Carol Kane pays tribute to the 'supportive and kind' Shelley Duvall after her death at 75... after famously introducing late actress to Jack Nicholson

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Carol Kane is reflecting on the life of Shelley Duvall.

The 72-year-old opened up about her relationship with The Shining actress following her death on Thursday from complications of diabetes.

Carol shared with People that she met Shelley through actor Bud Cort after coming to Los Angeles when she was 'very young.'

The Hester Street star described the Annie Hall alum as 'supportive and kind' and 'always a good friend.'

Reflecting on the duo's friendship, Carol told the outlet that she and Shelley used to dine at a restaurant - no longer in service - called the Aware Inn on Sunset Boulevard 'back in the day.'

Carol Kane is reflecting on the life of Shelley Duvall following her death on Thursday from complications of diabetes

The 72-year-old shared with People that she met Shelley through actor Bud Cort after coming to Los Angeles when she was 'very young'

'Not critical, just supportive and kind,' the Hester Street star noted. 'She was a very, very kind person. Very kind and quite brilliant, all those Faerie Tale Theater things that she produced'

As she put it, those years were the 'hippie days.' 

'One time I went, I had just gotten nominated for the Academy Award and I went to celebrate,' remembered Carol. 'She took me to dinner to celebrate and I was so nervous that I got completely nauseous from fear and I stood up to go to the ladies room because I was so nauseous and I didn't make it.'

However, Shelley was 'nonchalant' about Carol throwing up on a rug in the restaurant.

'Not critical, just supportive and kind,' she noted. 'She was a very, very kind person. Very kind and quite brilliant, all those Faerie Tale Theater things that she produced.'

Carol starred in the Sleeping Beauty episode of Shelley's Faerie Tale Theater, a live-action drama series, and shared about the six-season run: 'That was an extraordinary show that she put together.' 

'I just remember that she was the ultimate professional producer, very supportive of anybody that was there working,' the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star continued. 'And also keeping all the balls in the air and keeping it going. It was kind of extraordinary. She was just a sweetheart.'

And Shelley had also credited Carol for introducing her to Jack Nicholson. 

Something that the Emmy Award-winner doesn't exactly recollect. 

'I read an article about her that she credits me for bringing her to Jack Nicholson's house,' Carol recalled. 'And I don't really remember it, to tell you the truth, but it's very kind of her to remember it and I'm glad that it was significant for her.'

'I read an article about her that she credits me for bringing her to Jack Nicholson's house,' the Emmy-winner recalled. 'And I don't really remember it, to tell you the truth, but it's very kind of her to remember it and I'm glad that it was significant for her'

The Doctor Sleep star stepped away from Hollywood in 2002 after working with icons such as Robin Williams in Popeye and starring in a series of Robert Altman's films

Elaborating on the meeting, she added, 'It wasn't a party, it was just some of the guys were getting together to watch the game and I think at that point, Jack was generous enough to let me stay in his maid's room, which was called the Garfunkel Suite, because Art Garfunkel stayed there, too.'

Despite that moment not sticking out to Carol, it left a mark on Shelley, who went on to star alongside Jack in the 1980 horror movie The Shining. 

The Doctor Sleep star stepped away from Hollywood in 2002 after working with icons such as Robin Williams in Popeye and starring in a series of Robert Altman's films. 

Shelley retired and relocated to Texas, telling People in 2023 about looking back on her career, 'On one channel there is Popeye and another one The Shining. Boy, those are two different films. But in a way it's like, "Gosh, I was great."'

'I just remember that she was the ultimate professional producer, very supportive of anybody that was there working,' the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star continued. 'And also keeping all the balls in the air and keeping it going. It was kind of extraordinary. She was just a sweetheart'

The '70s actress retired and relocated to Texas, telling People in 2023 about looking back on her career: 'On one channel there is Popeye and another one The Shining. Boy, those are two different films. But in a way it's like, "Gosh, I was great"'

Her partner of 35 years, Dan Gilroy, told The Hollywood Reporter that his 'dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley'

'You didn't get paid much - just scale plus 10 percent,' she reflected. 'They thought women would just marry and the husband's going to support them. But that doesn't happen for everybody.'

Shelley noted that she left the industry and moved back to Fort Worth, Texas after her brother was diagnosed with spinal cancer and the movie offers began to dry up, explaining: 'It's the longest sabbatical I ever took but it was for really important reasons - to get in touch with my family again.' 

Shelley did, however, have a brief return to Hollywood in 2023 in The Forest Hills.

She then elaborated on why she stepped away for good during an April conversation with The New York Times. 

'You didn't get paid much - just scale plus 10 percent,' the Annie Hall actress reflected. 'They thought women would just marry and the husband's going to support them. But that doesn't happen for everybody'

'I was a star, I had leading roles,' Shelley said. 'People think it's just aging, but it's not. It's violence.'

Although she stayed mum about what kind of violence she endured, Shelley asked the writer how they would feel if people were really nice and then, suddenly, 'on a dime, turn on you.' 

The interview also revealed that the '70s star would often sleep in her white SUV - which was 'crammed with used takeout containers.'

Shelley died at her home in Blanco, Texas just four days after her 75th birthday. 

Her partner of 35 years, Dan Gilroy, whom she met in 1990 on the set of Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme, announced the news. 

He told The Hollywood Reporter that his 'dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us. Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley.'