7.6
7.6
Birthday Cake
2013
as Judith Ferguson
Helen Shaver
Directing
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Helen Shaver (born February 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress and film and television director. After appearing in a number of Canadian movies, she received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress for her performance in the romantic drama In Praise of Older Women (1978). She later appeared in the films The Amityville Horror (1979), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Desert Hearts (1985), The Color of Money (1986), The Believers (1987), The Craft (1996), Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996) and Down River (2013). She received another Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress nomination for the 1986 drama film Lost!, and won a Best Supporting Actress for We All Fall Down (2000). Shaver also starred in some short-lived television series, including United States (1980) and Jessica Novak (1981), and from 1996 to 1999 starred in the Showtime horror series, Poltergeist: The Legacy, for which she received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television nomination. In the mid-1990s, Shaver began working as a television director, directing more than 50 shows. She won three Directors Guild of Canada Awards, one Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film, two Canadian Screen Awards, and three Women's Image Network Awards. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for directing the 1999 television movie Summer's End and in 2020 made her big screen debut with the drama film Happy Place. In 2004, Shaver was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame.
Filmography (71 movies)
7.4
7.4
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Wallis
7.2
7.2
The Land Before Time
1988
as Littlefoot's Mother (voice)
7.2
7.2
Summer's End
2000
Director
7.0
7.0
Desert Hearts
1985
as Vivian Bell
7.0
7.0
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004
as Self
6.9
6.9
The Color of Money
1986
as Janelle
6.9
6.9
Without Consent
1994
as Nora Fields
6.8
6.8
Who Has Seen the Wind
1977
as Ruth Thompson
6.8
6.8
The Craft
1996
as Grace
6.4
6.4
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
2003
as Sandy Moose
6.3
6.3
That Night
1992
as Ann O'Connor
6.3
6.3
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1996
as Kate 'White' Reilly
6.3
6.3
The Amityville Horror
1979
as Carolyn
6.0
6.0
Lost!
1986
6.0
6.0
The Believers
1987
as Jessica Halliday
5.9
5.9
Countdown to Looking Glass
1984
as Dorian Waldorf
5.8
5.8
Numb
2007
as Audrey Milbank
5.8
5.8
Souls of Totality
2018
5.7
5.7
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
2008
as Rose
5.7
5.7
The War Boy
1985
as Maria
5.6
5.6
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Virginia Tremayne
5.6
5.6
Zebrahead
1992
as Diane
5.6
5.6
Harry Tracy, Desperado
1982
as Catherine Tuttle
5.5
5.5
Morning Glory
1993
as Lula Peak
5.5
5.5
The Park Is Mine
1986
as Valery
5.5
5.5
Down River
2013
as Pearl
5.4
5.4
Fatal Memories
1992
as Elaine Tipton
5.4
5.4
Shoot
1976
as Paula
5.3
5.3
Bear with Me
2000
as Sara Bradley
5.3
5.3
Born to Be Wild
1995
as Margaret Heller
5.3
5.3
Outrageous!
1977
as Jo
5.2
5.2
High-Ballin'
1978
as Pickup
5.2
5.2
The Man Who Lost Himself
2005
Director
5.0
5.0
Pair of Aces
1990
as Rose
5.0
5.0
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1978
as Patty
5.0
5.0
Survive The Night
1993
as Stacy
5.0
5.0
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
as Mrs. Dowd
5.0
5.0
The Sweetest Gift
1998
as Mrs. Martin
5.0
5.0
Happy Place
2020
Director
4.9
4.9
In Praise of Older Women
1978
as Ann MacDonald
4.7
4.7
Common Ground
2000
as Janet
4.4
4.4
The Keeper
2004
as Ruthie
4.3
4.3
Best Defense
1984
as Claire
4.2
4.2
The Naked Man
1976
4.2
4.2
Falling For You
1995
as Mary
4.2
4.2
Open Season
1995
as Rachel Rowen
4.2
4.2
Due East
2002
Director
4.0
4.0
The Risen
2003
as Lynn Todd
3.8
3.8
Many Happy Returns
1986
as Sally Robinson
3.0
3.0
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1994
as Monique
3.0
3.0
Rowing Through
1996
as Slim
2.9
2.9
Starship Invasions
1977
as Betty Duncan
2.9
2.9
Gas
1981
as Rhonda
2.0
2.0
We All Fall Down
1999
as Sherry
2.0
2.0
Coming Out Alive
1980
as Isobel
1.0
1.0
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
1994
as Monique Dessier
1.0
1.0
Trial & Error
1993
as Katherine Woodfield
Trial and Error
1993
as Katherine Woodfield
Murder So Sweet
1993
as Edie Ballew
Walking After Midnight
1988
as Self
Between Two Brothers
1982
as Susan Frazer
The Supreme Kid
1976
as Girl hitch-hiker
Ride with the Wind
1994
as Katherine Barnes
Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts
2017
as Self
Tree of Hands
1989
as Benet Archdale
Calling the Shots
1988
as Self
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1989
as Claire Nichols
The Overlanders
1974
as Mrs. O'Mara
No Blame
1988
as Amy
Ultra
2006
Director
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