Actress Shelley Duvall, known for her work in “The Shining,” died Thursday.
She was 75.
According to People, Duvall died at her home in Blanco, Texas, from complications from diabetes, her partner Dan Gilroy said.
Gilroy told The Hollywood Reporter, “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.”
In November 2016, Duvall appeared on the syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil” and talked about suffering from mental illness.
“I am very sick. I need help,” she said.
Duvall first appeared onscreen in “Brewster McCloud,” per People.
She also worked in films like in 1971’s “McCabe & Mrs. Miller,” 1974’s “Thieves Like Us” and 1975’s “Nashville.”
Duvall went on to appear in more than a dozen movies and television shows in the ’70s, including 1977’s “Annie Hall.”
The movie that made her a star was Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror film “The Shining.”
The film holds a Guinness World Record for “most retakes for one scene with dialogue,” starred Duvall and Jack Nicholson.
It was an adaptation of Stephen King‘s 1977 novel of the same name.
“[Kubrick] doesn’t print anything until at least the 35th take. Thirty-five takes, running and crying and carrying a little boy, it gets hard,” Duvall told The Hollywood Reporter.”And full performance from the first rehearsal. That’s difficult.”
The movie made Duvall a household name.
“When somebody recognizes you at a Dairy Queen in Texas you’re a star,” she told People.
Duvall produced the children’s anthology series “Faerie Tale Theatre.”
The series won her a Peabody Award in 1984.
