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Shelley Alexis Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress and producer recognized for her collaborations with director Robert Altman and for her roles as unique, eccentric characters. Notably, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama film 3 Women (1977). Throughout her career, she was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award and two Emmy Awards and participated in four films that were preserved by the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Duvall launched her career with Altman's black comedy film Brewster McCloud in 1970 and continued her collaborations with him in various projects. Hesitant about becoming an actress initially, she gradually gained prominence through other characters, such as Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror The Shining and Olive Oyl in Altman's adventure Popeye. In the '90s, her roles became less frequent with performances like in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Underneath and Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady. She left the industry after her role in Gabrielle Burton's comedy Manna from Heaven in 2002 only to return for her last role in the horror film The Forest Hills shortly before her death in 2024. Her mental health journey was highlighted in the media, and she passed away due to complications from diabetes.
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Given Name: Shelley Alexis Duvall
Born: Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Citizenship: American
Birthday: July 7, 1949
Occupations: Actress, producer
Years Active: 1970-2002, 2022-2024
Spouses: Bernard Sampson
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Thieves Like Us
The Shining
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs
Time Bandits
Popeye
Roxanne
Nashville
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
3 Women
Kubrick by Kubrick
Brewster McCloud
Annie Hall
The Forest Hills
Big Monster on Campus
Dreams in the Attic
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Mother Goose Rock ’n’ Rhyme
The Chipmunks Rockin’ Through The Decades
Making ‘The Shining’
Twilight Theatre
Rumpelstiltskin
Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories
The Tale of the Frog Prince
Rapunzel
The Nightingale
Sleeping Beauty
Jack and the Beanstalk
Little Red Riding Hood
Hansel and Gretel
Pinocchio
Thumbelina
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Beauty and the Beast
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Puss in Boots
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Annie Oakley
Pecos Bill
Suburban Commando
The Princess and the Pea
Frankenweenie
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Casey at the Bat
Davy Crockett
The Little Mermaid
The Dancing Princesses
Frogs!
Darlin’ Clementine
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Mr. Bill’s Real Life Adventures
Ponce de Leon
Cinderella
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
John Henry
Frog
Rip Van Winkle
Booker
Johnny Appleseed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Frogs!
Darlin’ Clementine
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Mr. Bill’s Real Life Adventures
Ponce de Leon
Cinderella
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
John Henry
Frog
Johnny Appleseed
3 Women
Bernice Bobs Her Hair
The Paul Simon Special
Casper Meets Wendy
Changing Habits
Aliens for Breakfast
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Alone
Tale of the Mummy
RocketMan
The 4th Floor
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
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1997
Changing Habits
Sister Agatha
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Mrs. Fink
Alone
Estelle
RocketMan
Mrs. Randall (uncredited)
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Self
1987
Roxanne
The Little Mermaid
Self - Host
The Dancing Princesses
Self - Host
Frog
Mrs. Anderson
Rip Van Winkle
Self - Host (uncredited)
Frog
Mrs. Anderson
1986
Pecos Bill
Self / Host
Casey at the Bat
Host
Davy Crockett
Self / Host
Darlin’ Clementine
Self / Host / Clementine
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Self - Host
Mr. Bill’s Real Life Adventures
Self
Ponce de Leon
Self / Host
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Self - Host
John Henry
Self / Host
Johnny Appleseed
Self / Host
Darlin’ Clementine
Self / Host / Clementine
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Self - Host
Mr. Bill’s Real Life Adventures
Self
Ponce de Leon
Self / Host
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
Self - Host
John Henry
Self / Host
Johnny Appleseed
Self / Host
1985
Puss in Boots
Self - Host / Narrator
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Self / Host
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Self - Host
Annie Oakley
The Host
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Self - Host
Cinderella
Self - Host
Cinderella
Self - Host
1984
Pinocchio
Self - Host (uncredited)
Thumbelina
Self - Host (uncredited)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White's Mother / Self - Host
Beauty and the Beast
Self - Host (uncredited)
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Self - Host (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pea
Self - Host (uncredited)
Frankenweenie
Susan Frankenstein
Booker
Laura
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Self - Host (uncredited)
1983
Rapunzel
Rapunzel / Marie, Rapunzel's Mother / Self - Host
The Nightingale
Nightingale (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Self - Host
Sleeping Beauty
Self - Host (uncredited)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Self - Host (uncredited)
Little Red Riding Hood
Self - Host (uncredited)
Hansel and Gretel
Self - Host (uncredited)
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