Shelley Alexis Duvall was an American actress and producer. Known for her collaborations with Robert Altman and for playing eccentric characters, she won a Cannes Film Festival Award and was nominated for a British Academy Film Award and two Emmy Awards. Four of her films are preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Shelley Alexis Duvall was born on July 7, 1949, in Fort Worth, Texas, the first child of Bobbie Ruth Crawford (née Massengale, 1929–2020), a real estate broker and in the legal field, and Robert Richardson "Bobby" Duvall (1919–1994), a cattle auctioneer-turned-lawyer. Her younger brothers were Scott, Shane, and Stewart.
For her first few years, Duvall lived in various locations throughout Texas due to her father's work, before the family settled in Houston when she was five years old. She was in a choir. She was an artistic and energetic young child, eventually earning the nickname "Manic Mouse" from her mother. She became interested in science at a young age; as a teenager she aspired to become a scientist. After graduating from Waltrip High School in 1967, she sold cosmetics at Foley's, a department store; she attended South Texas Junior College and majored in nutrition and diet therapy.
| Date of Birth | 7th July 1949 |
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| Date of Death | 11th July 2024 |
| Age at Death | 75 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Country | United States of America |
| Current City | Houston |
| Birth Place | Houston |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Spouses | Bernard Sampson |
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| Waltrip High School, South Texas Junior College |
| Instruments | voice |
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| Occupation | film actor, television producer, singer, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, actor, musician |
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