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Shelley Duvall, 'The Shining' star, dies at 75
Fox News ^ | July 11, 2024 | Greg Norman

Posted on 07/11/2024 8:55:09 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain

"The Shining" star Shelley Duvall has died at the age of 75, according to The Associated Press.

Duvall shot to international fame when she starred as Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. Shelley Duvall in 'The Shining'

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KEYWORDS: celebobit; deaths; obituary; shelleyduvall; shelleyduvalle
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1 posted on 07/11/2024 8:55:09 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Ciaphas Cain

And let’s not forget Olive Oyl................


2 posted on 07/11/2024 8:56:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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3 posted on 07/11/2024 8:56:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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She was the ONLY person who could have possibly played Olive at that time.


4 posted on 07/11/2024 8:57:28 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("If they can do that to Trump then they can do that to YOU." -- Lazamataz)
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She did it excellently!......................


5 posted on 07/11/2024 8:59:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Popeye is such a weird weird movie. You can definitely tell that Roger Altman directed it, with his style of cuts and zoom-ins. It was well-cast.


6 posted on 07/11/2024 9:05:33 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("If they can do that to Trump then they can do that to YOU." -- Lazamataz)
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Even as a kid, I found her performance as the weak, spineless, screaming Wendy Torrance in “The Shining” extremely annoying and upsetting

I kept thinking “c’mon girl, get it together!” (and in the end, Wendy barely managed it)

Which means, as an actress, Duvall played it perfectly


7 posted on 07/11/2024 9:06:01 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Ciaphas Cain

What she did, she did very well. Rest in Peace, Shelley.


8 posted on 07/11/2024 9:06:16 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Ciaphas Cain

“Heeere’s Johnny!”


9 posted on 07/11/2024 9:09:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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She passed away broke and in a trailer home.
Why doesn’t Hollywood establish some type of pension system for actors who fall on hard times?


10 posted on 07/11/2024 9:13:31 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Shelley had one heck of a time filming the Shining from what I’ve read. Some incredible acting. RIP.


11 posted on 07/11/2024 9:14:06 AM PDT by plain talk
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Maybe she should have been taken to the doctor.


12 posted on 07/11/2024 9:14:36 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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For the scene when Wendy is on the stairs holding the bat to defend herself against Jack, Stanley Kubrick had her do that scene 127 times for the camera. He wanted her SCARED and terrified of what her husband had become. It became so much that she finished filming the scene dehydrated and blisters on her hands from gripping the bat. What you see on the screen is not acting. That's legitimate exhaustion and horror.

To this day that remains the most takes of a single scene in movie history.

13 posted on 07/11/2024 9:16:14 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("If they can do that to Trump then they can do that to YOU." -- Lazamataz)
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Kubrick Drove Shelly to the edge and Beyon
Brilliant work !


14 posted on 07/11/2024 9:17:13 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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127 -—Fascinating!
I believe it.
Kubrick knew what he wanted!
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And Jack kept his distance!


16 posted on 07/11/2024 9:20:48 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: plain talk

Kubrick ordered her to do 80 takes for one scene.


17 posted on 07/11/2024 9:22:17 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Nevermind I was wrong


18 posted on 07/11/2024 9:24:04 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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Why doesn’t Hollywood establish some type of pension system for actors who fall on hard times?

From what I understand there's supposed to be. Comes with being a member of the Screen Actors Guild, or something. The more a person performs the more "points" they score toward that.

When she was making Murder She Wrote, Angela Landsbury made it her mission to hire actors and actresses who hadn't worked in decades, so that they could accumulate points toward their pensions.

And then there are residuals. But God only knows how much those are now that The Shining has been out for almost 45 years.

19 posted on 07/11/2024 9:27:55 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (A perfect storm. There will be no escape from what is coming.)
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Rest In Peace, Shelley.


20 posted on 07/11/2024 9:37:57 AM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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