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Helen Shaver

Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver
Born: Feb 24, 1951 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Actor, Director,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Career Highlights: The Color of Money, Desert Hearts, Bethune: The Making of a Hero
First Major Screen Credit: The Supreme Kid (1976)
16 Videos for Helen Shaver
Numb (2007) That Night (1992) The Believers (1987)
The Keeper (2004) Trial and Error (1992) Desert Hearts (1985)
Rowing Through (1996) Zebrahead (1992) Best Defense (1984)
The Craft (1996) Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1989) The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Born to Be Wild (1995) The Land Before Time (1988) The Amityville Horror (1979)
Open Season (1995)
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Biography:

Classically trained at the Banff School of Fine Arts and celebrated in her native country for her brilliant stage interpretations of Shaw and Ibsen, Canadian actress Helen Shaver made her American debut in, of all things, a TV sitcom -- 1980's United States. Neither this nor her second series Jessica Novak (1981) was successful, but she remained in demand in films and theatre productions in both the U.S.

and Canada. The best of Shaver's many movie roles include fortyish Ann MacDonald in In Praise of Older Women (filmed in 1978, when she was 25) and Paul Newman's ever-patient lady friend in The Color of Money (1986). Additionally, Shaver was showcased in several made-for-TV movies, among them Lovey: A Circle of Children 2 (1978) and This Park is Mine (1985).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.