---
name: "Helen Shaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helen-shaw"
fi1m_id: "helen-shaw"
imdb_id: "nm0789753"
tmdb_id: 1515930
wikidata_id: "Q5703139"
roles: []
born: "25 July 1897"
died: "8 September 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T21:26:39.027637+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Helen Shaw

## Identity

Helen Shaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helen-shaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helen-shaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0789753
- **TMDB ID:** 1515930
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5703139
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5703139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1515930

Actor. Born 25 July 1897 in Michigan, USA. Died 8 September 1997.

## Details

- **Born:** 25 July 1897, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 8 September 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5703139, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0789753/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1515930

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Twilight Zone: The Movie*](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Helen Shaw was an American actress. She was born in Michigan in 1897 and died in Los Angeles, California, in 1997.

Shaw began her professional acting career in her early eighties. She appeared as Mrs. Dempsey in *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Grandma in *Parenthood* (1989) and Sadie in *Wicked Stepmother* (1989). She also had guest roles in television series including *Diff'rent Strokes*, *Highway to Heaven* and *Hell Town*, and appeared on *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, as Mrs. Dempsey — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Parenthood* (1989), as Grandma
- *Wicked Stepmother* (1989), as Sadie
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), as Mrs. Dempsey — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case* (1980), Actor

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