FAN ACCOUNT. A virtual archive remembering American actress Shelley Duvall (1949-2024) ✨ Curated by Sarah. 💌 shelleyduvallxo@gmail.com
Jun 17, 2024 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
What happened to Shelley Duvall? (And no it doesn’t have anything to do with The Shining) – a Twitter THREAD by me, a fan/friend/admirer of Shelley 🧵
This is a common question on the internet as it relates to Shelley and one I see all the time even on my page. And I understand, people are curious about Shelley’s health and wellbeing during her post-Hollywood years.
Jun 8, 2023 • 26 tweets • 16 min read
[THREAD 🧵] It seems to be of popular internet belief that Shelley Duvall was traumatized for life because of Stanley Kubrick/The Shining. Here’s a thread, by me a Shelley connoisseur, explaining why her life and career was NOT ruined.
Shelley was intentionally cast by Kubrick because he liked her performance in 3 Women, 1977. He was drawn to the way she cried – and crying surely came in handy for Shining. He sent Shelley King’s book to read first as he didn’t have a script yet.