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Shelley Duvall
Born · July 7, 1949
Died · July 11, 2024 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Bio
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shelley Duvall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Forest Hills
Rico's Mother
0.0
2024
The Chickening
Wendy (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.6
2015
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Bad Ballet Dancer (archive footage)
8.3
2005
Manna from Heaven
Detective Dubrinski
0.0
2002
Big Monster on Campus
Mrs. Stein
5.4
2000
The 4th Floor
Martha Stewart
5.7
1999
Home Fries
Mrs. Jackson
5.1
1998
Casper Meets Wendy
Gabby
6.0
1998
Tale of the Mummy
Edith Butros
4.4
1998
Alone
Estelle
6.5
1997
RocketMan
Mrs. Randall (uncredited)
5.2
1997
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Amelia Glahn
5.9
1997
Changing Habits
Sister Agatha
1.3
1997
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Mrs. Fink
5.4
1997
The Portrait of a Lady
Countess Gemini
6.0
1996
Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In
Self
0.0
1996
The Underneath
Nurse
5.6
1995
Suburban Commando
Jenny Wilcox
4.7
1991
Frogs!
Annie
2.5
1991
The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades
Self
4.0
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Little Bo Peep
4.8
1990
Roxanne
Dixie
6.4
1987
Rip Van Winkle
Self - Host (uncredited)
5.0
1987
Frog
Mrs. Anderson
4.3
1987
Davy Crockett
Self / Host
0.0
1986
John Henry
Self / Host
0.0
1986
Ponce de Leon
Self / Host
0.0
1986
Darlin' Clementine
Self / Host / Clementine
0.0
1986
Casey at the Bat
Host
0.0
1986
Johnny Appleseed
Self / Host
0.0
1986
Pecos Bill
Self / Host
0.0
1986
Annie Oakley
The Host
0.0
1985
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Self - Host
7.5
1985
Frankenweenie
Susan Frankenstein
6.9
1984
Booker
Laura
0.0
1984
Thumbelina
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.0
1984
Pinocchio
Self - Host (uncredited)
4.8
1984
Twilight Theatre
0.0
1982
Time Bandits
Dame Pansy / Pansy
6.6
1981
Popeye
Olive Oyl
5.5
1980
Making 'The Shining'
Self
7.1
1980
The Shining
Wendy Torrance
8.2
1980
The Paul Simon Special
Joan of Arc
8.0
1977
Annie Hall
Pam
7.7
1977
3 Women
Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux
7.1
1977
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Bernice
5.4
1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
The First Lady (Mrs. Cleveland)
5.4
1976
Nashville
L.A. Joan
7.2
1975
Thieves Like Us
Keechie
6.7
1974
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Ida Coyle
7.1
1971
Brewster McCloud
Suzanne
6.3
1970
Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall
Self
0.0
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Self
7.4
2001
Maggie Winters
Muriel · (18 episodes)
10.0
1998
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self
7.2
1997
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
Alice Flitt · (52 episodes)
7.4
1997
Wishbone
Renee Lassiter · (50 episodes)
8.1
1995
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Ocka (voice) · (102 episodes)
7.8
1994
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Potsi · (1 episode)
0.0
1994
Aliens for Breakfast
Teacher
3.0
1994
Frasier
Caroline (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Shelley Duvall · (13 episodes)
10.0
1992
Earthquake Survival
Self
0.0
1988
The Dancing Princesses
Self - Host
6.0
1987
The Little Mermaid
Self - Host
6.3
1987
L.A. Law
Margo Stanton · (1 episode)
7.0
1986
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures
Self
2.0
1986
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Self - Host
0.0
1986
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Self - Host
6.0
1986
The Emperor's New Clothes
Self - Host
4.0
1985
The Twilight Zone
Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness") · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Self / Host
5.3
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Self - Host · (9 episodes)
5.4
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Clementine · (1 episode)
5.4
1985
Puss in Boots
Self - Host / Narrator
5.0
1985
Cinderella
Self - Host
7.1
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Leota Bean · (1 episode)
6.9
1985
WonderWorks
Laura Burroughs · (1 episode)
0.0
1984
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.7
1984
Beauty and the Beast
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.4
1984
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White's Mother / Self - Host
6.0
1984
The Princess and the Pea
Self - Host (uncredited)
7.7
1984
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Self - Host (uncredited)
5.0
1984
Hansel and Gretel
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.9
1983
Little Red Riding Hood
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.3
1983
Jack and the Beanstalk
Self - Host (uncredited)
5.0
1983
Sleeping Beauty
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.6
1983
The Fairest of Them All
Self
0.0
1983
The Nightingale
Nightingale (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Self - Host
3.7
1983
Rapunzel
Rapunzel / Marie, Rapunzel's Mother / Self - Host
5.4
1983
Rumpelstiltskin
The Miller's Daughter / Self - Host
5.8
1982
The Tale of the Frog Prince
Self - Host (uncredited)
6.1
1982
Howl: Inside the Forest Hills
Self
0.0
Faerie Tale Theatre
The Miller's Daughter · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Marie / Rapunzel · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator / Nightingale (voice) · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Snow White's Mother · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
8.2
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Self - Host · (27 episodes)
8.2
1982
Fridays
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
1980
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1974
Cannon
Liz Christie · (1 episode)
6.5
1971