Movies by Helen Shaver
As part of the cast:
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A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (2008)
Cast: Joanna Garcia, Luke Perry, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Leslie Hope
Concerned that her mother, Rose (Helen Shaver), is acting rashly, young wedding planner Roxanne (Joanna Garcia) tries to sabotage her mom's impending marriage. But when Roxanne discovers…
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Numb (2007)
Cast: Matthew Perry, Barry W. Levy, Kevin Pollak …
Directed by: Harris Goldberg
Obsessive loner Hudson Milbank (Matthew Perry) is an emotionally deadened screenwriter who seeks salvation from his libidinous psychiatrist (Oscar winner Mary Steenburgen) -- until he meets…
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The Keeper (2004)
Cast: Asia Argento, Dennis Hopper, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Paul Lynch
After living most of his life as a model citizen, morally upright cop Lt. Krebs (Dennis Hopper) reveals a darker side that he's kept hidden from everyone -- including himself -- when he…
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Bear With Me (2000)
Cast: Kaitlyn Burke, Michael Ontkean, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Paul Ziller
Emily (Kaitlyn Burke) is a pint-sized environmentalist who, at the tender age of 11, has already saved a bear cub (named Masha) from poachers and released it in the woods. When Emily, her…
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We All Fall Down (2000)
Cast: Barry Pepper, Ryan Reynolds, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Martin Cummins
Best friends Michael (Darcy Belsher) and Kris (Martin Cummins), an actor and an artist, respectively, are both talented young men whose lives are collapsing under their drug addiction. But…
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The Wishing Tree (1999)
Cast: Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice …
Directed by: Ivan Passer
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a local legend of the "Magic Man" (Blair…
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The Craft (1996)
Cast: Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk …
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
Robin Tunney stars in this supernatural thriller as Sarah Bailey, a Catholic school newcomer who falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross…
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Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1995)
Cast: Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Andy Wilson
Those supersucking desert creatures are back --- and this time they're south of the border. As the creatures worm their way through the oil fields of Mexico, the only people who can…
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Born to Be Wild (1995)
Cast: Wil Horneff, Jean Marie Barnwell, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: John Gray
When teenager Rick's (Wil Horneff) scientist mother punishes him by forcing him to clean up her animal lab, he doesn't expect to form a tight bond with a gorilla named Katie…
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Open Season (1995)
Cast: Lloyd Adams, Robert Wuhl, Eric Bryson …
Directed by: Robert Wuhl
A former exec at a television ratings firm makes the move to a public broadcasting station, where, due to a technical glitch, the channel's ratings suddenly skyrocket. Now, it's…
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Ride with the Wind (1994)
Cast: Max Gail, Craig T. Nelson, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Frank Shelby (Craig T. Nelson) 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 Katherine (Helen…
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Morning Glory (1993)
Cast: Deborah Raffin, Christopher Reeve, Lloyd Bochner …
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern
When recently widowed Elly Dinsmore (Deborah Raffin) hires ex-con Will Parker (Christopher Reeve) to help out on her farm, the situation proves healing for both. But just as they're…
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Fatal Memories (1992)
Cast: Shelley Long, Helen Shaver, David McIlwraith …
Directed by: Daryl Duke
A married mother of two, Eileen (Shelley Long) suddenly begins recalling repressed childhood memories of her father (Duncan Fraser) abusing her and killing her friend. But as she attempts to…
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Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo / Uneasy Lies the Crown (1990)
Cast: Peter Falk, Helen Shaver, Ian McShane …
Directed by: Vincent McEveety, Alan J. Levi
In Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo, Vivian (Helen Shaver), seeks revenge against all those responsible for her husband's death in prison, including Columbo (Peter Falk). Meanwhile, a dentist…
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The Land Before Time (1988)
Cast: Judith Barsi, Burke Byrnes, Gabriel Damon …
Directed by: Don Bluth
When an earth-shattering quake kills both of his parents, a young brontosaurus named Littlefoot teams with other orphaned dinosaurs to survive. Learning to work together, the youngsters…
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The Believers (1987)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross …
Directed by: John Schlesinger
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) is reluctantly drawn into a series of…
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The Color of Money (1986)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Paul Newman …
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
The Hustler isn't what he used to be in this continuation of the 1961 film: "Fast" Eddie Felson (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) has given up pool for life as a liquor salesman. But then he…
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Desert Hearts (1985)
Cast: Audra Lindley, Patricia Charbonneau, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Donna Deitch
Uptight literature professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) heads to Reno, Nev., in 1959 for a quickie divorce. While staying with Frances Parker (Audra Lindley) at her ranch to establish…
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Best Defense (1984)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw …
Directed by: Willard Huyck
Wylie Cooper (Dudley Moore) believes that a new super-tank he designed is a real lemon on treads. T.M. Landry (Eddie Murphy) is the Army grunt who puts Cooper's tank to the acid test…
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
An investigative reporter for a TV news show throws a big soiree every year to which he invites his closest friends. But the C.I.A. dumps a wet blanket on the festivities when they tell him…
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Harry Tracy (1982)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Helen Shaver, Michael C. Gwynne …
Directed by: William A. Graham
Based on the story of real-life train robber Harry Tracy (Bruce Dern), this Western follows the legendary outlaw who, after pulling off a series of heists, heads to Oregon to meet the woman…
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The Amityville Horror (1979)
Cast: James Brolin, Michael Sacks, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
This 1979 chiller is based on the reportedly true story of George Lutz (James Brolin) and his wife, Kathleen (Margot Kidder), who move into their Long Island dream house with their children.…
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In Praise of Older Women (1978)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Susan Strasberg …
Directed by: George Kaczender
Callow young Andras Vayda (Tom Berenger) is growing up fast in post-World War II Hungary. But he's a sexual anomaly -- at ease with mature ladies yet ill suited to girls his age. Before…
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High-Ballin' (1978)
Cast: Peter Fonda, Jerry Reed, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Peter Carter
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke (Jerry Reed) and his visiting friend, Rane (Peter Fonda), put the brakes on…
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Outrageous! (1977)
Cast: Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren, Richert Easley …
Directed by: Richard Benner
When his erstwhile high school chum Liza Connors (Hollis McLaren) shows up on his doorstep and tells him she's escaped from a mental institution, aspiring drag queen Robin Turner (Craig…
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Vanished: Season 1 (2006)
Cast: Gale Harold, Ming-Na Wen, John Allen Nelson …
Directed by: Stephen Cragg, Fred Keller, Helen Shaver …
When the wife (Joanne Kelly) of Sen. Jeffrey Collins (John Allen Nelson) goes missing at a swank event held in her honor, FBI agents Graham Kelton (Gale Harold) and Lin Mei (Ming-Na) are…
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Due East (2002)
Cast: Clara Bryant, Robert Forster, Kate Capshaw …
Directed by: Helen Shaver
Robert Forster, Kate Capshaw, Clara Bryant, Cybill Shepherd and Lynda Boyd star in this made-for-TV drama about Mary Faith Rapple, an overachieving high school senior who takes care of…