Jana Shelden

Acting

Jana Shelden

Born 1945-09-30 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Janet Irene Shelden is an actress, known for The Shining (1980), Oppenheimer (1980) and The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987). She has been married to Michael Ferguson since 1986.

Acting credits

The Shining poster
8.2

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

The Shining

1980

Waterland poster
6.3

The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Waterland

1992

The Jigsaw Man poster
5.0

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.

The Jigsaw Man

1983

Only Love poster
5.5

Two young lovers whose romantic dreams were shattered, are reunited years later in this sweeping story of fobidden love.

Only Love

1998

A Secret Affair poster
4.9

Vanessa Stewart is a beautiful American woman engaged to be married. Vanessa is an artist and is also a buyer for her father's company. She goes to Venice on a business trip and meets television reporter Bill Fitzgerald from Ireland. They fall madly in love in the four days they are in Venice.

A Secret Affair

1999

The Sender poster
5.6

A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.

The Sender

1982

30 Years to Life poster
5.8

In a futuristic dystopia, a teenager is medically aged 30 years to punish him for a crime he didn't commit.

30 Years to Life

1998

Funny Man poster
4.8

When Max Taylor wins the ancestral home of Callum Chance in a game of Poker, little does he realize that the game is far from over. One by one, Max's family are murdered by the Funny Man, a demonic jester with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humor. Meanwhile, Max's brother is on his way to the mansion with a bunch of hitchhikers who will be lucky to survive the night.

Funny Man

1994

Small Metal Jacket poster
NR

1969: America is losing the war in South East Asia. A female officer plans a fresh initiative

Small Metal Jacket

1992

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy poster
6.5

Chronicle of the shooting down of a Korean passenger plane by Soviet air force on 1st September 1983. Over 280 people died in this incident.

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

1989

Invocation: Maya Deren poster
6.3

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.

Invocation: Maya Deren

1986

Norbert Smith: A Life poster
8.0

A mockumentary charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.

Norbert Smith: A Life

1989