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Shelley Alexis Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Robert Altman and for playing eccentric characters, she was the recipient of several accolades including nominations for a British Academy Film Award and two Primetime Emmys.

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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. She appeared in a supporting role in Woody Allen‘s satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall and hosted Saturday Night Live (both 1977).

Duvall became famous for her leading roles across the 1980s, such as Olive Oyl in Altman’s live-action feature version of Popeye and Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick‘s horror film The Shining (both 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) and Nightmare Classics (1989), and earning Primetime Emmy Award nominations for creating and hosting Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987) and Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories (1992–1994).

Across the 1990s Duvall acted sporadically, playing supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh‘s thriller The Underneath (1995) and the Jane Campion‘s drama The Portrait of a Lady (1996). Her last performance for very many years was in Manna from Heaven (2002), after which she retired from acting. After 21 years, she returned with the horror film The Forest Hills (2022), which was her final role.

Duvall’s struggles and health issues earned significant media coverage, despite keeping her personal life private. She died at the age of 75 on July 11, 2024.[1]

Shelley Duvall Dead at 75
Popeye – He Needs Me (1980) HD FILM DESCRIPTION: Based on the long-running comic strip created by E.C. Segar (and less on the animated cartoons created by Max Fleischer, which were decidedly different in tone and approach), Popeye follows the sailor man with the mighty arms (played by Robin Williams in his first major film role) as he arrives in the seaside community of Sweethaven in search of his long-lost father. Popeye meets and quickly falls for the slender Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall, in the role she was born to play), but Olive’s hand has already been promised to the hulking Bluto (Paul Smith), of whom Olive can say little except, well, he’s large. Eventually, Popeye and Olive are brought together by Swee’ Pea (Wesley Ivan Hurt), an adorable foundling, and Popeye finally meets his dad, Poopdeck Pappy (Ray Walston). Director Robert Altman in no way tempered his trademark style for this big-budget family opus, crowding the screen with a variety of characters and allowing his cast to overlap as much dialogue as they want. CREDITS: TM & © Paramount (1980) Cast: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall Director: Robert Altman Producers: Scott Bushnell, C.O. Erickson, Robert Evans Screenwriters: Jules Feiffer, E.C. Segar
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