‘The Shining’ star Shelley Duvall on a comeback Oscar: ‘I can still win’
nypost.com“The Shining” star who is back in the spotlight after 20 years away from acting, has not given up on the dream of winning an Academy Award.
In an interview with People published Wednesday, the 73-year-old actress, who stars in the upcoming indie horror “The Forest Hills,” explained that she hopes to take part in many more projects — with one goal in mind. “[Jessica Tandy] won an Oscar when she was 80.
I can still win,” she said of the late “Driving Miss Daisy” actress.Not even her iconic portrayal of Wendy Torrance in the 1980 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel scored Duvall an Oscar nomination.However, she’s been nominated for two Primetime Emmys, a British Academy Film Award and a Women Film Critics Circle Award.
Duvall has earned three major honors throughout her career: Best actress awards from the Cannes Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association in 1977, as well as a Peabody Award in 1984.
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