'The Shining' star and her partner, Dan Gilroy, open up about the star's retreat from acting and her mental health struggles.. In the 1980s, she went into producing television programming for children and youth, earning two Primetime Emmy Award nominations."I was a star; I had leading roles," she tells the outlet."People think it's just aging, but it's not. It's violence.
"I'm very sick. I need help," Duvall told host Dr. Phil McGraw at one point during the episode."Well, that's why I'm here," he responded. -- since he died in 2014. She claimed that he wasn't really dead, and was"shapeshifting." She also claimed that the"Sheriff of Nottingham" had been threatening her, and that there was a"worrying" disc inside of her.
Duvall plays the mother of the mentally and emotionally disturbed Rico , who serves as his inner voice.