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Iconic Actress Shelley Duvall, Star Of ‘The Shining,’ Passes Away At 75
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
Thursday, July 11, 2024

Actress Shelley Duvall, who is well remembered for her roles in movies like The Shining and Popeye, has passed away. She was 75-years-old.

According to her longtime partner, musician Dan Gilroy of the group Breakfast Club, Duvall passed away peacefully in her sleep at her Texas home from complications related to diabetes.

The Hollywood Reporter stated that Shelley and Dan began dating in 1989 after working together on the Disney Channel film Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme. Dan played “Gordon Goose” in the movie, and Shelley played “Little Bo Peep,” which is said to have improved their relationship off-screen.

“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” Gilroy, 77, said on Thursday in a statement.

Duvall was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Her first onscreen appearance came when she was approached by filmmaker Robert Altman at a party in 1970 and he asked her to appear in his film Brewster McCloud.

“I simply got on a plane and did it. I was swept away,” she said in a previous interview.

A number of Altman’s movies, including McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Thieves Like Us, Nashville, Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson, and 3 Women, would go on to feature Duvall’s incredible acting talents.

She had discussed working with Altman, who passed away in 2006, in a 1977 New York Times interview.

“He offers me damn good roles. None of them have been alike. He has a great confidence in me, and a trust and respect for me, and he doesn’t put any restrictions on me or intimidate me, and I love him,” Duvall said.

Another notable film that featured Duvall was Woody Allen’s 1977 movie Annie Hall.

Nonetheless, her most famous performance came when she starred in director Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film The Shining in 1980.

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