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Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver was born on the 24th February 1951 in St. Thomas in Ontario in Canada. In 1978 she won a Canadian Film Award for her role as "Ann MacDonald" in the film In Praise of Older Women.
In 1985, she appeared in the film Desert Hearts as Vivian Bell with Audra Lindley and Patricia Charbonneau as a 1950s university professor, who falls in love with another woman, for which she won the Bronze Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival.
In 1986, Helen starred alongside Paul Newman, as his love interest Janelle in The Color of Money which also stars Tom Cruise and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Helen has starred in the films called The Craft with Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and Neve Campbell, The Park Is Mine opposite Tommy Lee Jones and Harry Tracy with Bruce Dern and Michael Gwynne.
Other roles include The Osterman Weekend as Virginia Tremayne alongside John Hurt, Rutger Hauer and Dennis Hopper and in Best Defense as Clair Lewis opposite Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy and Kate Capshaw.
She has also appeared in The Edison Twins in the episodes called Gems And Jelly Beans, The Case Of The Friendly Fugitive and The Maharajah Of Weston as Phyllis Dayton along with Andrew Sabiston, Marnie McPhail, Sunny Besen Thrasher and Elva Mai Hoover.
She has also appeared in The Believers as Jessica Halliday with Martin Sheen, Robert Loggia and Jimmy Smits, Murder So Sweet opposite Harry Hamlin and in The Keeper again alongside Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento.
Helen has been in Sniper - 23 Days Of Fear In Washington D.C. along with Charles S. Dutton, Jay O. Sanders, Bobby Hosea and Trent Cameron, The Land Before Time as Lightfoot's mother opposite Gabriel Damon, Candace Hutson, Judith Barsi, Will Ryan and Pat Hingle and The Sweetest Gift as Mrs Martin with Diahann Carroll.
Another role was as Carolyn in The Amityville Horror with Margot Kidder, James Brolin and Rod Steiger and in Many Happy Returns as Sally Robinson alongside George Segal.
Other roles were in High Ballin as Pickup with Peter Fonda, Starship Invasions as Betty Duncan alongside Robert Vaughn and Christopher Lee and in Numb as Audrey with Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins and Kevin Pollak.
Other tv roles include playing the part of a murderer in Columbo: Rest In Peace, Mrs. Columbo, and also starring in T. J. Hooker with William Shatner and Heather Locklear, Hill Street Blues, and in the title role of the short lived series Jessica Novak with Lara Parker and Kip Gilman.
In 2000, she won a Genie Award for her portrayal of a drug-addicted prostitute, in the independent feature We All Fall Down as Sherry opposite Martin Cummins and Darcy Belsher.
In 2003, Helen won a Gemini award for best direction in a dramatic tv series for the drama called Just Cause.
Helen Shaver is also a director, and has worked on The Outer Limits, Judging Amy, Joan of Arcadia, Medium, The OC, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The L Word and Jericho.
She has also worked on The Unit with Robert Patrick, Scott Foley, Dennis Haysbert, Audrey Marie Anderson and Regina Taylor - this series is listed on lovefilm as Unit, The - Season 1 and Unit, The - Season 3 for anyone interested in watching it.
She has also been in Journeyman with Reed Diamond, Moon Bloodgood, Brian Howe and Kevin McKidd.
She made her feature-length directorial debut in 1999 with Summer's End. This film won an Emmy.
Helen starred in Tremors 2 - Aftershocks as Kate "White" Reilly alongside Fred Ward and Christopher Gartin.
She has also starred as Dr. Rachel Corrigan, in Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 1, Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 2, Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 3 and Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 4 with Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins and Robbi Chong. She stars as a psychiatrist who is helped by the Legacy in the pilot episode. Impressed by her skills and strength of character, Derek the leader of The Legacy, invites Rachel to join his team.
Further tv director roles were in th shows Private Practice and Crusoe.
Another role was in A Very Merry Daughter Of The Bride as Rose opposite Joanna Garcia, Luke Perry and Jason Priestley.

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Classic! 22 April 2006
... the use of Patsy Cline songs! Quite sexy, and great central perfomance from Helen Shaver. ... Read customer review

Helen Shaver - filmography

Crusoe, Episode 10 - The Hunting Party (2009)
Starring: Philip Winchester, Tongai Arnold Chirisa, Sam Neill
Director: Helen Shaver, Duane Clark
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Crusoe finds himself the target of a manhunt by an elite team of warriors. When Crusoe falls prey to one of the warriors, Friday sets out to free his friend from their leader.

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Crusoe (3 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Philip Winchester, Emma Barnett, Richard Bremmer
Director: Alex Chapple, Duane Clark, Helen Shaver
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Author Daniel Dafoe's timeless novel gets the small screen treatment in this television series following a young traveller who winds up shipwrecked on a secluded tropical island for twenty-eight years. Robinson Crusoe left his one true love behind in order to seek out adventure on the open seas, ..read more »

64% from 103 members

Numb on DVD (2007)
Starring: Matthew Perry, Lynn Collins, Kevin Pollak
Director: Harris Goldberg
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Hudson Milbank (Matthew Perry) is convinced that he's going insane. But he's just met the perfect girl (Lynn Collins, The Lake House) and struggles to be his most charming self. Meanwhile, he frantically seeks a cure for his anxieties and goes through a string of therapists who turn out to be ..read more »

56% from 1,339 member

The Unit - Season 3 (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: Dennis Haysbert, Audrey Marie Anderson, Regina Taylor
Director: Vahan Moosekian, Steven DePaul, Helen Shaver
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From executive producers Shawn Ryan (The Shield, Angel) and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright David Mamet. They are The Unit, a covert Special Forces team operating outside the usual military chain of command. Whether stateside or aboard, these heroes are on the frontlines protecting U.S. citizens ..read more »

87% from 1,334 member

The Unit - Season 1 (4 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Robert Patrick, Dennis Haysbert, Scott Foley
Director: David Mamet, Helen Shaver, Steve Gomer
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"The Unit" is an all-exploding, all-shooting, action cavalcade, featuring a covert team of Special Forces operatives risking their lives in undercover missions in far-flung locations, while their families try to live normal lives, patiently waiting at home and guarding their loved ones' secrets.

78% from 2,263 members

Sniper - 23 Days Of Fear In Washington D.C. on DVD (2004)
Starring: Charles S. Dutton, Jay O. Sanders, Bobby Hosea
Director: Tom McLoughlin
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It's the Autumn of 2002 and the city of Washington is under siege by an unknown gunman. October 2nd sees the start of twenty three days of relentless terror endured by the local inhabitants as random human targets are selected as they go about their daily business. Police Chief Charles Moose (..read more »

49% from 1,840 member

The 4400 - The Complete First Season (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Laura Allen
Director: Helen Shaver, Yves Simoneau, David Straiton
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When 4400 alien abductees return to earth just as mysteriously as they vanished, the Department of Homeland Security demands answers. But even more pressing than the concerns of the government are the experiences of the 4400 victims as they readjust to life on earth. Upon their return, these ..read more »

73% from 12,774 members

The Keeper on DVD (2003)
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Helen Shaver
Director: Paul Lynch
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An exotic dancer, Gina (Asia Argento) is attacked in her motel after the show. Her boyfriend is killed during the attack, but the assailant is interrupted and flees before he can kill Gina as well. The police investigators are both sympathetic. The young and enthusiastic Sgt. Burns is determined to ..read more »

40% from 1,288 member

Summer's End (1998)
Starring: James Earl Jones, Jake LeDoux, Wendy Crewson
Director: Helen Shaver
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Two brothers (Jake LeDoux) and Brendan Fletcher) are still reeling from the traumatic death of their father when their mother (Wendy Crewson) decides they'll spend the summer at the family's cottage by a Georgia lake. A retired back physician (James Earl Jones) is also spending his summer by the ..read more »

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Poltergeist The Legacy - Season 1 (5 discs) on DVD (1996)
Starring: Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong
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Reminiscent of 'The X-Files' but with more of a horror bent; 'Poltergeist' posits a world that is forever poised between the realms of good and evil. There to maintain the balance is a secret society known as the Legacy, which has policed the Earth since time immemorial working to keep the Dark ..read more »

55% from 827 members

The Craft on DVD (1996)
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell
Director: Andrew Fleming
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After killing her mother in childbirth, growing up in San Francisco with her father and stepmother, attempting suicide, and moving to Los Angeles, Sarah (Robin Tunney) makes a brief stab at popularity at her new Catholic high school. Ostracized due to the untrue kiss-and-tell tales of football ..read more »

65% from 8,216 members

The Craft - Blu-ray (1996)
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell
Director: Andrew Fleming
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Four teenage girls, outsiders in their clique-ridden religious school, find an outlet for their pent-up hostilities when they form a supernatural coven. Armed with the power of the craft, these novice witches gleefully take vengeance on their enemies, but ultimately their indiscriminate use of ..read more »

66% from 288 members
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Tremors 2 - Aftershocks on DVD (1995)
Starring: Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver
Director: S.S. Wilson
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The foul-smelling "Graboids" from the original comedy-science-fiction-thriller return to snack on more people in this long-awaited sequel. The original worm hunter is called out of retirement to save Mexican oil fields from the pesky subterranean critters, but they prove to be a bit tougher this ..read more »

59% from 2,891 members

Murder So Sweet on DVD (1993)
Starring: Harry Hamlin, Helen Shaver
Director: Larry Peerce
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Three ex-wives become suspicious when their ex-husband becomes a widower. Especially when it appears that his mother has stipulated in her will that another divorce will mean no inheritance.

41% from 17 members

The Believers on DVD (1987)
Starring: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross
Director: John Schlesinger
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Set in New York, this tense drama revolves around a tough police psychologist fighting to save his family from the evil workings of an ancient religion, while he also attempts to solve a series of evil ritualistic child murders.

53% from 306 members

The Color of Money on DVD (1986)
Starring: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese's THE COLOR OF MONEY picks up where Robert Rossen's 1961 film THE HUSTLER left off. Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman), now middle-aged, finds the image of his youthful self in a pool hustler named Vincent Lauria (Tom Cruise). Trying to relive his past days of glory through the cocky ..read more »

64% from 7,213 members

Desert Hearts (1985)
Starring: Audra Lindley, Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau
Director: Donna Deitch
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A repressed English professor goes to Reno intent on ending her twelve-year marriage in a quickie divorce. There she meets up with a fiery yet sensitive casino worker who forces her to confront emotions she has not experienced in years...

73% from 229 members
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Best Defense on DVD (1984)
Starring: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw
Director: Willard Huyck
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Wylie Cooper (Dudley Moore) is an Army engineer who is convinced a new super tank he designed bears some faulty equipment. T.M. Landry (Eddie Murphy) is an Army soldier who tests Cooper's tank in a combat zone in Kuwait two years later. The action cuts back and forth between the past and present as ..read more »

49% from 515 members

The Osterman Weekend (2 discs) on DVD (1983)
Starring: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Dennis Hopper
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Once a year John Tanner spends a long weekend with his three best friends from college. When he is approached by a CIA agent who has evidence proving that his three pals are actually spy's working with the Soviet Union, he reluctantly allows, his house to be wired with video surveillance equipment ..read more »

53% from 551 members

Harry Tracy (1982)
Starring: Bruce Dern, Helen Shaver, Michael Gwynne
Director: William A. Graham
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The adventurous story of a legendary outlaw whose wild escapades made him both a wanted criminal, and a popular folk hero.

23% from 3 members
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Helen Shaver facts

5 most recent films

Crusoe, Episode 10 - The Hunting Party - 3 stars
Crusoe - 3.0 stars
Numb - 3.0 stars
The Unit - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
The Unit - Season 1 - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Unit - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
The Unit - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
Desert Hearts - 3.5 stars
The 4400 - The Complete First Season - 3.5 stars
The Craft - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Summer's End - 3 stars
Harry Tracy - 2.0 stars
Murder So Sweet - 2.0 stars
The Keeper - 2.0 stars
Best Defense - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Scott Foley - 9 times - show films
Abby Brammell - 9 times - show films
Robert Patrick - 9 times - show films
Dennis Haysbert - 9 times - show films
Mark Dexter - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 6 times - show films
Duane Clark - 6 times - show films
Steve Gomer - 5 times - show films
David Mamet - 5 times - show films
Oz S - 5 times - show films