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Shelley Duvall Dies: ‘The Shining’, ‘Nashville’ Actor Was 75


Shelley Duvall, the doe-eyed actor who was both muse and protege of director Robert Altman but might best be remembered for her co-starring role opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died today, July 11, of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas. She was 75. Her death was announced by her […]

Shelley Duvall in '3 Women', 'The Shining' and PopeyeEverett Shelley Duvall, the doe-eyed actor who was both muse and protege of director Robert Altman but might best be remembered for her co-starring role opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died today, July 11, of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas. Duvall rose to fame in the 1970s in a series of Altman’s films, starting with Brewster McCloud and followed by McCabe & Mrs. Miller; Thieves Like Us; Thee Women; Nashville and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson. She would go on to work with Woody Allen in Annie Hall and star in her most famous role as Wendy Torrance alongside Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s iconic film The Shining.

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