Diego pillco an ecuadorean immigrant
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Murder of Adrienne Shelly
Adrienne Levine (June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006), better known by the stage name Adrienne Shelly (sometimes credited as Adrienne Shelley), was an American actress, director and screenwriter.
Making her name in independent films such as 1989's The Unbelievable Truth and 1990's Trust, Shelly transitioned to a writing and directing career in subsequent years. She wrote, co-starred in, and directed the 2007 film Waitress, which won fem awards and numerous film festival accolades.
On November 1, 2006, Shelly was found dead in her Greenwich Village work studio. While initially thought a suicide, police later arrested a construction worker who confessed to murdering Shelly when she caught him robbing her apartment.
Shelly's husband afterwards established the Adrienne Shelly Foundation, that awards scholarships, production grants, finishing funds and living stipends to artists. In her commemoration, the Women Film Critics Circle gives an annu
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Adrienne Shelly
American actress and filmmaker (1966–2006)
Adrienne Shelly | |
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Shelly in 1992 | |
| Born | Adrienne Levine (1966-06-24)June 24, 1966 Queens, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 2006(2006-11-01) (aged 40) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Homicide by strangulation and hanging[1] |
| Other names | Adrienne Shelley |
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| Years active | 1989–2006 |
| Spouse | Andy Ostroy (m. 2002) |
| Children | 1[3] |
Adrienne Shelly (néeLevine; June 24, 1966 – November 1, 2006) was an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her roles in independent films, particularly Hal Hartley's The Unbelievable Truth (1989) and Trust (1990). She later wrote, directed, and co-starred in Waitress (2007), which was released posthumously and later adapted into a Broadwaymusical
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ACTRESS SET OFF ILLEGAL’S ‘KILLER’ RAGE BY CALLING HIM ‘S.O.B.’
A 19-year-old construction worker flipped out, hitting and strangling indie actress Adrienne Shelly with a bed sheet because she dared to call him a “son of a bitch,” police sources said yesterday.
Ecuadorian illegal immigrant Diego Pillco told cops he took that insult literally and became enraged during a confrontation with the pint-sized actress last week over noise he was making in the apartment below her Greenwich Village office, sources said.
Police also revealed that Shelly, 40, desperately tried to fight off the baby-faced worker during the attack, leaving scratch marks on his face.
“She didn’t go easily,” said a law-enforcement source.
Those and other details about Shelly’s killing emerged as Pillco was ordered held without bail on a charge of second-degree murder. On Monday, he allegedly confessed to the shocking crime and admitted s