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Charles Durning
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Bernard Sampson
(1973 - 1977) (divorced)

Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:

"Duvall may be the closest thing we've ever come to a female Buster Keaton," Pauline Kael wrote. "Her eccentric grace is like his-it seems to come from the inside out." Director Robert Altman "discovered" Duvall in Houston where he was shooting Brewster McCloud (1970) and gave her a small role as an Astrodome tour guide. She worked with him again in McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) and in a costarring role in Thieves Like Us (1974), where she caught critics' attention as the bride of escaped convict Keith Carradine and demonstrated her appealing, goofy, airy naturalness. She appeared in a 1975 PBS adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," and returned to character parts for Altman in Nashville (1975) andBuffalo Bill and the Indians (1976), also appearing fleetingly in Annie Hall (1977) as one of Woody Allen's dates.

Altman's 3 Women (1977) gave Duvall her greatest role as a pathetic spa physiotherapist; the director encouraged her to invent much of her own dialogue, and the performance earned her a Best Actress Award at Cannes. Two more memorable roles followed-as the terrified wife in Stanley Kubrick's The Shiningand as Olive Oyl in Altman's Popeye (both 1980)-but since then, she has appeared only occasionally, inTime Bandits (1981), Roxanne (1987), and Suburban Commando (1991). She has concentrated instead on a producing career, committing herself to the creation of high-quality children's entertainment for cable TV and home video. She has used her showbusiness connections to persuade top stars to appear in these productions, and has won praise and numerous awards for such series as "Faerie Tale Theatre," "Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales," and "Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories" and the special "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme," produced through her own companies Platypus Productions and Think Entertainment. She played Darlin' Clementine in one of her own "Tall Tales" episodes. Duvall also executive-produced the cable-TV remake of Dinner at Eight (1989).

Charles Durning stared in:

Title Year Saw with/at: Scene On Rating
The Sting 1973 0000-00-00 **** 1/2
The Front Page 1974 0000-00-00 ***
North Dallas Forty 1979 0000-00-00 ***
The Muppet Movie 1979 With Peter L. 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
The Final Countdown 1980 2024-07-27 **
Sharky's Machine 1981 With Peter L. 0000-00-00 1/2 *
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas 1982 Dont Remeber 0000-00-00 ****
Tootsie 1982 Kim Ziegelmayer in Newington, NH 1983-01-24 **** 1/2
To Be or Not To Be 1983 With Youth Group at York Square 0000-00-00 *** 1/2
Two of a Kind 1983 Don't Remember 0000-00-00 * 1/2
Man With One Red Shoe 1985 With Jessica 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
Tough Guys 1986 With Jessica 0000-00-00 **
Dick Tracy 1990 Midnight Sneak Preview at Showcase Orange 0000-00-00 *** 1/2
V.I. Warshwski 1991 With Trish at Showcase Orange 0000-00-00 1/2 *
The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 0000-00-00 ** 1/2
I.Q. 1994 With Kim at her house 0000-00-00 ***
Home for the Holidays 1995 Suzy 2024-02-19 ***
One Fine Day 1996 Suzy 2020-11-06 ** 1/2
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Showcase Orange 2000-01-13 ***
State and Main 2000 at Branford Hoyts with Cheri 2001-01-12 *** 1/2