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Adrienne Shelly (June 16, 1966 or June 30, 1966[2] – November 1, 2006), sometimes credited as Adrienne Shelley and by her birth name, Adrienne Levine, was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
Personal life and career
Of Russian Jewish extraction, Adrienne Shelly was born in Queens, New York, USA and raised on Long Island. She began performing when she was about 10 at a performing arts camp. She made her professional debut in a summer stock production of the musical Annie while a student at Jericho High School in Jericho, New York. She went on to Boston University, majoring in film production, but dropped out after her junior year and moved to Manhattan. Shelly's career breakthrough came in her starring roles in independent filmmaker Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990), the latter of which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, where Hartley's script tied for the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.
She appeared in a number of films during the 1990s, and as she segued toward a behind-the-camera career she wrote and directed others, including 1999's I'll Take You There, in which she appeared along with Ally Sheedy. She won a U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Film Discovery Jury Award in 2000 for direction of the film, and Prize of the City of Setúbal: Special Mention, at the Festróia (Tróia International Film Festival) held in Setúbal, Portugal for best director.
She also guest-starred in a number of television series including Law & Order, Oz, and Homicide: Life on the Street. She played major roles in over two dozen Off Broadway plays, often at Manhattan's Workhouse Theater. In 2005 she co-starred in the film Factotum with Matt Dillon. Her last known work was writing and directing the unreleased film Waitress, starring Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion, which will premier at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Shelly, who took her professional surname after her late father Shelly M. Levine's given name, was married to Andrew Ostroy, the chairman and CEO of the marketing firm Belardi/Ostroy ALC. They had a daughter, Sophie, who was two years old at the time of Shelly's death.
Death
At about 5:45 p.m on November 1, 2006, Shelly's husband found her hanging by a bedsheet from a shower rod in the bathtub of an Abingdon Square apartment in the West Village section of Manhattan's Greenwich Village, in what appeared to be a suicide. Shelly, who lived in Tribeca, used the apartment as an office. Ostroy had dropped her off at 9:30a.m. that day, and as the building's doorman told journalists, "He hadn't heard from her and he said it was odd not to hear from her, so he was nervous. And he asked me to go up to the apartment with him, so we went to the front door, and it was unlocked".
An autopsy was performed the following day. The New York City Police Department were suspicious of sneaker prints in the bathtub that did not match Shelly's shoes, who was found wearing only socks. Shelly's husband also indicated that there was money missing from Shelly's wallet. He also vigorously denied allegations that she could have committed suicide.
Press reports on November 6, 2006 stated that police had arrested construction worker Diego Pillco, a 19-year-old, who allegedly confessed to killing Shelly after she complained about the noise he was making in the apartment below hers. Police said Pillco had made videos implicating himself in the murder, and as of November 7 was being held without bail for her murder. Saying he "was having a bad day," Pillco confessed to the murder.
Post death
Following his wife's death, Ostroy established the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, a non-profit organization that will award film school scholarships and grants to women filmmakers.
Her murder inspired an episode of the US television network NBC crime drama Law & Order. Originally broadcast on 16 February 2007, the Season 17 episode entitled Melting Pot is a thinly-veiled and admitted dramatization of Shelly's murder. As noted previously, Shelly herself guest starred in a Season 10 episode of Law & Order entitled High & Low (17 May 2000), in which she portrayed the character Wendy Alston.
Partial filmography (acting)
* The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
* Trust (1990)
* Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1992)
* Hexed (1993)
* Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me (1993)
* The Road Killers (1994)
* Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
* Road (1994)
* Sleep With Me (1994)
* Sudden Manhattan (1996)
* Grind (1996)
* Wrestling With Alligators (1999)
* I'll Take You There (1999)
* Dead Dog (2000)
* Rock the Boat (2000)(TV)
* Revolution #9 (2001)
* The Sea (2002)
* In the Company of Women (2004)
* Factotum (2005)
* Waitress (2006)
Filmography (writing and directing)
* Urban Legend (1994)
* Lois Lives a Little (1997)
* Sudden Manhattan (1997)
* I'll Take You There (1999)
* The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (1999)
* Waitress (2007)
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WAITRESSI first discovered Adrienne Shelly in the nineties comedy HEXED which starred Ayre Gross basically doing his best Griffin Dunne imitation from AFTER HOURS. Adrienne was very cute - played the nice girl - and you can say I fell in love ... Continue reading
Cheryl Hines Brings Life to Adrienne Shelly's 'Moonlight' - indieWIRECheryl Hines Brings Life to Adrienne Shelly's 'Moonlight' - 'It's interesting, I mean, people are going to take away different ideas from this film, which is one of the reasons I loved the script,' Cheryl Hines told indieWIRE of her ... Continue reading
Women's Rights - Change.org: Adrienne Shelly Foundation ...On this blog, I've written passionately about supporting women artists and making sure female film directors get the recognition they deserve. That's why I'm excited to share information about a wo... Continue reading
Adrienne Shelly Film to Premiere at Tribeca | Women & HollywoodSerious Moonlight the final script from Adrienne Shelly will premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The film stars Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton and is directed by Cheryl Hines and produced by Shelly's husband Andy Ostroy. ... Continue reading
Flea medications - Meu Dono é Sem NoçãoAs part of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation’s mission to aid in the advancement of talented women filmmakers, the foundation has teamed with the Tribeca Film Institute to form the TFI Adrienne Shelly Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship. ... Continue reading
The Death of Michael Jackson: Time for Compassion Not VilificationI know an awful lot about sudden, premature death given that my wife--the actor, writer, director Adrienne Shelly (WAITRESS) was brutally murdered in November 2006. But the tragic irony is that Adrienne died at the absolute happiest ... Continue reading
DIY Filmmaker Sujewa: Reid Rosefelt remembers Adrienne ShellyReid Rosefelt remembers Adrienne Shelly · Rosefelt and Shelly were friends, and he directed her in a short film. Read Rosefelt's recollections and thoughts about Shelly and her work here. Posted by The Sujewa at 8:23 PM ... Continue reading
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation to Launch All-star Ebay AuctionNEW YORK, November 6, 2007 — The Adrienne Shelly Foundation (ASF), a tax-exempt, non-profit organization dedicated to the memory of writer/director/actor Adrienne Shelly, has announced the November 12th launch of its inaugural EBAY ... Continue reading
Adrienne Shelly's Triumph - A Memoir | Zoom InFor many years, Adrienne Shelly was my best friend. She was the one I turned to when my love life went awry--which was often--and I played the same role for her. We emailed and talked pretty much every day and saw each other every ... Continue reading
Adrienne Shelly's Widower to Make 'The Morgan Stories' - CinematicalA year and a half after the tragic and sudden death of Adrienne Shelly, her widower, Andy Ostroy, is working to bring her final screenplay to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter posts that he's started work on The Morgan Stories,a ... Continue reading
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