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Shelley Duvall

Shelley Alexis Duvall is an American former actress, producer, writer, and singer. Over the duration of her career, Duvall was praised for her portrayals of various eccentric characters. Her accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, a Peabody Award, two Emmy Award nominations, and a BAFTA Award nomination.

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Filmography

3 Women

1977
as Mildred 'Millie' Lammoreaux

Aliens for Breakfast

1994
as Mrs. Hastings

Alone

1997
as Agnes

Alone

1997
as Estelle

Annie Hall

1977
as Pam

Bernice Bobs Her Hair

1976
as Bernice

Boltneck

2000
as Mrs. Stein

Booker

1984
as Laura Burroughs

Brewster McCloud

1970
as Suzanne Davis

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976
as The First Lady (Mrs. Grover Cleveland)

Casper Meets Wendy

1998
as Gabby

Changing Habits

1997
as Sister Agatha

Cinderella: Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Video Hits

2005
as Self (Segment: "Shelter Me")

Dr. Jack & Mr. Nicholson

2019
as Shelley Duvall

Dreams in the Attic

as Nellie

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982
as Shelley Duvall

Frankenweenie

1984
as Susan Frankenstein

Frog

1987
as Mrs. Anderson

Frogs!

1991
as Annie

Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

1997
as Shelley Duvall

Home Fries

1998
as Mrs. Jackson

Jack and the Beanstalk

1983
as Herself - Host

Kubrick par Kubrick

2020
as Shelley Duvall

Making 'The Shining'

1980
as Herself

Manna from Heaven

2002
as Detective Dubrinski

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971
as Ida Coyle

Mother Goose Rock 'N Rhyme

1990
as Little Bo Peep

Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures

1986
as Shelley Duvall

Nashville

1975
as Marthe aka "L. A. Joan"

Popeye

1980
as Olive Oyl

RocketMan

1997
as Mrs. Randall

Roxanne

1987
as Dixie

Rumpelstiltskin

1982
as The Miller's Daughter

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

1997
as Mrs. Fink

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

1992
as Narrator

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001
as Herself

Suburban Commando

1991
as Jenny Wilcox

Tale of the Mummy

1998
as Edith Butros

Tall Tales and Legends

1985

Tall Tales and Legends: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1985
as Shelley Duvall

The 4th Floor

1999
as Martha Stewart

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades

1990
as Shelley Duvall

The Portrait of a Lady

1996
as Caspar Goodwood

The Shining

1980
as Wendy Torrance

The Underneath

1995
as Nurse

Thieves Like Us

1974
as Keechie

Time Bandits

1981
as Dame Pansy

Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

1997
as Amelia Glahn

Writer

Movie Popples 1986

Creator

Series Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle 1994

Producer

Movie Beauty and the Beast 1984
Movie Carmilla 1989
Movie Cinderella 1985
Movie Jack and the Beanstalk 1983
Movie Little Red Riding Hood 1983
Movie Pinocchio 1984
Movie Popples 1986
Movie Rip Van Winkle 1987
Movie Rumpelstiltskin 1982
Movie Tall Tales and Legends: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 1985
Movie The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers 1984
Movie The Dancing Princesses 1987
Movie The Little Mermaid 1987
Movie The Princess Who Had Never Laughed 1986
Movie The Tale of the Frog Prince 1982
Movie Thumbelina 1984

Guest Star

Episode Baretta
Aggie 		1976
Episode Tall Tales and Legends
Annie Oakley 		1987
Episode Frasier
Dark Victory 		1995
Episode Tall Tales and Legends
Darlin' Clementine 		1986
Episode Maggie Winters
Dinner at Rachel's 		1998
Episode Saturday Night Live
Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading 		1977
Episode The Hughleys
Storm o' the Century 		1999
Episode Cannon
The Seventh Grave 		1973
Episode The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Tombstone 		1992
Episode L.A. Law
Tunnel of Love 		1994