 It's 5 till. Actress Shelley Duvall passed away at the age of 75. Correspondent Margie Zaraleta has a look at her life and legacy. Boy, was he a genius. He was beautiful, too. He had hair out to here. Shelley Duvall did not intend to become an actor, but her life changed when she met filmmaker Robert Altman at a party, and he cast her in Brewster McCloud. Altman loved Duvall so much, he cast her in his films Popeye, Nashville, and Three Women.