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Shelley Duvall

Acting
Known For

75 Years Old

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.

Born

Fort Worth, Texas, USA on 7th July 1949

Died

11th July 2024

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