Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in has died. She was 75.

Duvall died Thursday in her sleep at home in Blanco, Texas, her longtime partner, Dan Gilroy, announced. The cause was complications from diabetes, said her friend, the publicist Gary Springer.

91裸聊视频淢y dear, sweet, wonderful life, partner, and friend left us last night,91裸聊视频� Gilroy said in a statement. 91裸聊视频淭oo much suffering lately, now she91裸聊视频檚 free. Fly away beautiful Shelley.91裸聊视频�

Duvall was attending junior college in Texas when Altman91裸聊视频檚 crew members, preparing to film 91裸聊视频淏rewster McCloud,91裸聊视频� encountered her at a Houston party in 1970. They introduced the 20-year-old to the director, who cast her in 91裸聊视频淏rewster McCloud91裸聊视频� and made her his protege.

Duvall would go on to appear in Altman films including 91裸聊视频淭hieves Like Us,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淣ashville,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淧opeye,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭hree Women91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淢cCabe & Mrs. Miller.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗e offers me damn good roles,91裸聊视频� Duvall told The New York Times in 1977. 91裸聊视频淣one of them have been alike. He has a great confidence in me, and a trust and respect for me, and he doesn91裸聊视频檛 put any restrictions on me or intimidate me, and I love him. I remember the first advice he ever gave me: 91裸聊视频楧on91裸聊视频檛 take yourself seriously.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Duvall, gaunt and gawky, was no conventional Hollywood starlet. But she had a beguilingly frank manner and exuded a singular naturalism. The film critic called her the 91裸聊视频渇emale Buster Keaton.91裸聊视频�

At her peak, Duvall was a regular star in some of the defining movies of the 1970s. In 91裸聊视频淭he Shining91裸聊视频� (1980), she played Wendy Torrance, who watches in horror as her husband, Jack goes crazy while their family is isolated in the It was Duvall91裸聊视频檚 screaming face that made up half of the film91裸聊视频檚 most iconic image, along with Jack91裸聊视频檚 axe coming through the door.

was notoriously hard on Duvall in making 91裸聊视频淭he Shining.91裸聊视频� His methods of pushing her through countless takes in the most anguished scenes took a toll on the actor. One scene was reportedly performed in 127 takes. The entire shoot took 13 months. Duvall, in a 1981 interview with People magazine, said she was crying 91裸聊视频�12 hours a day for weeks on end91裸聊视频� during the film91裸聊视频檚 production.

91裸聊视频淚 will never give that much again,91裸聊视频� said Duvall. 91裸聊视频淚f you want to get into pain and call it art, go ahead, but not with me.91裸聊视频�

Duvall disappeared from movies almost as quickly as she arrived in them. By the 1990s, she began retiring from acting and retreated from public life.

91裸聊视频淗ow would you feel if people were really nice, and then, suddenly, on a dime, they turn on you?91裸聊视频� Duvall told the Times earlier this year. 91裸聊视频淵ou would never believe it unless it happens to you. That91裸聊视频檚 why you get hurt, because you can91裸聊视频檛 really believe it91裸聊视频檚 true.91裸聊视频�

Duvall, the oldest of four, was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 7, 1949. Her father, Robert, was a cattle auctioneer before working in law and her mother, Bobbie, was a real estate agent.

Duvall married the artist Bernard Sampson in 1970. They divorced four years later. Duvall was in a long-term relationship with the in the late 91裸聊视频�70s after meeting during the making of 91裸聊视频淎nnie Hall.91裸聊视频� (Duvall played the rock critic who keeps declaring things 91裸聊视频渢ransplendent.91裸聊视频�) She also dated During the making of the 1990 Disney Channel movie 91裸聊视频淢other Goose Rock 91裸聊视频榥91裸聊视频� Roll,91裸聊视频� Duvall met the musician Dan Gilroy, of the group Breakfast Club, with whom she remained until her death.

Duvall91裸聊视频檚 run in the 1970s was remarkably versatile. In the rugged Western 91裸聊视频� (1971), she played the mail-order bride Ida. She was a groupie in 91裸聊视频淣ashville91裸聊视频� (1975) and Olive Oyl, opposite in 91裸聊视频淧opeye91裸聊视频� (1980). In 91裸聊视频�3 Women,91裸聊视频� co-starring and Janice Rule, Duvall played Millie Lammoreaux, a Palm Springs health spa worker, and won best actress at the

In the 1980s, Duvall produced and hosted a number of children91裸聊视频檚 TV series, among them 91裸聊视频淔aerie Tale Theatre,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭all Tales & Legends91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淪helley Duvall91裸聊视频檚 Bedtime Stories.91裸聊视频�

Duvall moved back to Texas in the mid-1990s. Around 2002, after making the comedy 91裸聊视频淢anna from Heaven,91裸聊视频� she retreated from Hollywood completely. Her whereabouts became a favorite topic of internet sleuths. A favorite but incorrect theory was that it was residual trauma from the grueling shoot for 91裸聊视频淭he Shining.91裸聊视频� Another was that the damage to her home after was the last straw.

To those living in where Duvall lived for some 30 years, she was neither in 91裸聊视频渉iding91裸聊视频� nor a recluse. But her circumstances were a mystery to both the media and many of her old Hollywood friends. That changed in 2016, when producers for tracked her down and aired a controversial hourlong interview with her in which she spoke about her mental health issues. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 very sick. I need help,91裸聊视频� Duvall said on the program, for being exploitative.

91裸聊视频淚 found out the kind of person he is the hard way,91裸聊视频� Duvall told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021.

THR journalist Seth Abramovitch wrote at the time that he went on a pilgrimage to find her because 91裸聊视频渋t didn91裸聊视频檛 feel right for McGraw91裸聊视频檚 insensitive sideshow to be the final word on her legacy.91裸聊视频�

Duvall attempted to restart her career, dipping her toe in with the indie horror 91裸聊视频淭he Forest Hills91裸聊视频� that filmed in 2022 and premiered quietly in early 2023.

91裸聊视频淎cting again 91裸聊视频� it91裸聊视频檚 so much fun,91裸聊视频� Duvall told People at the time. 91裸聊视频淚t enriches your life.91裸聊视频�