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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.

Known for

The Shining

The Shining

Annie Hall

Annie Hall

Time Bandits

Time Bandits

Frasier

Frasier

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

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