Shelley Duvall, an actress best known for her role in “The Shining,” died Thursday at age 75.
Dan Gilroy, Duvall’s life partner since 1989, told the Hollywood Reporter that she passed away in her sleep at her home in Blanco, Texas, due to complications from diabetes.
“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” Gilroy told the outlet.
Duvall began acting after being discovered by director Robert Altman, who cast her in the 1970 black comedy film “Brewster McCloud.”
Despite being hesitant about acting, Duvall continued to flourish in her career working alongside Altman.
In 1971, she appeared in “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” and three years later, she starred in “Thieves Like Us.”
Duvall landed her breakthrough role in Altman’s cult film “Nashville,” which was released in 1975. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and earned a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her character in the 1977 film “3 Women” — which was also directed by Altman.
In 1980, Duvall starred as Wendy Torrance alongside Jack Nicholson in the psychological horror film “The Shining.”
Eight years later, Duvall founded a new production company called Think Entertainment to develop programs and television movies for cable channels.
Throughout the late 1990s, Duvall continued to make small film and TV appearances, however, in 2002, she took a hiatus from acting.
Last year, Duvall revealed that she took a step back away from Hollywood to relocate to Texas after her brother was diagnosed with spinal cancer.
“It’s the longest sabbatical I ever took but it was for really important reasons — to get in touch with my family again,” she told People at the time.
After a 20-year hiatus, Duvall announced in October 2022 that she would be returning to the big screen in “The Forest Hills,” an independent horror-thriller film directed and written by Scott Goldberg.
Duvall is survived by her brothers, Scott, Stewart and Shane.