Shelley Duvall in ‘The Shining’: A Perfect Gothic Heroine With a Deep Well of Strength

In Stanley Kubrick’s chilling 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel ‘The Shining’, Shelley Duvall delivers a captivating performance as Wendy Torrance, the wife of the slowly unraveling Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson). Duvall’s Wendy is the quintessential Gothic heroine – vulnerable yet resilient, terrified yet determined to protect her son Danny (Danny Lloyd) at

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