Shelley Duvall Dies at 75 - How to Stream ‘The Shining,’ ‘Popeye,’ ‘Roxanne,’ and More
Shelley Duvall Dies at 75 - How to Stream ‘The Shining,’ ‘Popeye,’ ‘Roxanne,’ and More
When cinema was undergoing a fabulous renaissance in the 1970s, Shelley Duvall found herself at the right place at the right time. With her frail figure and gentle on-screen presence, she was an easy fit for many of the most important films of the era. If you’d like to remember this one-of-a-kind star, we’ve pulled together her best films and where to stream them today.
Duvall was also known as the creative force behind several series for children, where she convinced A-list actors to lend their talents to well-loved stories. Thankfully, those are available to entertain your kids.
The Best of Shelley Duvall
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The Shining
May 23, 1980Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren’t prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Stanley Kubrick’s classic spin on a Stephen King story has been hugely influential since its release, though King has been consistently critical of the adaptation.
Poor Shelley Duvall had a horrific experience during filming. According to the “Guinness Book of Records,” Kubrick demanded to reshoot the scene where she goes down the stairs with the baseball bat 127 times. She became so stressed during filming that her hair began falling out.
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Popeye
December 12, 1980Popeye is a super-strong, spinach-scarfing sailor man who’s searching for his father. During a storm that wrecks his ship, Popeye washes ashore and winds up rooming at the Oyl household, where he meets Olive. Before he can win her heart, he must first contend with Olive’s fiancé, Bluto.
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Time Bandits
July 13, 1981Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they’ve purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
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McCabe & Mrs. Miller
June 24, 1971A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
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Annie Hall
April 19, 1977New York comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall (Diane Keaton). This Woody Allen classic had enough heart to win the Best Picture Academy Award over Star Wars.
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3 Women
April 10, 1977Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.
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Nashville
June 11, 1975The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Roxanne
June 19, 1987In this modern take on Edmond Rostand’s classic play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” C. D. Bales is the witty, intelligent, and brave fire chief of a small Pacific Northwest town who, due to the size of his enormous nose, declines to pursue the girl of his dreams, lovely Roxanne Kowalski. Instead, when his shy underling Chris McConnell becomes smitten with Roxanne, C.D. feeds the handsome young man the words of love to win her heart.
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Faerie Tale Theatre
September 11, 1982A live-action children’s television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Tall Tales & Legends
September 25, 1985An anthology series that showcases various mythical characters and incidents throughout history.
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
April 21, 1992Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children’s stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
