Shelley Duvall's longtime partner Dan Gilroy reacts to 2024 Emmy Awards' In Memoriam segment snub...
after fans were outraged Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Brian Marks For Dailymail.com Published: 00:20 BST, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 00:27 BST, 17 September 2024 e-mail 24 shares 1 View comments Shelley Duvall 's longtime partner is taking her snub from the In Memoriam segment at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday in stride.
Dan Gilroy, who was in a relationship with Duvall for 35 years, told TMZ on Monday that he wasn't upset by the lack of a tribute for the late actress at the ceremony, which honors the best in television. Duvall, who died on July 11 at 75, became the latest celebrity to be snubbed by an In Memoriam segment , but she wasn't alone at the the TV-centric awards ceremony, as director Eleanor Coppola, Chita Rivera, Johnny Wactor, right-wing political commentator Lou Dobbs and General Hospital star Tyler Christopher were also absent. Gilroy was notably evenhanded and gracious as he considered that it may have simply been an oversight on Emmy producers' part to leave out his love of more than three decades.
He added that segments devoted to fallen stars are often planned months in advance, and its's not uncommon for stars who die closer to the show date to accidentally be left out. Dan Gilroy (L) told TMZ on Monday that he wasn't upset after his late partner of 35 years, Shelley Duvall (R), was left out of the In Memoriam segment at the 2024 Emmys on Sunday; pictured in 1992 in LA Duvall died at 75 at their home in Blanco, Texas, on July 11 Read More Emmy Awards' In Memoriam segment leaves fans outraged after missing Shelley Duvall and more On a more somber note, Gilroy noted that not having her face on screen for a few few seconds was only a small indignity compared to the physical and mental struggles she had dealt with in recent years. In particular, Duvall had been battling diabetes complications, which ultimately led to her death at the home she and Gilroy shared in Blanco, Texas, just four days after her 75th birthday.
Gilroy added that he appreciated the outpouring of support from fans, but he also urged them not to waste their time worrying about his partner's Emmys snub. He also said he had received a bevy of letters and phone calls from fans wishing him well in the wake of Duvall's death. Although the actress had a distinguished career on television, particularly in the later part of her career, she is best known for starring in several classic — even iconic — films.
She's probably best known for her lead role opposite Jack Nicholson as the embattled wife of a writer-turned-hotel caretaker who is slowly going insane in Stanley Kubrick's classic adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining (1980). At the time, Duvall's hysterical performance was nominated for Worst Actress at the inaugural 1981 edition of the parodical awards ceremony The Razzies — which later tried to distance itself from the award — though more recent appraisals of her performance have been much more favorable, and the film is now considered one of the greatest horror films of all time. Duvall also worked extensively with the auteur Robert Altman.
She had lead roles in his films Thieves Like Us (1974) and 3 Women (1977), as well as supporting roles in his films Brewster McLoud (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Mille (1971), Nashville (1975) and Popeye (1980), which she starred in opposite Robin Williams. She also had a popular supporting part in Woody Allen's Oscar winner Annie Hall (1977), and she later appeared in Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits (1981) and Jane Campion's adaptation of The Portrait Of A Lady (1996), among other films.
Fans were outraged at her omission, but Gilroy urged them to not focus on it too much. He added that it was likely just an omission by Emmys producers Duvall is best known for starring opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick's classic adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Shining (1980) She also starred in several films for director Robert Altman, including the acclaimed 3 Women (pictured) and Nashville Duvall had a popular supporting part in Woody Allen's Oscar winner Annie Hall (pictured; 1977). She would later create and host the anthology TV series Faerie Tale Theatre Gilroy previously asked a court to determine that he and Duvall had been married under 'common law' and to award him her assets; pictured together in 1990 in Beverly Hills Duvall was best known on television for creating and hosting the popular anthology series Faerie Tale Theatre from 1982 to 1987.
She followed it up with the shorter-running series Tall Tales & Legends (1985–1987), Nightmare Classics (1989) and Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992–93), though she also had numerous guest roles on other TV shows. It was previously reported that her surviving partner Dan Gilroy had asked a court overseeing the distribution of her assets to award him the majority of her property, even though the two had never legally married. He had asked the court to rule that they had been married under 'common law,' as they had been in a romantic partnership for more than three decades.
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