Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Shelley Alexis Duvall (born July 7, 1949) is an American film and television actress. She began her career in the 1970s films of Robert Altman, followed by roles in movies by Woody Allen, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam and Tim Burton.Duvall was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of real estate broker Bobbie Ruth Jaz Crawford (née Massengale) and defense attorney Robert Richardson Duvall. She has three brothers, Scott, Shane, and Stewart. A graduate of Houston''s Waltrip High School, she was working as a cosmetics salesperson at Foley''s in Houston when she was discovered at a party by production scouts for Altman''s Brewster McCloud (1970).