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Shelley Duvall Reflects on Retirement From Acting and Recent Return to Hollywood: 'It's Violence'

'The Shining' star and her partner, Dan Gilroy, open up about the star's retreat from acting and her mental health struggles.

In a lengthy New York Times profile, the 74-year-old discusses her wide-spanning career after she made her acting debut in director Robert Altman's 1970 dark comedy Brewster McCloud. The episode was titled "A Hollywood Star's Descent Into Mental Illness: Saving The Shining's Shelley Duvall," and, according to Gilroy, was filmed without his knowledge. At the time, the Brewster McCloud star's statements included the claim that she'd seen the late Robin Williams -- whom she co-starred with in 1980's Popeye-- since he died in 2014.

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