Famed Actress Known for ‘The Shining’ Passes Away Due to Complications of Diabetes

(UnitedHeadlines.com) – On July 11, actress Shelley Duvall, 75, died in her sleep at her home in Blanco, Texas.

According to her partner, Dan Gilroy, she died from complications due to diabetes.

Born on July 7, 1949, in Fort Worth, Duvall began her acting career while attending junior college in Texas when she was cast in “Brewster McCloud.” She then appeared in the 1971 film “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” the 1974 film “Thieves Like Us,” the 1975 film “Nashville,” the 1977 film “Annie Hall,” the 1977 film “3 Women,” the 1980 film “Popeye,” the 1980 film “The Shining,” the 1981 film “Time Bandits,” and the 1987 film “Roxanne.” For the next two decades, she would star in more than 40 television shows and films, including the 1996 film “The Portrait of a Lady.”

In the 1980s, she turned toward producing, where she made and hosted the children’s anthology series Tall Tales & Legends, Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories, and Faerie Tale Theatre, which won her a Peabody Award in 1984.

She stopped acting in 2002 after the film “Manna from Heaven” and, after two decades away from the industry, Duvall made a comeback in the 2023 film “The Forest Hills.” In an interview at the time, Duvall said that “acting again — it’s so much fun,” adding that “It enriches your life.”

Producers for the “Dr. Phil” show tracked her down at her home in Texas in 2016 and filmed a controversial hour-long interview where she discussed her mental health issues, where she noted, “I’m very sick. I need help.”

In 1970, she married artist Bernard Sampson, whom she divorced four years later. In the late 1970s, she was in a relationship with musician Paul Simon and later dated Ringo Starr. Duvall went on to meet her long-term partner Gilroy while filming the 1990 Disney Channel movie “Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

Following her death, Gilroy said Duvall had “too much suffering lately, now she’s free,” calling her “beautiful Shelley.”