‘The Shining’ Star Shelley Duvall Dies at 75

Shelley Duvall, the eternal Wendy Torrance of Shining and Olivia Palito of Popeye, died this Thursday (11) at the age of 75

Shelley Duvall, actress immortalized in cinema by classics Popeye (1980) and The enlightened one (1980), died this Thursday (11) at the age of 75. The artist’s husband, Dan Gilroy, confirmed that Shelley died in her sleep due to complications from diabetes at her home in Texas, United States.

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Gilroy gave a brief statement about the actress to The Hollywood Reporter. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend has left us. She has been through a lot lately, and she is now free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”

Away from Hollywood since the early 1990s, Shelley Duvall returned to the spotlight in 2016, when she appeared in an episode about mental illness on psychologist Phil McGraw’s talk show, The Dr. Phil.

The program, however, considered by many to be sensationalist and disrespectful to the actress’s image, forced Duvall to return to seclusion for another decade, until, at the beginning of last year, Shelley made a small and final appearance on television. the big screen in independent horror The hills of the forest.

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Shelley Duvall has made numerous works with Robert Altman

A diva who worked for almost twenty years in Hollywood, Shelley Duvall was discovered at the beginning of her youth by the team of Robert Altman, a director who was beginning to embark on a long career in the industry, encouraged by the success of MIXTURE (1970).

Guided by the director, the artist made her big screen debut in the fantasy comedy Flying is with the birds (1970) and practically became his student, repeating this double act in seven other Altman films, such as Where men are men, Three women AND Nashville.

During her career, two roles played by Duvall launched the actress’ name to stardom: the iconic Olivia Palito in Popeyefilm based on the character of the same name, with Robin Williams; and Wendy Torrance from The enlightened onewife who sees her life turned upside down when her husband Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) begins having strange hallucinations.

He is also part of the cast of timeless films such as Neurotic Groom, Nervous Bride (1977) and Frankenweenie (1984), Shelley Duvall has always been recognized for her extreme thinness and wide-set eyes, a “trademark” that made her a unique Hollywood figure.

Married since 1989 to screenwriter Dan Gilroy, with whom she had no children, she leaves behind, in addition to her husband, her brothers Scott, Stewart and Shane.

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