Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall

Birthday: 1949-07-07

Deathday: 2024-07-11

Place of birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also known as: The Texas Twiggy, Manic Mouse, Shelley Alexis Duvall

imdb_id: nm0001167

Biography:

Shelley Alexis Duvall was an American actress known for her portrayal of distinctive, often eccentric characters. She was the recipient of several accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Peabody Award and nominations for a British Academy Film Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Born in Texas, Duvall began acting after being discovered by director Robert Altman, who was impressed with her upbeat presence and cast her in the black comedy film Brewster McCloud (1970). Despite her hesitance towards becoming an actress, she continued to work with Altman, appearing in McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) and Thieves Like Us (1974). Her breakthrough came with Altman's cult film Nashville (1975), and she earned widespread acclaim with the drama 3 Women (1977), also directed by Altman, for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and earned a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. That same year, she appeared in a supporting role (as a writer for Rolling Stone) in Woody Allen's satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977) and hosted Saturday Night Live. In the 1980s, Duvall became famous for her leading roles, which include Olive Oyl in Altman's live-action feature version of Popeye (1980) and Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (1980). She appeared in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film Time Bandits (1981), the short comedy horror film Frankenweenie (1984), and the comedy Roxanne (1987). She ventured into producing television programming aimed at children and youth in the latter half of the 1980s, notably creating and hosting the programs Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987), Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987) (which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1988), and Nightmare Classics (1989). Duvall sporadically worked in acting throughout the 1990s, notably playing supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Underneath (1995) and the Henry James adaptation The Portrait of a Lady (1996), directed by Jane Campion. Her last performance was in Manna from Heaven (2002), after which she retired from acting. Duvall for many years kept out of the public media, keeping her personal life generally private; however, her health issues earned significant media coverage. After a 21-year hiatus from acting, Duvall returned to acting in the horror film The Forest Hills.

Played in movies:

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Score: 8.3

The Shining

Score: 8.2

The Paul Simon Special

Score: 8.0

The Princess and the Pea

Score: 7.7

Annie Hall

Score: 7.7

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Score: 7.5

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

Score: 7.4

Nashville

Score: 7.3

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

Score: 7.2

3 Women

Score: 7.2

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Score: 7.2

Cinderella

Score: 7.1

Making 'The Shining'

Score: 7.1

Frankenweenie

Score: 6.9

Hansel and Gretel

Score: 6.9

Thieves Like Us

Score: 6.7

Sleeping Beauty

Score: 6.6

Time Bandits

Score: 6.6

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

Score: 6.5

Alone

Score: 6.5

Roxanne

Score: 6.4

Beauty and the Beast

Score: 6.4

Brewster McCloud

Score: 6.4

Little Red Riding Hood

Score: 6.3

The Little Mermaid

Score: 6.3

Rip Van Winkle

Score: 6.2

The Tale of the Frog Prince

Score: 6.1

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Score: 6.0

The Dancing Princesses

Score: 6.0

Thumbelina

Score: 6.0

Casper Meets Wendy

Score: 6.0

The Portrait of a Lady

Score: 6.0

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

Score: 5.9

Rumpelstiltskin

Score: 5.8

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Score: 5.8

The 4th Floor

Score: 5.7

The Underneath

Score: 5.6

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Score: 5.5

Popeye

Score: 5.5

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Score: 5.5

Rapunzel

Score: 5.4

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Score: 5.3

Big Monster on Campus

Score: 5.2

RocketMan

Score: 5.2

Home Fries

Score: 5.2

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Score: 5.0

Jack and the Beanstalk

Score: 5.0

Puss in Boots

Score: 5.0

Frog

Score: 5.0

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

Score: 4.8

Pinocchio

Score: 4.8

Tale of the Mummy

Score: 4.7

Suburban Commando

Score: 4.7

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Score: 4.6

The Emperor's New Clothes

Score: 4.0

The Nightingale

Score: 3.7

Aliens for Breakfast

Score: 3.0

The Forest Hills

Score: 3.0

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades

Score: 3.0

Frogs!

Score: 2.5

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures

Score: 2.0

Changing Habits

Score: 1.4

The Three Little Pigs

Score: 0.0

The Snow Queen

Score: 0.0

Dreams in the Attic

Score: 0.0

Lily

Score: 0.0

Howl: Inside the Forest Hills

Score: 0.0

Earthquake Survival

Score: 0.0

The Fairest of Them All

Score: 0.0

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed

Score: 0.0

Robert Altman: Giggle And Give In

Score: 0.0

Booker

Score: 0.0

Manna from Heaven

Score: 0.0

Darlin' Clementine

Score: 0.0

Casey at the Bat

Score: 0.0

Annie Oakley

Score: 0.0

Twilight Theatre

Score: 0.0

Pecos Bill

Score: 0.0

Davy Crockett

Score: 0.0

John Henry

Score: 0.0

Ponce de Leon

Score: 0.0

Johnny Appleseed

Score: 0.0

Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

Score: 10.0

Maggie Winters

Score: 10.0

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Wishbone

Score: 8.0

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters

Score: 7.8

The Twilight Zone

Score: 7.7

Frasier

Score: 7.7

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

Saturday Night Live

Score: 7.0

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

Score: 6.9

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Score: 6.8

Cannon

Score: 6.5

Tall Tales & Legends

Score: 5.4

Tall Tales & Legends

Score: 5.4

Fridays

Score: 5.0

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Score: 0.0

Spécial cinéma

Score: 0.0

WonderWorks

Score: 0.0