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While Duvall was in London shooting The Shining, Robert Altman cast her to portray Olive Oyl in his big-screen adaptation of Popeye, opposite Robin Williams. The film was a commercial success despite negative critical reviews, while Duvall was praised for her performance.
The series featured numerous Hollywood actors (particularly of the period), with Robin Williams and Teri Garr in the first episode, "The Tale of the Frog Prince". [2] Creator and executive producer Shelley Duvall appeared in 3 episodes and narrated 3 episodes.
Popeye, a gruff but good-hearted sailor, arrives at the small coastal town of Sweethaven while searching for his missing father. He rents a room at the Oyl family's boarding house, where the Oyls plan to have their daughter, Olive, become engaged to Captain Bluto, a powerful, perpetually angry bully who manages the town in the name of the mysterious Commodore.
(FILES) A still frame obtained in December 1981 from the musical comedy live-action film adaptation of "Popeye," shows US actor Robin Williams (L) playing Popeye, and US actress Shelley Duvall ...
1995: Honoring Robin Williams At the Waldorf Astoria Duvall attended an event celebrating her Popeye co-star hosted by the Museum of the Moving Image at the historic Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Shelley Duvall earned a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in "3 Women." ... Shelley Duvall starred alongside Robin Williams in the film "Popeye," based on the comic-strip ...
Duvall photographed in Los Angeles, 1975. Shelley Duvall was an American actress who began her career in 1970, appearing in Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud.She went on to have roles in numerous films by Altman throughout the 1970s, including the period Western film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), the crime drama Thieves Like Us (1974), the ensemble musical comedy Nashville (1975), and the ...
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 ...