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Shelley Duvall, the wide-eyed, waifish actor who won a Cannes actress award for Robert Altman’s “3 Women” and endured Stanley Kubrick’s intense directorial techniques to star in “The Shining,” on Thursday died of complications from diabetes in Blanco, Texas. Variety confirmed with co-star Dan Gilroy. She was 75 years old.
“My sweet, sweet, wonderful life, partner, and friend left us last night. There has been so much pain lately, she is free now. Fly on beautiful Shelly,” Gilroy said in a statement.
Shelley Duvall was known for working with director Altman, who cast her in his first screen role in “Brewster McCloud.”
She appeared in his films “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” and “Thieves Like Us” in 1975 before working as part of the ensemble cast of “Nashville.”
After gaining attention in “Nashville,” Altman cast her in “Buffalo.” Bill and the Indians,” then allowed her extraordinary screen presence to shine in “3 Women,” for which she earned a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress as well as a BAFTA nomination.