2024-07-12 12:42:24
The American actress Shelley Duvallborn in Houston in July 1949, best known for playing Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic, The Shining (1980), died this morning at his home in Texas, due to complications from the diabetes he suffered from, according to reports Dan Gilroyhis life partner, to The Hollywood Reporter.
Since the 1990s he began to distance himself from big productions. He only had a few appearances in supporting roles with Burt KennedySteven Soderbergh, Jane CampionStuart Gillard, among others. The media, it is worth saying, turned to her most of the time only when her illnesses put her in a serious state of health.
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Decades earlier, when acting was not even interested in acting, after graduating from college, Waltrip High School in 1967Shelley Duvall specialized in nutrition and diet therapy. To pay for her studies, she sold cosmetics in a shopping mall.
Was the only daughter among four brothers In short, from a young age and later as a teenager, she was a young woman with inexhaustible energy. It was then that she began to take an interest in the arts in an indigenous way. It was all accidental. Such as her discovery as an actress, which happened while attending an engagement party, where a couple of location scouts, who were hired by Robert Altmanbecame interested in her.
Since then, that is to say, from the meeting with Altman and that discreet reception of Brewster McCloud (1970), Duvall had a significant career breakthrough alongside Altman himself, with whom she worked repeatedly during the 1970s. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) y 3 Women (1977). For this last film she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA award.
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After a discreet appearance in Woody Allen’s Anniel Hall (1977), she played the role that, for better and worse, changed her life, as Wendy Torrance in the film Stanley Kubrick. A few years later, she herself admitted that working with the New York director was proportionally challenging and rewarding. She also recounted how the filmmaker lost his mind a bit when the actress said she couldn’t do some scenes. Despite everything, she said that that was “the genius” of Stanley Kubrick.
After finishing what it meant to play Mrs. Torrance, she returned to work with Altman in his famous adaptation of Popeye (1980), where she played Olivia alongside Robin Williams, who played Popeye. During that same decade, she worked with Terry Gilliam in Time Bandits (1981) and alongside Tim Burton in the medium-length film Frankenweenie (1984). Later, in 1987, he had a low-key role in Roxanne by Fred Schepisi.
I’ve seen the news about Shelley Duvall. I’m doing ok. Shelley was having difficulties with her health over the past few months and I visited with her often. I’ll always be grateful for the memories I created with her and that I was able to give her comfort and companionship. pic.twitter.com/KT3Jc0vEG5
— sarah 🎀 (@sarahlovesthat) July 11, 2024
Although she interrupted her acting career for various reasons, she always remained connected to the film industry, as a producer or writer, or even reading scripts that filmmakers and producers continued to send her despite the break she decided to take. She also wrote poetry, according to records from some interviews.
His last appearance on the big screen was in the film The Forest Hills (2023) by Scott Goldberg, an independent horror film in which she played the mother of one of the main characters. Despite everything, she passed away peacefully in her bed, while sleeping, just four days after turning 75.
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