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For which film did Duvall win the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress?

  • 3 Women

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**3 Women** earned Shelley Duvall her Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1977. Directed by Robert Altman, the film explores themes of identity, female relationships, and the complexity of human nature through the lives of three women living in a California desert town. Duvall's nuanced and introspective performance as the reserved Millie Lammoreaux played a pivotal role in conveying the film's psychological undertones.
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