Shelley Duvall, the much-loved American actress and star of films such as "The Shining," "Annie Hall" and "Popeye," has died shortly after her 75th birthday.
Duvall died in her sleep of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas, according to Dan Gilroy, who had been her partner since 1989.
Gilroy i tha Hollywood Reporter:
"My dear, sweet, wonderful partner and friend has left us. A lot of suffering recently, now she is free. Fly, beautiful Shelley.”
Duvall rose to fame in a string of 1970s historical classics, including seven films with director Robert Altman, who first discovered her while in college in her hometown of Houston, Texas.

She made her debut in 'Brewster McCloud' as a teenage guide before playing a bride in 'McCabe & Mrs Miller' in 1971. Other collaborations between them included 'Thieves Like Us', 'Nashville', 'Buffalo' Bill and the Indians" and "3 Women" as a fantasy doctor of a health "spa", which many consider her best role.
Duvall remains perhaps best known for her role as Jack Nicholson's wife in The Shining (1980). The film had a notoriously grueling 13-month shoot.
Kubrick had him "crying 12 hours a day for weeks," Duvall said in a 1981 interview with People magazine. "I will never give so much again. If you want to be in pain and call it art, go ahead, but not with me," she said.
For a long period, Duvall decided to stay away from Hollywood.
