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Hollywood screen icon Shelley Duvall has died, aged 75. The actress, who famously played Wendy Torrance in the legendary 1980 Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining, died from complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas. In perhaps the most iconic scene of the film, Duvall screamed as her homicidal husband Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, put an axe through a door as she cowered behind it.
Her breakout role was in the 1975 musical comedy, Nashville. During her career, she won a number of awards, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for best actress, for 3 Women. The star spoke of her most famous role on The Shining, calling legendary Kubrick “very warm and friendly” towards her on set. However, In her later years, the actress reportedly suffered mental illness and felt burnt by the showbiz world, with her later making her feelings known in more recent interviews.
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