“The Shining” actress Shelley Duvall died Thursday at her home in Blanco, Texas, her partner Dan Gilroy said. She was 75 years old.
Gilroy said Duvall had been hospitalized and bedridden for the past few months due to complications from diabetes. She died in her sleep, he said by phone.
“She is gone after much suffering,” said Gilroy, her life partner since 1989. “I can’t tell you how much I miss her.”
Duvall is best known for her roles in the 1980 horror classic “The Shining” with Jack Nicholson and the 1980 comedy “Popeye” with Robin Williams. Known for working with film director and screenwriter Robert Altman, her first film role was in Altman’s 1970 comedy “Brewster McCloud.” Variety reported.
Other work included “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”, “Thieves Like Us”, “Nashville”, “Buffalo Bill and the Indians” and “Annie Hall”.
In 1977, she won the Cannes Film Festival award for best actress for her role in “3 Women.” According to Variety, her role in “3 Women” led to her being cast in “The Shining.”
In a 1981 interview with PeopleDuvall noted that the horror film based on Stephen King’s book catapulted his career, but said filming it was a challenge.
She told the magazine that director Stanley Kubrick made her “cry 12 hours a day for weeks on end.”
“I will never give so much again. If you want to feel pain and call it art, go ahead, but not with me,” she said.
Duvall began to retire from acting in the 1990s, the Associated Press reported. She last appeared in “The Forest Hills” in 2023, her first role after a 20-year hiatus.
Scott Goldberg, who directed “The Forest Hills,” remembers Duvall as a “radiant, very kind and witty” person.
“She was wonderful to work with and did a great job. I’m very proud of her,” he said by phone on Thursday.
Goldberg said having the opportunity to work with Duvall, who he considered one of his idols, was a “huge achievement.”
Her death left him in disbelief.
“It was automatic sadness and shock,” he said. “She was nothing but sweet, nice and insightful and I will truly miss her.”
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