1970s - Shelley’s arrival to Hollywood
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Photographed at the 30th Cannes Film Festival (1977). Photo credit to Jean-Claude Deutsch.

Photographed by Fred Schultz on set of Nashville (1975).

Photographed by Jean Pagliuso (1974).
Photographed in the early 1970s. Photo courtesy of MPTV Images.

Photography in 1970 with her long lashes. Photo courtesy of Bernard Sampson.

Photographed by Edie Baskin | SNL (May 14, 1977)
On the cover of Interview Magazine (September 1977). Photographed by Jean Pagliuso.
Photographed at an event in NYC (August 1976). Photo credit to Lynn Karlin.
Behind the scenes of Brewster McCloud (1970). Photo courtesy of Bernard Sampson.

Photographed by Bert Stern for Vogue (March 1971).
At an event in Beverly Hills (1979).
Behind the scenes of Brewster McCloud (1970). Photo credit to British Film Institute.
Shelley attends a party at Studio 54 (December 12, 1977). Photo credit to Guy Marineau.

Shelley with Bernard Sampson.

On set of Nashville (1975) with her boyfriend at the time. Photo courtesy of Patrick Reynolds.

Shelley Duvall and Paul Simon (1977).

"Shelley Has It" | Photographed for Harper's Bazaar (November 1977).
3 Women (1977) with Sissy Spacey
With Pat Ast and Dennis Christopher (1975).
Shelley and Reggie, the basset hound. Photo credit to the Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine - September 26, 1971 issue.

Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976)
Behind the scenes of Brewster McCloud (1970) with Bud Cort and stuffed animals, photographed by Guy Webster. Included in a 1971 issue of Show Magazine.

Wardrobe test for Brewster McCloud (1970).
Photographed for The Los Angeles Times (February 7, 1971).
"The Eternal Starlets of Hollywood" photographed for Esquire Magazine (February 1976). Shelley is on the lower right.
At Cannes Film Festival (1977).

With former boyfriend, Patrick Reynolds, and Ronee Blakley (1974).
Thieves Like Us (1974)
On set of Brewster McCloud (1977).

"Braided for summer: Actress Shelley Duvall braids her hair for coolness and curlerless curl" | Photographed by Kathleen Ballard for The LA Times (May 1976).

Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Shelley, and Laraine Newman during the "Video Vixens" skit on SNL (May 14, 1977). Photo credit to NBCU.
Photographed for Playboy (December 1975).
Behind the scenes of Brewster McCloud (1970) with Robert Altman, photographed by Guy Webster. Included in a 1971 issue of Show Magazine.
Photographed by Jean Pagliuso for Interview Magazine (September 1977).

"Shelley Has It" | Photographed for Harper's Bazaar (November 1977).
Shelley and Robert Altman on set of Brewster McCloud (1970). Photo credit to the Houston Chronicle Texas Magazine - September 26, 1971 issue.
Shelley with her first husband, Bernard Sampson (1970). Photo courtesy of Bernard.
Brewster McCloud (1970)
Photographed by Jean Pagliuso for Interview Magazine (September 1977).

Shelley as the wife and Dan Aykroyd as the husband during the "Steak House" skit on SNL (May 14, 1977). Photo credit to NBCU.
Behind the scenes of Nashville (1975) with Robert Altman.
Photographed for The Los Angeles Times (February 7, 1971).

Photographed in 1970. Publication/photographer unknown.

Shelley attends a party at Studio 54 (December 1977). Photo credit to Guy Marineau.

At Elaine's Restaurant in NYC (November 1977). Photo credit to Chuck Fishman.

"Shelley Duvall: An Unlikely Star" | The New York Times (March 23, 1977)

Photographed by Michael Childers (1979).
Shelley and Pat Ast (August 1975).
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Shelley with a friend arriving at Sherman Way Skating Rink (September 1979).

With former boyfriend Patrick Reynolds at a party in Beverly Hills (March 12, 1976). Photo credit to Alan Berliner.
Shelley and Robert Altman at Cannes Film Festival for Thieves Like Us (1974).