Shelley Duvall
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| Shelley Duvall | |
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| Birth name | Shelley Alexis Duvall |
| Born | July 7 1949 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an award winning American film and television actress. She began her career in the 1970s, playing quirky and waif-like characters in the movies of Robert Altman, and eventually starred in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Duvall was born in Houston, Texas to Robert Richardson Duvall, a defense attorney, and Bobbie Ruth Massengale, a real estate broker. She has three brothers, Scott, Shane, and Stuart. Duvall graduated from Waltrip High School. Duvall was working as a cosmetics saleswoman at a Houston Foley's when she was discovered at a party by production scouts for Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970).
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After a tough interview with Altman, she won the lead role of Suzanne, the free-spirited love interest to Bud Cort's reclusive Brewster in Brewster McCloud. Altman was so impressed with Duvall's work that he cast the young actress in his next films, including McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), and Nashville (1975). In 1977, Duvall was awarded a Best Actress by the Cannes Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for her portrayal of the delusional Millie Lammoreaux in Altman's 3 Women.
That same year, Duvall appeared in Annie Hall playing Woody Allen's one-night stand. Her next role would be Wendy opposite Jack Nicholson in Kubrick's The Shining (1980). Jack Nicholson states in the documentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures that Kubrick was great to work with, but that he was "a different director" with Duvall.
In 1980 when Duvall played Olive Oyl in Popeye, critics called her "perfect" for the role and said that "she was born to play" the character. Though she has appeared in many movies since, she never again reached the heights she did with Popeye.
From 1982-1987, Duvall produced and acted in a children's television series for Showtime called Faerie Tale Theatre. The one hour episodes re-told popular fairy tales.
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[edit] External links
- Shelley Duvall at the Internet Movie Databasede:Shelley Duvall
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