Adrienne Shelley - the story of a short life and posthumous fame (11 photos)

It seems that this miniature girl with Bambi's doe eyes and a shock of luxurious blond hair was doomed to success and fame. But the latter came to Adrienne only after death.





Adrienne Shelley was born in 1966 in Queens. The girl graduated from Boston University and made her film debut in the films “The Incredible Truth” and “Trust.”



Closer to 30, the actress was tired of the expectations that Hollywood placed on her, given her girly-girl type: be cute, be sexy, be desirable in order to stay trendy. And the woman decided to try herself as a screenwriter and director, taking into account her accumulated acting experience.





In a new capacity, Adrienne appeared in the 1994 film “Urban Legend.” She also played the lead role in the 1997 film Unexpected Manhattan.



With daughter and husband

The next successful attempt at writing was the painting “I’ll Take You There...” in 1999. The actress also participated as a guest star in popular shows and television series, including Law and Order and Homicide: Life on the Street.



"The Incredible Truth"

The last work in which Shelley took part as a director and screenwriter was “Waitress” in 2006.



On the first day of November that year, Adrienne was found by her husband, Andy Ostroy. The wife was hanging in the bathroom of her Manhattan office from a rope twisted from a sheet. After examining the premises, the police assumed that the woman had committed suicide.



"Unexpected Manhattan"

But a detailed inspection showed the presence of shoe prints of an unauthorized man in the room. In addition, Shelley's money was missing. Five days later, police announced the arrest of 19-year-old construction worker Diego Pillco, an Ecuadorian illegal immigrant who killed Adrienne.



"Waitress"

The guy said that a woman came into the room on the floor below, which he was renovating, and began to complain about the noise. At the trial, he changed his original testimony and admitted that Shelley caught him stealing money. Finding Diego in his office, she began to threaten the police. And Pillko strangled her, hanging her body in the bathroom to simulate suicide. The examination found that at that moment the actress was still alive...



Murderer

The court sentenced the killer to 25 years in prison without the right to parole.



Husband and adult daughter of the actress

The film "Waitress", released after Shelley's death, received the award for best screenplay. The episode featured the actress's little daughter Sophie. The girl actually knows her mother only from photographs and films, since her daughter was only three years old at the time of her death.



The film was made into a Broadway musical, which became a tribute to the memory and gratitude of a talented woman whose life was cut short by banal human greed.