Biography
In the youthful age Shelly, Duval dreamed of a career in science, but the will of fate became the movie star. She conquered the audience to acting talent and memorable external data that did not leave the indifferent Stanley Kubrik himself who invited her to the role of Wendy Torrens in the "shine."Childhood and youth
Shelly Duval was born in July 1949 in Texas, USA. Although the place of celebrity appearance was Fort Worth, the early years of her biography passed in Houston. The girl became a senior child in the family of a lawyer and broker and grew along with the brothers Scott, Shane and Stewart.
As a child, Shelly was unusually active, for which the mother in a joke called her "manic mouse". At the same time, she was intelligent and cherished the dream of becoming a scientist. Therefore, after graduation, the future actress entered South Texas Junior College, where he studied nutrition.
Personal life
In his youth, the celebrity was in a relationship with the artist Bernard Sampson, for which he was married in 1970. Spouses lived in marriage for almost 7 years, after which they decided to divorce, they did not have children.Embed from getty imagesEven before the end of the marriage process with her husband, the actress began a novel with a musician by Seimon, with whom she also failed to find family happiness. In subsequent years, Duval preferred to keep information about his personal life in secret.
Films
Star Shelly lit in a happy random. During a party in the groom's house, assistants of Robert Ollman, who offered to be filmed in the cinema. Prior to this, the future actress has already received such an invitation, but then it was indecent, therefore he agreed not immediately.
However, the assistants found suitable words, and Duval decided to take a chance, for the first time being outside the native Texas. She played a secondary role in the movie "Brewster McKlaud" and led to the delight of the director, whose muse has become for the years.
At that time, there were non-standard types in fashion, and the young actress came to the trend for all 100%. She was a fearless and thin, weighed about 55 kg with a height of 173 cm and had incredible beauty by large brown eyes, who were challenged OD fashion critics. Another distinctive feature of the celebrity was a "toothy smile".
It is not surprising that not only filmmakers paid attention to Shelly, but also photographers. She replenished the filmography of such projects like McCaib and Mrs. Miller, "Thieves like us" and "Nashville", and also posed on a photo shoot for Vogue, where it appeared in a bright image.
The decoration of the list of paintings created by the actress in collaboration with Ostman is considered the drama "Three Women", in which Duval got the role of Mills. In the film, she appeared graceful and feminine and wonderedly looked in a swimsuit. It is reported that when working on the image of the heroine, the performer helped in writing Replica, he thought out for her distinctive features and details of the wardrobe, so the character turned out to be alive and memorable.
After the ribbon is released on the screens on Shelly, other famous directors immediately noticed, including Stanley Kubrick, who wished to see her in the role of the main heroine of the horror movie "Lights". Although the star was not a fan of the genre, after acquaintance with the scenario, she was left satisfied and immediately took to crash, rereading the novel of Roman Stephen King, which was planned to take pictures.
The process of working on the ribbon was for an actress exhausting. The director expects plenty of her, so on the set Duval was constantly in a state of stress. Kubrick has organized other members of the group to ignore the artist, and he shouted to her himself and quit for any occasion. Shelley spent a lot of hours in tears, which almost led to dehydration. But later, she called such methods justified, because she really managed to be born into the image.
The perfectionism of the director also did not bypass the actress side, and sometimes it had to spend the whole day on the shooting of one scene. What was just worth the moment where her heroine is fighting baseball bat from the crazy husband in the face of Jack Nicholson, who left a record 127 doubles. At the end of the working day, the performer actually trembled hands, but the frame came out perfect.
However, after the premiere of "radiance" it seemed that the torment were in vain, because all the laurels got kubrick. Critics wrote crushing reviews about the game of celebrities, calling it unnatural, and the character is too weak and hysterical. Years later, when the film acquired the status of the cult, the efforts of Shelley appreciated.
At the same time, by completing the work on the picture, Duval returned to cooperation with Ostman, to dream of his comedy "OK", because the director did not see anyone else in the role of Oliv Oil. She later worked with Tim Berton, Fred Sking, Jane Campion, Russell Malcahi and other cinematographers, caught a piggy bank of diverse images.
In parallel, the star worked on the creation of programs for children, but after 2002 unexpectedly disappeared from the screens. 14 years later, the old Shelley gave an interview for the show "Dr. Phil", where he said that he suffers from mental disorder. The audience was not delighted with the release and condemned the leading speculation on the sickness of the artist, and Actors Fund of America volunteered to pay for its disease.
Shelly Duval now
In 2020, the celebrity again disappeared from the field of view of the press and almost does not appear in public.Now the fans follow the news about it on social networks, including Facebook and Instagram, where video and photos are published.
Filmography
- 1975 - "Nashville"
- 1977 - "Three women"
- 1977 - "Annie Hall"
- 1980 - "Shine"
- 1980 - "Come"
- 1981 - "Time Bandits"
- 1984 - Frankenvini
- 1991 - "Commando from the suburbs"
- 1996 - "Portrait of Lady"
- 1998 - "Mummy: Prince of Egypt"
- 1999 - "Fourth Floor"
- 2000 - "They changed their brains"
- 2002 - "Manna Heaven"
Discography
- 1991 - Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall ... Merry Christmas
- 1991 - Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall ... Sweet Dreams