Heidi von Palleske

Acting

Heidi von Palleske

Born 1960-10-09 · Toronto, Canada

Heidi von Palleske was born on November 9, 1959 in Toronto, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Dead Ringers (1988), The Boys Club (1996) and RED (2010).

Acting credits

RED poster
6.7

After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

RED

2010

Land of the Dead poster
6.3

The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.

Land of the Dead

2005

Dead Ringers poster
7.1

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Dead Ringers

1988

Take the Lead poster
6.9

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

Take the Lead

2006

Deceived poster
5.8

The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a car crash, his wife Adrienne tries to discover what he did on her own. She finds that she knew little about the man she was married to. The more she learns about her husband's possible illegal activities and double life, the more she places her daughter, and herself, in grave danger.

Deceived

1991

Renegades poster
5.3

While investigating police corruption in his department, undercover cop Buster McHenry is forced to participate in a heist, leading to innocent casualties and the theft of an ancient Lakota tribal spear. After McHenry ends up severely wounded, he is taken in by Native American Hank Storm, who is out to recover the spear and avenge the death of a loved one in the heist.

Renegades

1989

Sabotage poster
5.6

Former special services agent plays an intricate game of chess involving several federal agencies. Queen takes pawn.

Sabotage

1996

Rabid poster
5.8

The quiet Rose works in women's fashion clothing, hoping to be a designer. A traffic accident damages her face. She gets experimental stem cell treatment, leaving her stronger and prettier than ever - but there's a side effect.

Rabid

2019

My Animal poster
4.5

Tormented by a hidden family curse, Heather lives in seclusion on the outskirts of a small town. When she falls for the rebellious Jonny, their connection threatens to unravel Heather's suppressed desires, tempting her to unleash the animal within.

My Animal

2023

The Poet poster
5.4

At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love and are separated by the war. They struggle on a perilous journey to find one another.

The Poet

2007

Terminal Choice poster
4.0

A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt gets under suspect - he'd been fired already from his last position due to malpractice. For his defense he investigates with help of doctor Anna Lang. Soon they find out that half of their colleagues were betting on the patient's diagnosis - was someone trying to increase his chances? But when Frank's friend, dissector Mary Connor, becomes deadly sick, he suspects there's even more to it.

Terminal Choice

1985

The House Next Door poster
4.6

Walker Kennedy and his wife Col are a happy, voluntarily childless suburban couple. Then the thing they fear the most happens: part of their green surrounding is turned into a building site, for what turns out to be the widely acclaimed first house built by attractive, brilliant, obsessively devoted architect Kim (30), who has a short affair with Col. Kim is even enchanted by his own house, just like everyone else. However each subsequent couple that moves into the house soon turns nasty, never staying for long, ending in tears and/or blood. When Kim finally buys it with his wife, Col who believes he somehow curses all his buildings insists it's time to deal with him, permanently.

The House Next Door

2006

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story poster
6.0

Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew in the face of a law established by Anthony Comstock forbidding the dissemination of information on contraception. Sanger later helped to establish America's first birth control clinic in 1916, and in 1925 was one of the founders of Planned Parenthood.

Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story

1995

Radiant City poster
9.0

Driven to the brink by her overworked and insensitive husband and horrendously selfish children, Brooklyn-based housewife Gloria Goodman seeks a meaning to life.

Radiant City

1996

Falling Fire poster
3.8

In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to replenish some of our natural resources. However, unbeknownst to the team, there is a killer on board determined to take control of the asteroid and destroy all mankind.

Falling Fire

1997

King of Sorrow poster
3.8

Redemption and damnation share a bed of hope in a love story between a suicidal psychiatrist and a drug addicted homicidal cop. How far can one fall, how bad can one become and still find forgiveness?

King of Sorrow

2007

Ankle Biters poster
6.2

Four adorable little girls plot to brutally murder a hockey player after they mistake an act of lovemaking as an attack on their mom.

Ankle Biters

2021

Red Rover poster
6.0

Two siblings, a brother and sister, travel to their family's old, ancestral estate upon the death of their father. They soon find out the hard way about their family's ancient secret of witchcraft and the occult.

Red Rover

2003

When Husbands Cheat poster
3.8

After a woman helps prove her brother-in-law is cheating, she begins to work as a private investigator, but when she starts to suspect her husband is having an affair, she has to decide if she should follow her instincts or chalk it up to paranoia.

When Husbands Cheat

1998

Trudeau poster
8.2

This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his vision for his country which has both inspired and frustrated Canadians.

Trudeau

2002

Blind Fear poster
5.2

A blind employee at a New England lodge is in danger when a gang of killers arrives to stay at the lodge.

Blind Fear

1989

Labor of Love poster
8.0

Annie, a 36-year-old, single woman, desperately wants to have a child. Her best friend, Mickey, a gay man who had tried unsuccessfully to adopt a child, also feels the pangs of parental yearning. The couple decides to have a naturally conceived child together. Mickey moves in with Annie, but she then meets Gordon, the man of her dreams with whom she has a passionate fling. Annie finds herself pregnant and not exactly sure which of the two men in her life is the father. But commitment-shy Gordon wants nothing to do with the child. Mickey eventually assures Annie that no matter what, he will help raise the child as his, together as a family with Annie.

Labor of Love

1998

Ramona! poster
10.0

Ramona travels the highways and backroads to Las Vegas and discovers that sometimes love is the greatest adventure of all.

Ramona!

1991

The Shepherd poster
3.6

In a futuristic wasteland, a mercenary saves a woman and her son from lethal cultists.

The Shepherd

1998