A sting of Robert Altman films in the 1970s made her into a major movie star with a Best Actress win at Cannes. Then came Kubrick’s The Shining, a physically and emotionally grueling film shoot leading to a performance that strikes viewers as either brilliant or grotesque. She spent the ’80s and early ’90s producing children’s television with marquee Hollywood actors. Then she up and disappeared — until 2016, when the Dr. Phil show found her in Texas and aired a disastrous interview. Writer Seth Abramovitch “only knew that it didn’t feel right for [Phil] McGraw’s insensitive sideshow to be the final word on her legacy.” So he went to the Hill Country to meet her. – The Hollywood Reporter
