The news that actress Shelley Duvall had died at the age of 75 inspired much heartache and commemoration from film fans the world over. The Cannes award-winning star of several Robert Altman films and one of the great scream queens thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” was seen as one of the most indelible faces of ’70s New Hollywood. While she had not been seen on the big screen since 2002, her legacy has long been set in stone thanks to performances in “3 Women”, “Nashville”, and “Popeye.”
Many obituaries of Duvall have focused on the films, particularly her oft-dissected performance in “The Shining” and the complicated and mischaracterized legacy it created.
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