Sherry Duvall

Shelley Duvall (July 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024) was an American actress known for her interpretations of unique and often bizarre characters. She has won several awards, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a Peabody Award, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Born in Texas, Duvall began his acting career after being discovered by director Robert Altman. Impressed by his positive and optimistic demeanor, Atman cast her in the black comedy film "Strangers in the Air" (1970). Although he was hesitant to become an actor, she continued to work with Altman in "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "Thieves Like Us" (1974). Her breakthrough performance was in Altman's cult film Nashville (1975), and she received critical acclaim for Altman's drama Three Women (1977), winning the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and being nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress. That same year, she also had a supporting role (as a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine) in Woody Allen's satirical romantic comedy Annie Hall (1977), and hosted Saturday Night Live. In the 1980s, Duvall became known for starring roles, including Olivia Orr in Altman's live-action Popeye, and as the paranoid wife Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's horror film The Shining (both 1980). She also appeared in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Time Bandits (1981), the short comedy-horror film Frankenweenie (1984), and the comedy Roxanne (1987). In the latter half of the 1980s, she branched into producing television programs for children and teenagers, notably creating and hosting Once Upon a Time (1982-1987), Tall Tales and Legends (1985-1987) (the show earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1988), and Nightmare Classics (1989). Duvall acted intermittently throughout the 1990s, notably in supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Price of Shadows (1995) and the Jane Camping film adaptation Nicole Kidman (1996). His last performance was in "The Rain" (200