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.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.972 |
| Birthday | 1951-02-24 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada |
| Also Known As | Helen Jane Shaver, |
1985
Desert Hearts
7/146
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named...
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Desert Hearts
2003
D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
6.385/26
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A m...
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D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear
1996
Tremors 2: Aftershocks
6.245/934
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican o...
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Tremors 2: Aftershocks
1984
Best Defense
4.1/111
An engineer fails to get the bugs out of a tank before an Army officer has to use it in Kuwait.
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Best Defense
1986
The Color of Money
6.8/1342
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and propo...
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The Color of Money
1987
The Believers
6/151
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly...
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The Believers
1983
The Osterman Weekend
5.616/172
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy...
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The Osterman Weekend
1996
The Craft
6.8/1853
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rival...
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The Craft
1992
That Night
6.355/62
A coming-of-age story about an eleven-year-old girl who idolizes her troubled sixteen-year-old neighbor.
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That Night
1984
Countdown to Looking Glass
5.9/15
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of...
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Countdown to Looking Glass
2004
The Keeper
4.6/29
When an apparently exemplary cop abducts and secretly imprisons a beautiful dancer, a deadly battle of wills between captor and captive ensues.
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The Keeper
1977
Outrageous!
5.6/16
Gay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that he'll someday find the courage to perform in drag himsel...
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Outrageous!
1977
Starship Invasions
3.1/20
Captain Rameses and his Legion of the Winged Serpent brigade are out to claim Earth for their dying race. Out to save Earth is an alien guard patrol l...
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Starship Invasions
1974
The Overlanders
0/0
The year is 1862. The settings. The Canadian northwest. The lure is gold. Nine men, two women (one of them pregnant), and a young boy begin the odysse...
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The Overlanders
2000
Bear with Me
5.1/8
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild. Three years go...
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Bear with Me
1994
Without Consent
7/7
After being sent to an abusive psychiatric facility by her well-meaning parents, a rebellious teenager must fight for her release.
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Without Consent
1995
Born to Be Wild
5.4/37
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage...
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Born to Be Wild
1986
The Park Is Mine
5.5/49
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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The Park Is Mine
2008
A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
5.7/19
A wedding planner looks to persuade her mother not to marry a man she's only known for a brief period of time, until an unexpected development forces...
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A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
1978
High-Ballin'
5.4/13
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the...
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High-Ballin'
1982
Harry Tracy, Desperado
5.6/7
By the turn of the 20th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, Billy the Kid and virtually all of the West's legendary outlaws are either dead or i...
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Harry Tracy, Desperado
1996
Rowing Through
2/1
Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olymp...
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Rowing Through
1978
In Praise of Older Women
5.4/11
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by gi...
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In Praise of Older Women
1995
Falling For You
4/4
When Meg gets thrown out of her apartment window by a serial killer, she's determined to make him pay. But finding this criminal might be difficult co...
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Falling For You
1980
Coming Out Alive
2/1
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
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Coming Out Alive
1988
No Blame
0/0
Amy Donaldson, a successful fashion editor of City Magazine, is married to Carl, an accountant, and they have one young son, Brian. Amy is pregnant an...
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No Blame
1998
The Sweetest Gift
5/2
Two neighboring families in Florida, one black and one white, struggle with the problems of race, poverty, prejudice, and absent fathers, as their chi...
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The Sweetest Gift
2013
Down River
5.5/2
Down River is the emotionally stirring story of three young women teetering on the edge between creative breakthroughs and personal breakdowns, and th...
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Down River
1988
The Land Before Time
7.1/2514
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive a...
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The Land Before Time
2003
The Risen
6/1
A pregnant woman has an emergency operation to save her life but comes out of the procedure with amnesia.
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The Risen
1993
Survive The Night
5/2
On their way home from Brooklyn, psychiatrist Vic, daughter Julie and sister Stacey run short of gas. They leave the highway to search for a petrol st...
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Survive The Night
1978
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
5/1
A sequel to "A Circle of Children" (1977). A teacher of "emotionally disturbed" children takes on a new student who is considered to be "untrainable"...
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Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
5.3/9
True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1992
Fatal Memories
5.3/6
Fact based story about a woman who after 20 years starts having memories of her own molestation by her father and the murder of one of her childhood p...
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Fatal Memories
1993
Murder So Sweet
0/0
A hometown heartthrob (Harry Hamlin) marries the local beauties and then poisons them in this true story of a real lady killer. His ex-wife suspects t...
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Murder So Sweet
1988
Walking After Midnight
0/0
Explores the past-life experiences of various celebrities.
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Walking After Midnight
1990
Pair of Aces
5/2
A Texas Ranger has to protect his two daughters as he investigates a serial killer who is attacking cheerleaders. Meanwhile he finds himself working w...
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Pair of Aces
1982
Between Two Brothers
0/0
Bob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less polished brother, Russ, who runs the family business a...
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Between Two Brothers
1993
Morning Glory
5.2/8
An ex-convict who is on parole is accused of murdering a loose woman in the town where he works.
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Morning Glory
2007
Numb
5.8/100
Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after d...
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Numb
1977
Who Has Seen the Wind
7.2/4
The coming-of-age of adolescent Brian O'Connal in small town Depression-era Saskatchewan is told. The son of the local pharmacist Gerald O'Connal, Bri...
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Who Has Seen the Wind
1976
Shoot
5.4/5
When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five combat veterans also hunting in the Canadian hills, it i...
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Shoot
2013
Birthday Cake
7.6/7
Soap actor Steven and his husband Daniel decide to throw the ultimate first birthday party for their daughter. What Daniel doesn’t know is that Steven...
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Birthday Cake
2000
Common Ground
4.7/17
This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's an...
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Common Ground
1994
The Forget-Me-Not Murders
4/3
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is thought to be targeting the policeman's god-daughter.
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The Forget-Me-Not Murders
1987
The Grand Knockout Tournament
6/2
The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on...
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
1976
The Naked Man
4.6/9
Indian child grows up to seek revenge on the man that raped and murdered his parents.
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The Naked Man
1992
Zebrahead
5.5/20
Interracial love story set in Detroit.
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Zebrahead
1989
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
0/0
A single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.
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Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1986
Many Happy Returns
3.8/2
In this satire of the I.R.S., George Segal plays an Average Joe targeted for the Audit from Hell. His bank accounts are frozen, his home and business...
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Many Happy Returns
1981
Gas
3.5/6
Susan Anspach stars in this comedy as a news reporter who investigates a story about stolen milk causing milk and gas prices to rise. During the cours...
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Gas
1985
The War Boy
5.7/3
The 12-year-old son of a freedom fighter grows up fast in World War II Yugoslavia.
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The War Boy
1999
The Wishing Tree
7.4/5
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a loca...
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The Wishing Tree
1979
The Amityville Horror
6.3/908
George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy...
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The Amityville Horror
2017
Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts
0/0
DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deit...
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Women in Love: Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau on Desert Hearts
1986
Lost!
6/1
Bob and his wife Linda accompany his brother Jim on a sailing cruise to Costa Rica, where Jim will start as a missionary. In a terrible storm their bo...
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Lost!
2018
Souls of Totality
6/10
A love story set during the Great American Eclipse.
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Souls of Totality
1989
Tree of Hands
0/0
A woman is attempting to cope with her son's tragic death when her mother arrives on an ill-timed visit with her own remedies.
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Tree of Hands
1999
We All Fall Down
3/2
In this dark independent drama, Michael (Darcy Belsher) is an out of work actor who has been trying to pull himself out of a downward spiral of drug a...
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We All Fall Down
1984
Body Double
6.77/780
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While...
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Body Double
1976
The Supreme Kid
0/0
Two Canadian drifters (Frank Moore, Jim Henshaw) become involved in crime after meeting unsavoury characters.
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The Supreme Kid
1994
Ride with the Wind
0/0
Frank Shelby is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets K...
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Ride with the Wind
1988
Calling the Shots
0/0
Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.
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Calling the Shots
1994
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
0/0
Police lieutenant Frank Janek is investigating a series of murders in a building owned by a famous Broadway producer.
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Janek: The Silent Betrayal
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
0/0
Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weekend".
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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
1995
Open Season
3/2
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
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Open Season
1993
Trial & Error
1/1
The young and ambitious district attorney Peter Hudson is convinced that the defendant Andrew Barnes in his current case is guilty, and that winning t...
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Trial & Error
1986
The Men's Club
4.2/13
Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.
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