What really happened to Shelley Duvall? - a thread

This American treasure is best known for starring in movies such as 3 Women (1977), The Shining (1980), Popeye (1980), and for creating her groundbreaking cable series Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 - 1987).

Shelley was born in Fort Worth, Texas (July 7, 1949). At the time of her birth, her mother was visiting her grandmother in Fort Worth, though Shelley was raised in Houston. From an early age, Shelley’s mother knew she was destined to be in the spotlight. Shelley was dubbed +

Manic Mouse a name particularly given to her by her mother, as she was fond of running around the house. If she was not dashing all over the place and tipping over furniture, then you could guess she was drawing. Everything about little Shelley spoke loudly of her artistic nature

It was in 1970 when Shelley was discovered by talent scouts at a local party. Director Robert Altman wanted to cast Shelley in a film that he was making during the time. Shelley had experience in acting in high school plays at the time and took Altman's offer and she appeared +

in her first film “Brewster McCloud”. Shelley’s outstanding performance in her first film won Altman's heart. This gave her roles in McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974) and Nashville (1975).

Her successes in her first four films were topped by her superb performance in 3 Women (1977) when she played a leading role as Millie Lammoreaux. This remarkable performance won her the Best Actress the same year at Cannes Film Festival.

In 1979, Robert Altman saw Shelley Duvall as the best fit for a role (Olive Oyl) in his movie and wanted her by all means. Interestingly, Shelley has been nicked Olive Oyl in during her days in grade school, and taking the role would only bring back such awful memories. +

So, she declined. But after much persuasion, she reconsidered her decision and did admirably well in it.

When the 80’s hit, Duvall's career was just beginning. She is famously known for playing the role of Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining with Jack Nicholson. During the making of this film, Kubrick and Shelley would often become very frustrated with each other. +

The most obvious example is when Kubrick shot the famous "baseball bat scene" with Duvall and Nicholson 127 times, which is the world record for most number of takes in any film set. Despite their differences, Shelley admitted that she learned more from Kubrick than any of her +

previous films and that she "wouldn't trade the experience for anything." Kubrick also knew that he pushed Shelley and treated her the way he did for a significant reason, as the role of Wendy Torrance was even said by Jack Nicholson “the hardest role anyone has ever had to play”

As the 80’s rolled on, Shelley's career never slowed down. She appeared as a supporting actress in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits (1981), she played Susan Frankenstein in Tim Burton's Frankenweenie (1984) and she became the executive producer of Faerie Tale Theatre (1982 - 1987).

Other of her works include Tall Tales & Legends (1985 - 1986) and co-starred in the hit comedy film Roxanne in 1987 starring Steve Martin.

Shelley's later career found her a number of different roles. She appeared in the family comedy Home Fries (1998) playing Mrs. Jackson, Drew Barrymore's character's mother. Other films Shelley appeared in were Suburban Commando (1991) and Manna From Heaven (2002).

News of her mental illness was confirmed in 2016 when the USA Today hinted the world about her health challenge. Weeks later she was a guest on Dr. Phil TV show and made some revelations which have raised mixed reactions from her fans.

Since the Dr. Phill interview there’s a lot of false information about her. Actually, she’s getting better, her family and friends take care of her.
Like everyone else, she has bad and good days but she’s still one of the most amazing and loving people in the world.

: ryanobermeyer on ig

Please, talk about her as the icon, the actress and the producer she used to be, not just like the actress who was tormented on the set of a movie (The Shining) cause Shelley is better than that.

This year her and her debut film “Brewster McCloud” were honored at The Austin Film Society. Shelley was induct into the Texas Film Hall of Fame.

Important things that need to be noted:
1) “The shining” was not the the beginning of her mental illness, neither it was the movie that ended her career.
It really is unsure when her problems started, but if you look forward you can tell it was after the movie.

2) She isn’t living in her car, she has a house but she loves her car.
That’s all! Thank you for your attention.

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GoFundMe campaign to raise money for Shelley and her battle through mental illness. Any donation will make an impact. Thank you https://es.gofundme.com/f/mlead-i-am-shelley-duvall

Imagine having such an interesting and successful career that’s being ignore because the only thing that people remember about it’s you being abused. I’m not saying people should forget about what Kubrick did cause they shouldn’t. +

But that event doesn’t not define her.
Just like Sharon Tate, people only remember that she was murder. But what about her career? She was really an amazing and talented person. That’s the reason why I made this thread