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