ACTOR

Helen Shaver

1951 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Shaver has received more than 1,278,590 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Helen Shaver is the 6,744th most popular actor (down from 6,663rd in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 568th in 2019) and the 181st most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Helen Shavers by language

Over the past year Helen Shaver has had the most page views in the with 179,742 views, followed by German (12,321), and Italian (7,690). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (291.67%), Southern Azerbaijani (69.68%), and Arabic (67.80%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helen Shaver ranks 6,744 out of 13,578. Before her are Aure Atika, Yang Yang, Maisie Williams, Erika Buenfil, Beah Richards, and Diana Serra Cary. After her are Daisuke Namikawa, Gaby Espino, Erin Gray, Reginald Denny, George Brent, and Toby Kebbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Helen Shaver ranks 521. Before her are Pamela Bellwood, Robin Sachs, Claude Bartolone, Mohamed Ben Rehaiem, Gunnar Larsson, and Mohammad Reza Aref. After her are Gyula Sax, Ria Stalman, Demetrios Christodoulou, Nedim Gürsel, Žarko Varajić, and Franciszek Gągor.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Helen Shaver ranks 573 out of 1,622. Before her are Mac DeMarco (1990), Jagmeet Singh (1979), Herb Drury (1896), Hilarion Kapral (1948), Yvonne Brill (1924), and Teryl Rothery (1962). After her are Hilda Strike (1910), Claude Vivier (1948), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Daniel David Palmer (1845), William Diller Matthew (1871), and Robert H. MacArthur (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Helen Shaver ranks 181. Before her are Dorothy Stratten (1960), Wilfred Lucas (1871), Michael Cera (1988), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ken Kirzinger (1959), and Teryl Rothery (1962). After her are Mackenzie Davis (1987), Estella Warren (1978), Enrico Colantoni (1963), Leslie Hope (1965), Alexander Ludwig (1992), and Michael Mando (1981).

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Television and Movie Roles

Tremors 2: Aftershocks
Kate 'White' Reilly
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 wrangle them are veteran Earl Bassett and survivalist Burt Gummer. Add to that team a young punk out for cash and a fearless scientist, and the critters don't stand a chance.
Apr 9o 19966.239 / 10
The Color of Money
Janelle
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 proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
Oct 17o 19866.857 / 10
The Land Before Time
Littlefoot's Mother (voice)
An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive.
Nov 18o 19887.121 / 10