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Shelley Duvall
Age: 60
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: Houston, Texas, USA
Born: Jul. 7th, 1949
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Shelley Duvall's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- 'Milos Forman' (qv) considered her for the role of the prostitute in _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)_ (qv). While screening _Thieves Like Us (1974)_ (qv) to see if she was right for the role, he became interested in 'Louise Fletcher' (qv), who had a supporting role, and decided to cast her as "Nurse Ratched".
- Served as secretary of the Board of Governors Executive Committee for the National Academy of Cable Programming.
- Daughter of attorney Robert R. Duvall (not the actor) and Bobbie Crawford.
- Once owned the film rights to Tom Robbins' "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues." Despite being signed by Warner Bros. in 1980 to write and star in her own adaptation of the book, the project fell through and she gave up the rights after four years.
- Was the only performer of the '70s to work with three of the decade's most revered directors, 'Robert Altman (I)' (qv), 'Woody Allen' (qv), and 'Stanley Kubrick' (qv).
- Was "discovered" in 1970 by 'Brian McKay (III)' (qv) and 'Tommy Thompson (III)' (qv), who spotted her at a party while scouting locations for 'Robert Altman (I)' (qv)'s _Brewster McCloud (1970)_ (qv) in Houston, Texas. At the time, she was majoring in nutrition and diet therapy at South Texas Junior College and working as a cosmetics salesperson in a Foley's department store. Although she had no prior acting experience, she was casted by Altman in the film and won a three-picture contract with MGM for her performance.
- Was inducted into the Video Hall of Fame in December 1985 as an innovator in video programming.
- Once lived with 11 dogs, 12 parrots, and 58 finches, budgies, and cockateels.
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