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name: "Shelley Thompson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shelley-thompson"
fi1m_id: "shelley-thompson"
imdb_id: "nm0860712"
tmdb_id: 68795
wikidata_id: "Q9300844"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:42:56.566214+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."
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# Shelley Thompson

## Identity

Shelley Thompson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shelley-thompson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shelley-thompson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0860712
- **TMDB ID:** 68795
- **Wikidata ID:** Q9300844
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9300844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68795

Actor. Born 9 March 1959 in Calgary, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 March 1959, Calgary, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_Thompson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9300844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68795

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Labyrinth*](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Shelley Thompson is a Canadian actress. Born in Calgary, Alberta, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and worked extensively in the United Kingdom before returning to Canada.

She played Sarah's stepmother in Jim Henson's *Labyrinth* (1986). Thompson is best known for her role as Barbara Lahey in the Canadian series *Trailer Park Boys* (2001–2018) and its film adaptations. Her other screen credits include *Haven* (2010), *Rookie Blue* (2010), *We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story* (1993) and *The Good House* (2021). She has also worked as a writer and director.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Labyrinth* (1986), Fi1m 74, as Stepmother — [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Paper* (2024), as Michelle
- *To the Moon* (2024), as Janet
- *Christmas Island* (2023), as Donna Leblanc
- *Sullivan's Crossing* (2023), series, as Claire Markiff
- *The Good House* (2021), as Nancy
- *I Am Syd Stone* (2020), series, as Marsha
- *Halloween Party* (2020), as Dr. Barbara Macail
- *I Am Syd Stone* (2020), as Marsha
- *Disco Apocalypse* (2020), Actor
- *Wharf Rats* (2020), as Farmer Edna
- *Tokens* (2019), series, as Betty
- *Diggstown* (2019), series, as Diana Harbour, Diana Dorey
- *Splinters* (2018), as Nancy
- *Season for Love* (2018), as Jo Dawson
- *The Child Remains* (2017), as Monica
- *Bunker 6* (2013), as Mary
- *There Are Monsters* (2013), as Lynn
- *Haven* (2010), series, as Dr. Portenza
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, as Mara Power
- *Trailer Park Boys: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys* (2008), as Barb Lahey
- *Trailer Park Boys: The Movie* (2006), as Barb Lahey
- *More Sex & the Single Mom* (2005), as Alycia
- *Sex & the Single Mom* (2003), as Emma
- *Trudeau* (2002), Actor
- *Trailer Park Boys* (2001), series, as Marriage Officiant, Barbara 'Barb' Lahey
- *Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111* (2000), as Wilma Vandervelt
- *When Innocence Is Lost* (1997), as Diane
- *We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story* (1993), as (voice)
- *Just Like a Woman* (1992), as Eleanor Tilson
- *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990), series, as Lauren — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/drop-the-dead-donkey.md)
- *Mike and Angelo* (1989), series, Actor
- *Labyrinth* (1986), as Stepmother — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)
- *The Holcroft Covenant* (1985), as Executive Secretary
- *Morons from Outer Space* (1985), as Nurse Purse

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