US actor Shelley Duvall, best known for The Shining, Popeye and Nashville, has died aged 75.
She died on Thursday in Blanco, Texas, due to complications from diabetes.
Duvall endured Stanley Kubrick’s brutal directing techniques appearing opposite Jack Nicholson in The Shining, with some scenes requiring more than 100 takes.
Robert Altman, cast her in Brewster McCloud, her first screen role. She went on to appear in his films “two films before an ensemble role in Nashville in 1975, then Buffalo Bill and the Indians, and 3 Women.
In 1977, she played a Rolling Stone journalist in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, and later opposite Robin Williams in 1980’s Popeye as Olive Oyl.
Other credits included Time Bandits, Roxanne, The Portrait of a Lady and TV roles in Baretta, Cannon, Love American Style, The Twilight Zone, Love American Style, and Frasier.
Her appearance on Dr. Phil in 2016 garnered negative publicity for sensationalizing her struggles with mental health. The segment received significant criticism with many suggesting that Duvall was being exploited.
Source: Variety
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