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Shelley Duvall, Terrified Mom in The Shining, Dead at 75
Beyond Kubrick’s horror, the unforgettable actor starred in seven Robert Altman films.
Fly away, beautiful Shelley.” Duvall began her career after director Robert Altman scouted her while she was attending a junior college in her home state, Texas. Throughout the next decade, she continued to star in six more films by the New Hollywood auteur, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller(1971), Thieves Like Us(1974), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson(1976), and 3 Women(1977). Her most famous role, and perhaps most difficult shoot, came with The Shining, where audiences stared into her large, horrified eyes as her husband, played by Jack Nicholson, came swinging with an ax.
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