bo peep

Most of you know of my love for hor­ror and that The Shin­ing (1980) is my fa­vorite of the genre. 

But the first thing I saw Shel­ley Du­vall in was ac­tu­al­ly *not* The Shining.

It was Moth­er Goose Rock ’n’ Rhyme (1990)

It aired on the Dis­ney chan­nel and I was ob­sessed with it. I watched it when­ev­er it was on. It was great. How could it not be? The en­sem­ble cast of ac­tors and mu­si­cians was in­cred­i­ble. It was goofy and su­per fun and just the kind of thing you loved to watch over and over as a kid. 

Shel­ley Du­vall played the role of Lit­tle Bo Peep, who goes search­ing Rhymeland for a miss­ing Moth­er Goose (Jean Sta­ple­ton) with Mother’s rel­a­tive­ly un­known son Gor­don, played by Dan Gilroy. It would only be years and years lat­er (post COVID even!) that I’d find out Du­vall and Gilroy were in a re­la­tion­ship and had been since 1989. He was her part­ner un­til her death. 

I can’t think of a sin­gle thing I’ve seen her in where she doesn’t shine:

Brew­ster Mc­Cloud (1980)

 

Nashville (1975)

 

3 Women (1977)

 

Mc­Cabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

 

… even Pop­eye (1980) – which is si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly a good and bad film – is quite spe­cial be­cause of her amaz­ing per­for­mance as Olive Oyl.

 

The press treat­ed her ter­ri­bly back in 2016 (and se­ri­ous­ly, fuck “Dr.” Phil for­ev­er) but hope­ful­ly that whole thing will be­come a mere foot­note when peo­ple talk about her legacy. 

By all ac­counts she was a kind per­son and a joy to be around. 

Her beau­ty and style in the 70s and 80s was inim­itable. Sev­en­ty-five is a good run but it’s still sad we lost her.

Good­bye, Shelley. 🩷

 

—emi­ly duchaine

Flom­mist Emi­ly Duchaine lives in the Pa­cif­ic North­west. She likes to drink mead, learn about sharks, and lis­ten to the Talk­ing Heads. She pre­tends to be a pro­fes­sion­al busi­ness­woman most days. Copy­right © 2024 Emi­ly Duchaine.

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