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‘Halloween III: Season of the Witch’ Actress Garn Stephens Has Passed Away
Known to horror fans for playing Marge Guttman in 1982’s beloved sequel Halloween III: Season of the Witch, actress Garn Stephens has passed away this week at the age of 87.
The wife of Halloween III star Tom Atkins at the time, Garn Stephens played a memorable role in the unique franchise installment, her character dying a very gruesome death.
Sean Clark writes on Instagram, “Got the word over the weekend from Tom Atkins that his ex-wife Garn Stephens had passed away. Many of you may remember her as Marge Gutman in Halloween III: Season of the Witch. I was lucky enough to meet her back in 2004 when I interviewed her for the Halloween 25 Years of Terror documentary.”
In addition to Halloween III, Garn Stephens also appeared in films including Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger, The Seduction of Miss Leona, Children in the Crossfire, Killer Instinct, and Something to Live For: The Alison Gertz Story.
On the small screen, Stephens appeared in a host of classic TV shows including “All in the Family,” “Charlie’s Angels,” “Family Ties,” “Falcon Crest” and “Quantum Leap.” She was also a credited writer on the shows “St. Elsewhere,” “Trapper John, M.D.”, “Hotel” and “Trial by Jury.” Stephens was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her work on “St. Elsewhere.”
Garn Stephens is survived by her daughter, Spencer Baird Niemi.
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A true icon and legend in the world of entertainment, actress Shelley Duvall has passed away at the age of 75, her longtime partner Dan Gilroy tells The Hollywood Reporter this morning.
“Duvall died in her sleep of complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas.”
“My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley,” Gilroy said in a statement shared by the website.
Shelley Duvall is of course known here in the horror world for her all-time-great performance in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, playing opposite Jack Nicholson as Wendy Torrance.
Duvall got her start in the 1970s working with director Robert Altman, making her debut in the 1970 film Brewster McCloud. She went on to work with Altman on McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), Nashville (1975) and 3 Women (1977), as well as Woody Allen in Annie Hall (1977), and Altman later cast her as Olive Oyl for the Popeye movie in 1980.
That was the very same year Duvall starred in Kubrick’s The Shining, with subsequent roles throughout the 1980s including Time Bandits, Tim Burton’s original short film Frankenweenie, and Roxanne. Duvall even hosted her own series “Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre” from 1982 to 1987, which featured a collection of classic fairy tale adaptations.
Subsequent TV shows hosted by Duvall, “Shelley Duvall’s Tall Tales & Legends” and “Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories,” earned the actress Emmy nominations in 1988 and 1992.
In the 1990s and beyond, Duvall appeared in Suburban Commando, Aliens for Breakfast, “Wishbone,” Casper Meets Wendy, Home Fries, and The Portrait of a Lady, and she was last seen on screen in 2002’s Manna from Heaven. Duvall has been living a quiet life outside the entertainment industry ever since, away from the public eye outside of occasional interviews.
Shelley Duvall’s final performance will be featured in the upcoming horror film The Forest Hills, which has already wrapped production and will be releasing soon. The role in the new werewolf movie will be Duvall’s first on-screen appearance in more than 20 years.
Shelley Duvall in ‘The Forest Hills’
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