Adrienne Shelly

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AKA: Adrienne Levine
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/30/1966
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
Death Date: 11/01/2006

biography

Adrienne Shelly was an actress skeptical of her own ambitions and motivations prior to becoming a burgeoning filmmaker whose life was cut short by murder. Her talents both as an actress and as a director were admired by critics and film lovers, but remained largely unknown to the masses even after her untimely death. Hal Hartley, that unique directing talent whose quirky, philosophical films developed a strong cult following, made Shelly his personal muse in such notable indie hits as “The Unbelievable Truth” (1989) and “Trust” (1990). She eschewed the glitter of Hollywood for the grit of Continued

Credits

Dawn
2007
Director
2007
Screenplay
2007
Jerry
2006
Janey
1997
Director
1997
Donna
1997
screenplay
1997
Associate Producer
Mrs Marquet
Actor
Gloria O'Connor
Screenplay
Maria Coughlin
screenplay

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised on Long Island, New York
 
First incidence of Bell's Palsy at age 15 lasted a month
 
Second occurence of Bell's Palsy during junior year at Boston University interrupted her education
 
Left college to move to NYC to pursue acting
1989 
Made screen debut in Hal Hartley's "The Unbelievable Truth"
Continued

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