Self - Host
1983

Rapunzel
Rapunzel / Marie, Rapunzel's Mother / Self - Host
1983

Rumpelstiltskin
The Miller's Daughter / Self - Host
1982

The Tale of the Frog Prince
Self - Host (uncredited)
1982
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
Self

Faerie Tale Theatre
The Miller's Daughter · (1 episode)
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Marie / Rapunzel · (1 episode)
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator / Nightingale (voice) · (1 episode)
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Snow White's Mother · (1 episode)
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Host · (27 episodes)
1982

Fridays
Self · (1 episode)
1980

Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975

Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
1974

Cannon
Liz Christie · (1 episode)
1971