# Shelley Duvall filmography

Shelley Duvall was an American actress who began her career in 1970, appearing in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud. She went on to have roles in numerous films by Altman throughout the 1970s, including the period Western film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the crime drama Thieves Like Us (1974), the ensemble musical comedy Nashville (1975), and the Western Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976). Duvall also had a minor role in Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977). Her performance in Altman's subsequent psychological thriller 3 Women (1977) won her the Best Actress Award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, as well as a BAFTA Award nomination in the same category.
In 1980, Duvall starred as Wendy Torrance in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, an adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name. She subsequently starred as Olive Oyl in Altman's musical Popeye (1980), followed by a lead role in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film Time Bandits (1981). She had a main role in the Tim Burton short Frankenweenie (1984), followed by a supporting role in the comedy Roxanne (1987). Much of the late 1980s saw Duvall working as a producer and television host in children's programming, with her Faerie Tale Theatre (1982–1987) and Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987).
She continued to appear in film through the 1990s, with supporting parts in Steven Soderbergh's thriller The Underneath (1995), and the Henry James adaptation The Portrait of a Lady (1996), directed by Jane Campion. She also appeared in the children's film Casper Meets Wendy, and the supernatural horror film Tale of the Mummy (both 1998). Duvall's last performance prior to her hiatus was in the independent feature Manna from Heaven (2002). After a 21 year absence, Duvall returned to acting in the horror film The Forest Hills (2023), which would be her final film role before her death on July 11, 2024.

## Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Brewster McCloud | Suzanne Davis | |
| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Ida Coyle | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like Us | Keechie | |
| 1975 | Nashville | Martha / L.A. Joan | |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Mrs. Grover Cleveland | |
| 1977 | 3 Women | Mildred "Millie" Lammoreaux | |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Pam | |
| 1980 | The Shining | Wendy Torrance | |
| 1980 | Popeye | Olive Oyl | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Pansy | |
| 1984 | Frankenweenie | Susan Frankenstein | Short film |
| 1987 | Roxanne | Dixie | |
| 1991 | Suburban Commando | Jenny Wilcox | |
| 1995 | The Underneath | Nurse | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Countess Gemini | |
| 1997 | Changing Habits | Sister Agatha | |
| 1997 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs | Amelia Glahn | |
| 1997 | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Mrs. Fink | |
| 1997 | RocketMan | Mrs. Randall | Uncredited |
| 1998 | Tale of the Mummy | Edith Butros | |
| 1998 | Casper Meets Wendy | Gabby | |
| 1998 | Home Fries | Mrs. Jackson | |
| 1999 | The 4th Floor | Martha Stewart | |
| 1999 | Boltneck | Mrs. Stein | |
| 2000 | Dreams in the Attic | Nellie | Unreleased |
| 2002 | Manna from Heaven | Detective Dubrinski | |
| 2023 | The Forest Hills | Mama | Final film role |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Cannon | Liz Christie | Episode: "The Seventh Grave" |
| 1973 | Love, American Style | Bonnie Lee | Episode: "Love and the Mr. and Mrs. |
| 1976 | Baretta | Aggie | Episode: "Aggie" |
| 1976 | Bernice Bobs Her Hair | Bernice | Television film |
| 1977 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) / Various roles | Episode: "Shelley Duvall/Joan Armatrading" |
| 1982–1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Herself (host) / Various roles | 27 episodes; also creator and executive producer |
| 1984 | Booker | Laura Burroughs | Short film |
| 1985–1987 | Tall Tales & Legends | Herself (host) / Various roles | 9 episodes; also creator and executive producer |
| 1986 | Popples | — | Television film; executive producer |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Margaret | Episode: "A Saucer of Loneliness" |
| 1987 | Frog | Annie Anderson | Television film; also executive producer |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | — | Creator and executive producer |
| 1990 | Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Little Bo Peep | Television film |
| 1990 | Rockin' Through the Decades | Herself | Television special |
| 1991 | Frogs! | Annie Anderson | Television film |
| 1991 | Stories from Growing up | — | Television film; executive producer |
| 1991 | Backfield in Motion | — | Television film; executive producer |
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Leota Bean | Episode: "The Tombstone" |
| 1992–1993 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Herself (host) | 14 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer |
| 1994 | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle | — | Creator and executive producer |
| 1994 | L.A. Law | Margo Stanton | Episode: "Tunnel of Love" |
| 1995 | Frasier | Caroline (voice) | Episode: "Dark Victory" |
| 1997 | The Adventures of Shirley Holmes | Alicia Fett | Episode: "The Case of the Wannabe Witch" |
| 1997 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | Fairy (voice) | Episode: "Perseverance" |
| 1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Ocka (voice) | Episode: "Oblina Without a Cause" |
| 1997 | Alone | Estelle | Television film |
| 1998 | Maggie Winters | Muriel | Episode: "Dinner at Rachel's" |
| 1999 | Wishbone | Renee Lassiter | Episode: "Groomed for Greatness" |
| 1999 | The Hughleys | Mrs. Crump | Episode: "Storm o' the Century" |