Shelley Duvall
geb. 07.07.1949
Houston, Texas, USA
gest. 11.07.2024
(75 Jahre)
Blanco, Texas, USA
Biografie
Born in Houston, Texas, on July 7, 1949, actress Shelley Alexis Duvall was one of Bobbie and Robert Duvall's four children, and their only daughter. By her own account, Duvall was an artistic girl with lots of energy, whom her mother eventually nicknamed "Manic Mouse." "I was a little terror sometimes!" Duvall said in a 2012 interview. "I used to run around a lot, tipping things over."
Duvall graduated from Waltrip High School in 1967, and then enrolled at South Texas Junior College, where she studied nutrition and diet therapy. To help pay for school, Duvall worked as a cosmetics salesperson at a local department store.
Her acting career began by accident. In 1969, while attending an engagement party for a Houston artist, Duvall was spotted by a pair of location scouts, who had been hired by director Robert Altman for his upcoming film, Brewster McCloud (1970).
Though Duvall's acting background was somewhat limited — she'd performed in a handful of high school plays — Altman was intrigued by Duvall's unique looks, most notably her large eyes, lanky build, and engaging, toothy smile, and offered Duvall a part in his new film. Duvall accepted and went on to portray a Houston Astrodome usher and the love interest of the film's main character, Brewster McCloud. Despite its poor reception, Brewster McCloud launched Duvall's career and set in motion a working relationship with Altman that would benefit them both in the coming years. The pair collaborated on Altman's next film, McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), and then later in Thieves Like Us (1974), Nashville (1975) and 3 Women (1977).
With each film, Duvall's acting blossomed. Woody Allen soon became a fan, and cast her to play his one night stand in the Oscar-winning, Annie Hall (1977), which also starred Diane Keaton.
Notable Roles
By the late 1970s, Duvall was a respected and well-known Hollywood actress. In 1979, she reconnected with Altman again for the live-action version of Popeye. The film, which starred Robin Williams as the title character and Duvall as his beloved Olive Oyl, was one that Duvall was at first hesitant to embrace, because she has been teased as an Olive Oyl look-alike while growing up. Eventually, though, Duvall changed her mind and her performance helped solidify the film's success.
In 1980 Duvall took on the role of the bumbling and innocent Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, starring Jack Nicholson. Working under Kubrick, Duvall later recalled, was the most challenging and rewarding experience of her acting life.
"The first few weeks shooting were so much fun and we all got along great," Duvall recalled. "So, when it came to shooting a serious scene, whether it be looking shocked or terrified, I couldn't do it. I would start giggling. After a while Stanley became impatient with me, and just let loose. And that terrified me! But you have to understand, some scenes take hours to make, sometimes, a whole 12 hour shooting day would only translate to being three minutes on screen. So you go into a scene acting terrified or cying, and by the end of the day you just don't have anything more to give, [but] there is the genius of Stanley Kubrick. He gets it out of you. But it was very tough and grueling."
Duvall also brought her talents to the small screen. Perhaps most notably in Berrnice Bobs Her Hair, part of PBS's Great American Short Story Series. In the 1990s, Duvall took on a number of guest roles in programs such as NBC's Frasier and ABC's Aliens for Breakfast.
Children's Shows
In addition to her on-screen work, Duvall has also become a respected children's show producer. In 1982, she formed her own production company, Platypus Productions, and went on to create two award-winning programs for Showtime: Faerie Tale Theatre and Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends.
In 1988, Duvall formed a second production company, Think Entertainment, which created several other new shows including, Nightmare Classics, Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories, and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle.
Recent Years
Since the 1990s, Duvall's acting career has been largely quiet. Tired of the rush and mayhem of city life in Los Angeles, Duvall returned to Texas, where she has effectively retired and settled into a life raising animals and enjoying the quiet. "I write a lot of poetry," she has said. "Would love to publish a book of my work one day." That doesn't mean, however, that Duvall has ruled out a return to her acting career. "I still get a lot of scripts sent to me," she has said. "A return to acting is never out of the question."
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Die amerikanische Schauspielerin Shelley Duvall ist am Donnerstag in Blanco, Texas, im Alter von fünfundsiebzig Jahren gestorben. Die Todesursache waren Komplikationen im Zusammenhang mit einer… (mehr)
Schauspielerin
Filme | |
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2023 |
The Forest Hills |
2012 |
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim - Arch. |
2002 |
Manna from Heaven |
2000 |
Big Monster on Campus |
Dreams in the Attic |
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1999 |
The 4th Floor |
1998 |
Casper trifft Wendy (Fernsehfilm) |
Talos - Die Mumie |
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Verliebt in Sally |
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1997 |
Alone (Fernsehfilm) |
Changing Habits |
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Rocket Man |
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Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework |
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Twilight of the Ice Nymphs |
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1996 |
Das Porträt einer Lady |
1995 |
The Underneath |
1993 |
Frogs! |
1991 |
Der Ritter aus dem All |
1990 |
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (Fernsehfilm) |
1987 |
Frog (Fernsehfilm) |
Roxanne |
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1981 |
Time Bandits |
1980 |
Popeye - Der Seemann mit dem harten Schlag |
Shining |
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1977 |
Der Stadtneurotiker |
Drei Frauen |
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1976 |
Bernice Bobs Her Hair (Fernsehfilm) |
Buffalo Bill und die Indianer |
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1975 |
Nashville |
1974 |
Diebe wie wir |
1971 |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller |
1970 |
Auch Vögel können töten |
Dokumentationen | |
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2024 |
Shine On: The Forgotten Shining Location - Arch. |
2020 |
Kubrick erzählt Kubrick (Fernsehfilm) - Arch. |
2019 |
An Accidental Studio - Arch. |
2018 |
Jack Nicholson - Einer flog über Hollywood (Fernsehfilm) - Arch. |
2012 |
Room 237 |
2004 |
Scream Queens: The E! True Hollywood Story (Fernsehfilm) |
2001 |
Stanley Kubrick – Ein Leben für den Film |
2000 |
The Directors: Robert Altman |
The Directors: Terry Gilliam |
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1997 |
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight |
The Directors (Serie) |
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1987 |
Earthquake Survival |
1980 |
Making 'The Shining' (Fernsehfilm) |
Musikvideos | |
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1990 |
Cinderella: Shelter Me |
Videozusammenstellung | |
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1986 |
The Best of Dan Aykroyd |
Kurzfilme | |
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1986 |
Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures |
1984 |
Booker (Fernsehfilm) |
Frankenweenie |
Stoffentwicklerin
Serien | ||
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1987 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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The Dancing Princesses (S06E03) |
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The Little Mermaid (S06E02) |
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Rip Van Winkle (S06E01) |
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1986 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (S05E02) |
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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (S05E01) |
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1985 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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The Emperor's New Clothes (S04E07) |
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Puss in Boots (S04E06) |
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Cinderella (S04E05) |
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mehrere Folgen (4) | ||
1984 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (S03E07) |
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Beauty and the Beast (S03E06) |
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (S03E05) |
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mehrere Folgen (4) | ||
1983 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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Hansel and Gretel (S02E06) |
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Little Red Riding Hood (S02E05) |
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Jack and the Beanstalk (S02E04) |
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mehrere Folgen (3) | ||
1982 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
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Rumpelstiltskin (S01E02) |
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The Tale of the Frog Prince (S01E01) |
Produzentin
Serien | |
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1994 |
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle |
1986 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
The Princess Who Had Never Laughed (S05E02) |
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1983 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
Jack and the Beanstalk (S02E04) |
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Sleeping Beauty (S02E03) |
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The Nightingale (S02E02) |
Mitwirkende
Sendungen | |
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2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
1995 |
The 17th Annual CableACE Awards |
1994 |
Good Morning, Texas |
1993 |
The 20th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards |
1991 |
One on One with John Tesh |
1990 |
The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades |
1980 |
Hour Magazine |
1973 |
Tomorrow Coast to Coast |
1972 |
Clapper Board |
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