Shelley Duvall, actor of The Shining and Nashville, dies at 75

sHelley Duvall, the intrepid Texas-born movie star whose captivating, wide-eyed presence was a mainstay in Robert Altman’s films and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick’s film. The shine, he died. She was 75 years old.

Duvall died Thursday in his sleep at his home in Blanco, Texas, his longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, announced. The cause was complications from diabetes, said his friend, publicist Gary Springer.

“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us last night,” Gilroy said in a statement. “A lot of suffering lately, now she is free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.

Duvall was attending college in Texas when members of Altman’s crew, preparing to film Brewster McCloudmet her at a party in Houston in 1970. She would become Altman’s protégé.

Duvall would appear in Altman films, including Thieves like us, nashville, Popeye, Three women” It is “McCabe and Mrs..

“He offers me… good roles,” Duvall told The New York Times in 1977. “None of them were the same. He has great confidence in me, trust and respect for me, and does not impose any restrictions or intimidate me, and I love him. I remember the first piece of advice he gave me: ‘Don’t take yourself seriously’.”

Duvall, thin and awkward, was not a conventional Hollywood star. But she had a seductive, frank manner and exuded a singular naturalism. Film critic Pauline Kael called her the “female Buster Keaton.”

In his prime, Duvall was a regular star in some of the films that defined the 1970s and 1980s. The shine, she played Wendy Torrance, who watches in horror as her husband, Jack (Jack Nicholson), goes crazy while their family is isolated in the Overlook Hotel. It was Duvall’s screaming face that made up half of the film’s most iconic image, along with Jack’s ax coming through the door.

But Duvall disappeared from the films almost as quickly as he appeared in them. In the 1990s, she began to retire from acting. His last film role was in 2002 Manna from heaven. Duvall withdrew from public life. Earlier this year, she gave her first interview in years.

“How would you feel if people were really nice and then suddenly, for a penny” – she snapped her fingers – “they turned on you?” Duvall told Times. “You would never believe it unless it happened to you. That’s why you get hurt, because you can’t believe it’s true.”