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Shelly Duval was born July 7, 1949 in the largest city in Texas - Houston. Her mother, Bobby, was a real estate broker, and her father, Robert, was a lawyer. The future actress was brought up with three siblings: Stewart, Scott and Shane.
Shelley graduated from W altrip High School and then started selling cosmetics to help pay for her studies at the College of South Texas, where she studied dietetics and sports nutrition.
Career start
When Shelley Duvall turned 21, she met film director Robert Altman. The famous American immediately saw the talent in the girl and invited her to shoot the experimental comedy Brewster McCloud.
The beauty played the role of the lover of the main character of the picture. Altman was so impressed with Duvall's acting skills that Brewster McCloud was just the beginning of their long and fruitful collaboration.
Shelly herself for a long time could not decide to take part in the filming. She did not believe that she was capable of becoming an actress. But she succumbed to Altman's persuasion and risked leaving Texas for the first time in her life for the role.
Cooperation period with Robert Altman
Shelly Duval starred in seven films by Robert Altman. Since 1971, the director has regularly directedleading roles in their films to an attractive American.
Shelly appeared in the musical comedy Popeye, the adventure western McCabe and Mrs. Miller, the crime drama Thieves Like Us.
In 1977, the girl received an award at the Cannes Film Festival for her leading role in the cult film "Three Women". Altman was inspired to write the script for the painting by his own dream.
More movies with Shelley Duvall
During her career, the American actress managed to appear in the films of almost all New Hollywood directors.
When Shelley Duvall stopped working closely with Altman, she had a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy Annie Hall.
Followed by hard work on the image of Wendy Torrance in "The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick. Collaboration with the legendary director was a real torment for the actress - she had to spend a long time in isolation in order to look convincing on the screen. In addition, the director was extremely picky: the scene in which the heroine Shelley brandishes a bat was filmed only from 127 takes.
All Duval's suffering was in vain, critics called her performance in The Shining inept. The actress received a Golden Raspberry nomination.
Stephen King, whose novel was based on the script for the film, has repeatedly said that he imagined Wendy Torrance completely different.
Role in "The Shining" became fatal in the career of Shelley Duvall. The young actress was no longer invited to major projects. Almost her last significant role in her careerbecame Pansy from the fantastic fairy tale "Time Bandits", staged according to the script by Terry Gilliam.
How is the personal life of the actress?
When she was young, Shelley was married to producer Bernard Sampson. They officially registered their relationship between 1970 and 1974. The couple divorced when Duvall became a sought-after actress.
On the set of Woody Allen's comedy "Annie Hall" Shelly met American rock musician Simon Paul. They lived together for two years. Their relationship ended when the actress introduced her lover to her girlfriend, Carrie Fisher. Simon and Princess Leia begin an affair.
Shortly before the release of the picture "Time Bandits" in the press there was information that Shelly and Stanley Wilson, with whom she worked on the film "Popeye", are going to get married. But this event never happened.
The actress has not appeared in public for a long time. In 2016, the press began to print a photo of Shelley Duvall from the filming of the television show “Doctor Phil”. In an interview, the film star Altman admitted that she suffers from a mental disorder. Upon learning of this, the Actors Fund of America charity organization told reporters that it would sponsor Shelley's treatment.
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