Shelley Duvall already dead. The actress is best known for her role in ” The Shining and PopeyeHe died on Thursday at the age of 75. hollywood reporter Duvall died of complications from diabetes at his home in Blanco, Texas.
“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend has left us. She has been through so much lately and now she is free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” Gilroy told the outlet.
Duval First time performing exist Brewster McLeod After being discovered by director Robert Altman in 1970. She played the leading role in the film and received critical acclaim Popeye and The Shiningand won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for the 1977 feature film 3 women. In the 1980s, she began producing children’s and teen television programs and was twice nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
In 2002, Duvall starred in her final film, Manna falling from the sky, and then announced his retirement from the entertainment industry. in the long New York Times Profile published in April 2024, Duvall shares her reasons for stepping back from the spotlight In the prime of her career.
“I’m a star; I play the lead,” she told the outlet. “People think it’s just aging, but it’s not. It’s violence. How would you feel if people were really nice, and then all of a sudden,” she snapped her fingers, “they’d attack you? You’d never believe it. It, unless it happens to you, that’s why you get hurt because you can’t really believe it’s real.
Gilroy told the outlet the couple’s life in Los Angeles was “really great” before the 1994 Northridge earthquake destroyed Duvall’s home, and they moved to Texas after her brother became ill.
“Things started going downhill when she started getting scared of things and maybe not wanting to work. It’s hard to blame it on any one thing,” he added. “She became paranoid, a little delusional, thinking she was being attacked. She tried to call the FBI and asked our neighbors to protect us… Shockingly, all of a sudden, things went south from normal. Development, like that.
Things took a turn when Duvall was a guest on a show. A controversial episode of a daytime talk show Dr. Phil In 2016, the episode was titled “Hollywood Stars Sink into Mental Illness: Saving The Shining’s Shelly Duvall,” and according to Gilroy, the episode was filmed without his knowledge.
“I’m very sick. I need help,” Duvall told host Dr. Phil McGraw at one point during the show. “Well, that’s why I’m here,” he replied.
then, Brewster McLeod The star’s statements include claims she met the late Robin Williams – with whom she co-starred in the 1980s Popeye — since his death in 2014. She also claimed the “Sheriff of Nottingham” had been threatening her and that she had a “worrying” disc inside her body.
Although The episode was never aired in its entiretythe damage has been done.
“It doesn’t do her any favors,” Gilroy said of the show. “That makes her a weirdo.”
Last June, the former daytime host appeared on Who’s talking to Chris Wallace?during which he said he didn’t regret the interview, despite many — including Stanley Kubrick’s daughter Vivian — publicly criticized the show as exploitative and sensational.
Duvall returns to play Mom in writer-director Scott Goldberg’s indie horror film, forest hill.
The film also stars Edward Furlong, Chico Mendes, Dee Wallace and Felissa Ross. forest hill It tells the story of a deranged man who is tortured by nightmarish visions after suffering a head trauma while camping in the Catskill Mountains.
when The actress spoke with ET ahead of the film’s premiere date In March 2023, she was enthusiastic about returning to the big screen.
“I know it’s been a long time,” Duvall told ET, “but it’s great. It does, and it feels good. Makes me want to do more acting.”
“It’s actually a lot of fun acting in the movie,” she said of returning to the set. “I should cherish every minute.”
Duvall’s co-stars also expressed their excitement about working with her. “I couldn’t have done this without her,” Mendes said. “We need each other because acting is not about acting, it’s about reacting.”
It’s been a long break, but Duvall is confident she’ll return with the right role and cast. “You don’t want to take on every role that comes along, every movie that comes along,” she said. “You want to be able to choose.”
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