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: Acting

Born: Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 1949-07-07

Died: 2024-07-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Brewster McCloud	Suzanne	64
2	1971	McCabe & Mrs. Miller	Ida Coyle	72
3	1974	Thieves Like Us	Keechie	66
4	1975	Nashville	L.A. Joan	72
5	1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	The First Lady (Mrs. Cleveland)	54
6	1976	Bernice Bobs Her Hair	Bernice	56
7	1977	3 Women	Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux	72
8	1977	Annie Hall	Pam	77
9	1980	The Shining	Wendy Torrance	82
10	1980	Making 'The Shining'	Self	71
11	1980	Popeye	Olive Oyl	55
12	1981	Time Bandits	Dame Pansy / Pansy	66
13	1982	Twilight Theatre		0
14	1984	Pinocchio	Self - Host (uncredited)	48
15	1984	Thumbelina	Self - Host (uncredited)	60
16	1984	Frankenweenie	Susan Frankenstein	69
17	1985	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Self - Host	75
18	1985	Annie Oakley	The Host	0
19	1986	Johnny Appleseed	Self / Host	0
20	1986	Pecos Bill	Self / Host	0
21	1986	Casey at the Bat	Host	0
22	1986	Darlin' Clementine	Self / Host / Clementine	0
23	1986	Ponce de Leon	Self / Host	0
24	1986	John Henry	Self / Host	0
25	1986	Davy Crockett	Self / Host	0
26	1987	Frog	Mrs. Anderson	50
27	1987	Roxanne	Dixie	64
28	1990	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Little Bo Peep	46
29	1990	The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades	Self	30
30	1991	Suburban Commando	Jenny Wilcox	47
31	1995	The Underneath	Nurse	56
32	1996	The Portrait of a Lady	Countess Gemini	60
33	1997	Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework	Mrs. Fink	48
34	1997	Changing Habits	Sister Agatha	14
35	1997	Twilight of the Ice Nymphs	Amelia Glahn	59
36	1998	Tale of the Mummy	Edith Butros	45
37	1998	Casper Meets Wendy	Gabby	60
38	1998	Home Fries	Mrs. Jackson	51
39	1999	The 4th Floor	Martha Stewart	57
40	2000	Big Monster on Campus	Mrs. Stein	52
41		Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall	Self	0
42	1977	The Paul Simon Special	Joan of Arc	80
43	1982	The Tale of the Frog Prince	Self - Host (uncredited)	61
44	1982	Rumpelstiltskin	The Miller's Daughter / Self - Host	58
45	1983	Rapunzel	Rapunzel / Marie, Rapunzel's Mother / Self - Host	54
46	1983	The Nightingale	Nightingale (voice) / Narrator (voice) / Self - Host	37
47	1983	The Fairest of Them All	Self	0
48	1983	Sleeping Beauty	Self - Host (uncredited)	66
49	1983	Jack and the Beanstalk	Self - Host (uncredited)	50
50	1983	Little Red Riding Hood	Self - Host (uncredited)	63
51	1983	Hansel and Gretel	Self - Host (uncredited)	69
52	1984	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Self - Host (uncredited)	50
53	1984	The Princess and the Pea	Self - Host (uncredited)	77
54	1984	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Snow White's Mother / Self - Host	60
55	1984	Beauty and the Beast	Self - Host (uncredited)	64
56	1984	The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers	Self - Host (uncredited)	65
57	1984	Booker	Laura	0
58	1985	Cinderella	Self - Host	71
59	1985	Puss in Boots	Self - Host / Narrator	50
60	1985	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Self / Host	53
61	1985	The Emperor's New Clothes	Self - Host	40
62	1986	Lily	Lily Miniver	0
63	1986	Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp	Self - Host	58
64	1986	The Princess Who Had Never Laughed	Self - Host	0
65	1986	Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures	Self	20
66	1987	Rip Van Winkle	Self - Host (uncredited)	50
67	1987	The Little Mermaid	Self - Host	63
68	1987	The Dancing Princesses	Self - Host	60
69	1988	Earthquake Survival	Self	0
70	1991	Frogs!	Annie	25
71	1994	Aliens for Breakfast	Teacher	30
72	1996	Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In	Self	0
73	1997	Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight	Self	72
74	1997	RocketMan	Mrs. Randall (uncredited)	52
75	1997	Alone	Estelle	65
76	2001	Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures	Self	74
77	2002	Manna from Heaven	Detective Dubrinski	0
78	2005	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd	Bad Ballet Dancer (archive footage)	83
79	2024	The Forest Hills	Rico's Mother	30
80		Howl: Inside the Forest Hills	Self	0
81	2025	Dreams in the Attic	Aunt Nellie	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Cannon	Liz Christie	65
2	1974	Spécial cinéma	Self	0
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
4	1980	Fridays	Self	50
5	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	The Miller's Daughter	81
6	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Marie / Rapunzel	81
7	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Narrator / Nightingale (voice)	81
8	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Snow White's Mother	81
9	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Narrator (voice)	81
10	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Self - Host	81
11	1984	WonderWorks	Laura Burroughs	0
12	1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Leota Bean	69
13	1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Self - Host	54
14	1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Clementine	54
15	1985	The Twilight Zone	Margaret (segment "A Saucer of Loneliness")	78
16	1986	L.A. Law	Margo Stanton	71
17	1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Shelley Duvall	100
18	1993	Frasier	Caroline (voice)	77
19	1994	Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle	Potsi	0
20	1994	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Ocka (voice)	78
21	1995	Wishbone	Renee Lassiter	80
22	1997	The Adventures of Shirley Holmes	Alice Flitt	73
23	1998	Maggie Winters	Muriel	100

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