Shelley Duvall, scream queen of ‘The Shining’ and a well-cast Olive Oyl, dies at 75

Shelley Duvall, in 1971, died Thursday morning. With the eventual green light from Showtime and an all-star roster featuring Robin Williams, Teri Garr, Jeff Bridges, Mick Jagger, Liza Minnelli and Vanessa Redgrave, Duvall’s “Faerie Tale Theatre” became a reality. “When I really believe in something and someone says, ‘You can’t do it,’ it just spurs me on.” Duvall, whose piercing scream famously punctuated the many horrors of “The Shining,” died Thursday morning. After “Brewster” came ”McCabe and Mrs. Miller,” “Thieves Like Us,” “Nashville,” “Buffalo Bill and the Indians,” “Three Women” and “Popeye.” In his 1980 review for “Popeye,” The Times’ late film critic Charles Champlin praised Duvall for “her deliciously addled, uncoordinated, petulant but finally quite endearing Olive Oyl.” Duvall’s additional film credits include “The Portrait of a Lady,” “Roxanne,” “Time Bandits” and Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” short film. As a producer, Duvall also worked on “Tall Tales & Legends,” “Popples,” “Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme” and “Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories,” among others, according to IMDb.