Shelley Duvall, who famously co-starred in “The Shining,” is lifeless after a painful battle with diabetes.
Dan Gilroy, Shelley’s life associate for many years, tells TMZ … he discovered Shelley unresponsive of their house in Texas at 7 AM Thursday. He says Shelley had been below hospice care, and bedridden, for the previous few months whereas coping with problems from diabetes. He says she died in her sleep.
Shelley had the unforgettable function of Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick‘s “The Shining” — she was on the opposite facet of the door when Jack Nicholson smashes by way of the door with an ax, yelling … “Here’s Johnny!”
Director Robert Altman found Shelley within the early 70s in her house state of Texas … and he or she went on to star in 7 of his films, together with “Brewster McCloud,” “Nashville” and “Thieves Like Us.” In 1977, she starred in Altman’s “3 Women” … a task that earned her Finest Actress honors on the Cannes Movie Competition.
Additionally in ’77, Shelley had a supporting function in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall,” after which in 1980’s “Popeye” she performed Olive Oyl reverse Robin Williams.
She ventured into tv within the late 80s, launching and internet hosting the youngsters’s program “Faerie Tale Theatre.”
Her ultimate function earlier than retiring from performing got here in 2002’s “Manna from Heaven.”
Then, in 2016, Shelley appeared on an episode of “Dr. Phil” to say she was battling psychological sickness, and wanted assist.
Shelley was 75.
RIP
