The Shining star and legendary actress Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75, her family have confirmed.
Duvall died in her sleep due to complications from diabetes at her home in Texas on Thursday.
‘My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,’ Dan Gilroy, her partner since 1989, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Duvall was known for playing distinctive, eccentric characters that often had eerie undertones, notably for her roles in McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Nashville, Popeye and 3 Women.
Duvall starred in seven films directed by her mentor Robert Altman, and was perhaps most famed for appearing in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining as Wendy Torrance, who narrowly avoided Jack Nicholson’s murderous blow.
Born in Texas in 1949, Duvall began acting in 1970, immediately gravitating to darkly comedic roles.
Despite her initial hesitance to become an actress, she found her big break in 1977 in 3 Women, directed by Altman. For this part, 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.
She won a variety of awards throughout her lifetime including a Peabody Award and was nominated for a British Academy Film Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards.