While most audiences know Shelley Duvall best from “The Shining,” if you want to do a deeper dive into her filmography, here are some great places to start.
Shelley Duvall, who died Thursday at the age of 75, made her film debut in Robert Altman’s 1970 “Brewster McCloud,” and quickly became one of the director’s favorite actresses, appearing in seven of his movies.
While most audiences know her best from horror classic “The Shining,” if you want to do a deeper dive into her filmography, here are some great places to start.
Duvall’s Wendy Torrance, with her squeaky voice and upbeat optimism about living with an abusive alcoholic husband Jack (Jack Nicholson), seems to be completely outmatched when Jack goes completely nuts and tries to kill her and their son Danny. We’ve gotten used to Final Girls in the genre being more badass, but Wendy is tougher than she looks. Despite being terrified into an almost catatonic state, she wields a baseball bat that temporarily takes Jack out and has the foresight to lock him in the freezer.
