Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and director. She attended the Banff School of Fine Arts and studied Acting at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She started acting at 18, collaborating with industry giants like Scorsese and Spielberg. Her performances earned awards—Theatreworld Award for "Jake’s Woman," Genies for "In Praise of Older Women" (Best Actress) and "Who Has Seen the Wind" (Best Supporting Actress). Transitioning to directing, she helmed episodes for various series and directed Emmy-winning films like "Summer’s End." Despite childhood illness, her resilience led her to study acting and excel in her craft.
The Craft
as GraceA Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against...
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Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has...
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The Land Before Time
as Littlefoot's Mother (voice)An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A...
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Body Double
as Gloria Revelle (voice) (uncredited)After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets...
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The Amityville Horror
as CarolynGeorge Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and...
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The Color of Money
as JanelleFormer pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a...
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Desert Hearts
as Vivian BellWhile waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself...
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The Osterman Weekend
as Virginia TremayneThe host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited...
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The Believers
as Jessica HallidayMourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son,...
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Numb
as Audrey MilbankHudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself...
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Best Defense
as ClaireAn engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
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Born to Be Wild
as Margaret HellerRick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of...
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The Park Is Mine
as ValeryA Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in...
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That Night
as Ann O'ConnorA coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old...
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In Praise of Older Women
as Ann MacDonaldAndras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the...
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D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
as Sandy MooseBased on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six...
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High-Ballin'
as PickupWhen a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig...
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The Men's Club
as Sarah (uncredited)Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
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A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
as RoseA wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief...
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Starship Invasions
as Betty DuncanCaptain Rameses and his Legion of the Winged Serpent brigade are out to claim Earth for their...
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Survive The Night
as StacyOn their way home from Brooklyn, psychiatrist Vic, daughter Julie and sister Stacey run short of...
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Harry Tracy, Desperado
as Catherine TuttleBy the turn of the 20th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Billy the Kid and virtually...
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The Keeper
as RuthieWhen an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly...
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Without Consent
as Nora FieldsAfter being sent to an abusive psychiatric facility by her well-meaning parents, a rebellious...
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Birthday Cake
as Judith FergusonSoap actor Steven and his husband Daniel decide to throw the ultimate first birthday party for...
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Pair of Aces
as RoseA Texas Ranger has to protect his two daughters as he investigates a serial killer who is...
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Morning Glory
as Lula PeakAn ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
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The War Boy
as MariaThe 12-year-old son of a freedom fighter grows up fast in World War II Yugoslavia.
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Souls of Totality
as uncreditedA love story set during the Great American Eclipse.
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Common Ground
as JanetThis movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of...
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The Forget-Me-Not Murders
as MoniqueA detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's...
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Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
as Claire NicholsA single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.
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Countdown to Looking Glass
as Dorian WaldorfA fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of...
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Fatal Memories
as Elaine TiptonFact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation...
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Mrs. DowdTrue story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise...
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Bear with Me
as Sara BradleyAn orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise...
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Falling For You
as MaryWhen Meg gets thrown out of her apartment window by a serial killer, she's determined to make...
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Gas
as RhondaSusan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk...
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Open Season
as Rachel RowenWhen the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but...
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Who Has Seen the Wind
as Ruth ThompsonThe coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is...
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The Wishing Tree
as WallisWhen her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to...
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Calling the Shots
as SelfDocumentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors...
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Murder So Sweet
as Edie BallewA hometown heartthrob (Harry Hamlin) marries the local beauties and then poisons them in this...
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Outrageous!
as JoGay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that...
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as SelfTestimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman...
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The Sweetest Gift
as Mrs. MartinTwo neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of...
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The Naked Man
as uncreditedIndian child grows up to seek revenge on the man that raped and murdered his parents.
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Ride with the Wind
as Katherine BarnesFrank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have...
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Trial & Error
as Katherine WoodfieldThe young and ambitious district attorney Peter Hudson is convinced that the defendant Andrew...
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Coming Out Alive
as IsobelA woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
as PattyA sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes...
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The Risen
as Lynn ToddA pregnant woman has an emergency operation to save her life but comes out of the procedure with...
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Many Happy Returns
as Sally RobinsonIn this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from...
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Lost!
as uncreditedBob and his wife Linda accompany his brother Jim on a sailing cruise to Costa Rica, where Jim...
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Shoot
as PaulaWhen boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five...
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Walking After Midnight
as SelfExplores the past-life experiences of various celebrities.
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We All Fall Down
as SherryIn this dark independent drama, Michael (Darcy Belsher) is an out of work actor who has been...
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Between Two Brothers
as Susan FrazerBob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less...
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The Supreme Kid
as Girl hitch-hikerTwo Canadian drifters (Frank Moore, Jim Henshaw) become involved in crime after meeting...
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Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts
as SelfDESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and...
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Tree of Hands
as Benet ArchdaleA woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an...
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Columbo
as Vivian DimitriColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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Hill Street Blues
as uncreditedA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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The L Word
as Faye BuckleyA group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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The 4400
as Barbara Yates4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing,...
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The Outer Limits
as Cathy KressAnthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...
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T. J. Hooker
as Lisa JerichoSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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Amazing Stories
as KarenA truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...
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The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Miss HaightA Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...
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The Education of Max Bickford
as Erica BettisThe Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It...
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Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Rachel Corrigan, MDThe adventures of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to...
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B.L. Stryker
as uncreditedB.L. Stryker is an American detective drama that aired on ABC from February 13, 1989 to May 5,...
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Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
as Belle DelaguerraPhilip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom...
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WIOU
as Kelby RobinsonWIOU is an American television drama series, which aired on CBS in 1990 and 1991. The show is...
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Jessica Novak
as uncreditedJessica Novak is a 1981 drama television series that aired on CBS from November 5, 1981 till...
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Search and Rescue
as Dr. Liz WarrenSearch and Rescue is the title of a family-oriented adventure television series which was a...
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