The celebrated actress Shelley Duvall, who was best known for her parts in “The Shining” and “Nashville,” went yesterday at the age of 75 from complications related to her diabetes.
Actress Shelley Duvall, 75, of “The Shining” and “Nashville” fame, passed away on Thursday in her Blanco, Texas, home.
Dan Gilroy, her companion, verified the information and disclosed that Duvall was receiving hospice care and had been bedridden for several months as a result of problems from her diabetes. Gilroy reported that she died quietly while sleeping.
“My sweet, wonderful, and beloved friend and life companion passed away. She has suffered too much lately; she is now free. “Go, lovely Shelley,” Gilroy stated to The Hollywood Reporter.
“She’s gone after much suffering,” NBC News was later informed by him. “Words cannot express how much I miss her.”
Shelley Duvall’s acting legacy
The star of “The Shining” and “Popeye” has a long history in the movie business. She worked with renowned filmmaker Robert Altman on a number of films, including her feature debut in “Brewster McCloud” (1970).
Additionally, she starred in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller.” Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall,” “Thieves Like Us,” “Nashville,” “Buffalo Bill and the Indians,” and so forth.
She costarred with Jack Nicholson in the 1980 horror classic “The Shining,” directed by Stanley Kubrick. In a 1981 People magazine interview, Duvall discussed the profound emotional toll that filming “The Shining” took on her.
She said that she spent weeks on end “crying 12 hours a day” because of Kubrick.
“I’ll never sacrifice so much again. Go ahead and cause yourself agony and call it art if you so choose, but not with me.
In the 1980 Robin Williams comedy “Popeye,” Duvall also as Olive Oyl.
Nonetheless, Duvall started to distance himself from acting in the 1990s. She reportedly grew more private and preferred to lead a quieter life away from the spotlight, according to the AP.
Duvall latest role was in the 2023 film ‘The Forest Hills,’ marking her return to the screen after more than two decades. In 2002, she played Detective Dubrinski in the film “Manna from Heaven.”
