Shelley returned to the horror genre when she played 'Martha Stewart' Law, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Wishbone, and several others. She also had cameos in several TV series' such as: Frasier, Shelley appeared in were Suburban Commando in 1991, and Changing Habits Jackson', Drew Barrymore's character's mother. She appeared in the family comedy Home Fries in 1998 playing 'Mrs. Shelley Duvall's later career found her a number of different roles. In 1989, Shelley met Dan Gilroy while filming the Disney Channel movie Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990), the two fell in love and they have been together ever since. Her Bedtime Stories programĮarned her a 2nd Emmy Nomination. Shelley produced three more programs from these productionĬompanies that aired on Showtime: Nightmare Classics, Shelley Duvall'sīedtime Stories, and Mrs. The late 1980s and early 1990s, Shelley discovered Think Entertainment Īnother production company which helped Shelley create more programsĪnd movies that were made for television that aired on common cableĬhannels. Nine episodes, Shelley was nominated for an Emmy from the series. Theatre, Tall Tales and Legends was also a one-hour series hosted, Duvall created Tall Tales and Legends that wasĪired for three years until it ended in 1988. Shelley also starred in four out of the twenty sixĮpisodes. Series and there were a total of twenty six episodes, all hosted by Theatre was on television from 1982-1987. Series that was based on several classic fairy tales. She producedįairy Tale Theater which Showtime aired that was a hit television Shelley went to Showtime with the idea forĪiring a television program that was based on fairy tales. The real life Frog Prince, Shelley created Platypus Productions, her One particularįairy tale she showed Robin was 'The Frog Prince'. Popeye, she showed her collection to Robin Williams. Since Shelley was 17, she had a collection ofĪ variety of illustrated classic fairy tale books. From 1982 to 1986, Shelley continued her filming career butįrom a different aspect. SheĪppeared as a supporting actress in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits inġ981 she played 'Susan Frankenstein' in Tim Burton'sĬo-starred in the hit comedy film Roxanne in 1987 starring Steve Which also appeared in the film Punch Drunk Love.Īs the 1980s rolled on, Shelley's career never slowed down. The most famous ones would be 'He's Large' and 'He Needs Me' Shelley also sings several songs in thisįilm. Shelley was skeptical at first onĪccepting the role, due to bad memories as a child of negatively beingĬalled 'Olive Oyl' in grade school. Only the role was a certain role that Altmanīelieved she was born to play. In January of 1979, Robert Altman would offer Duvall yet another role With Duvall and Nicholson 127 times, which is the world record for most Obvious example is when Kubrick shot the famous 'baseball bat scene' He would often ignore her entirely during filming or would put in her situations which caused her immense fear and distress. Psychologically tormented Duvall, causing her immense stress and affecting her mental state. Known for playing the role of 'Wendy Torrance' in Stanley Kubrick's The When the 1980s hit, Duvall's career was just beginning. Micklin Silver's Bernice Bobs Her Hair in 1976, and had a cameo in Duvall's acting was so superb that she won Best Actress at theġ977 Cannes Film Festival. Aside from these three successful films, Duvall'sĪcting blossomed in her leading role as Mille Lammoroux in 3 Women inġ977. Miller in 1971, Thieves Like Us in 1974, and So fascinated by her performance that she appeared in his next films Offer and she appeared in her first film Brewster McCloud.

Shelley hadĮxperience in acting in high school plays at the time and took Altman's Shelley in a film that he was making during the time. It was in 1970 when Shelley was discovered by Shelley graduated from Waltrip High School in Texas and at first becameĪ cosmetics salesperson. She also has three brothers: Scott, Shane, and Stewart. Her favorite thing to do when she was very young wasĭraw. Shelley however was more than a mouse, but rather quite the

Mouse', because she would often run around her house and tip overįurniture. During herĬhildhood, Shelley's mother humorously gave Shelley the nickname 'Manic At the time of her birth, her mother was visiting her grandmother in Fort Worth, though Duvall was raised in Houston. (Massengale, 1929-2020), a real estate broker, and Robert Richardson Duvall (1919-1994), a lawyer. Shelley Alexis Duvall was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the first child to Bobbie Ruth

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