HUGHES, Helen

PERSONAL

Career: Actress.

Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a supporting actress, 1988, for The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, 1989, for Martha, Ruth & Edie; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a leading role in a dramatic program or miniseries, 1998, for Nan's Taxi.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Mrs. Connors, Outrageous!, Cinema 5 Distributing, 1977.

Mrs. Webley, Wild Horse Hank, 1979.

Ruth, Middle Age Crazy (also known as Heartfarm), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.

Rose Goldberg, The Lucky Star (also known as La belle etoile), Pickman, 1980.

Mrs. Callaghan, Suzanne, Twentieth Century Fox, 1980.

Agatha Galen, The Incubus, Artists Releasing Corp., 1981.

Louise Shepherd, Visiting Hours (also known as Get Well Soon, Terreur a l'hospital central, and The Fright), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Martin's mother, Au nom de tous les miens (also known as For Those I Loved), Cinema International Corporation, 1983.

Mary, The Peanut Butter Solution (also known as Contes pour tous #2, Operation beurre de pinottes, and Tales for All #2), New World Pictures, 1985.

Marwella Harbison, Blue Monkey (also known as Green Monkey, Insect, and Invasion of the Bodysuckers), International Spectrafilm, 1987.

Mrs. McDermott, Palais Royale (also known as Smoke Screen and Smokescreen), Starlight, 1988.

Clara, Martha, Ruth & Edie, 1988.

Rose, Falling Over Backwards, 1990.

Mrs. Moriarty, The Amityville Curse, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 1990.

Mrs. D, South of Wawa, 1991.

High school teacher, Giant Steps, 1992.

Second grade teacher, Billy Madison, Universal, 1995.

Boardroom woman, Tommy Boy, Paramount, 1995.

Eunice, Never Too Late (also known as Jamais trop tard), Allegro Distribution U.S., 1997.

Mrs. Stiles, Duct Tape Forever (also known as Red Green's "Duct Tape Forever"), TVA International, 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

Grandma Kemp, Ramona (also known as Ramona Q), PBS, 1988.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

William's secretary #1, Kane & Abel, CBS, 1985.

Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War, syndicated, 1987.

Roberta Coign, Storm of the Century (also known as Stephen King's "Storm of the Century"), ABC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Maggie, Evil Stalks This House (also known as Tales of the Haunted), Global, 1981.

Woman in bar, The Princess and the Cabbie, CBS, 1981.

Flo Adler, Off Your Rocker, 1982.

Edna Kroog, Till Death Do Us Part (also known as Madhouse), 1982.

Sophie Cooperman, The Suicide Murders, CBS, 1985.

Gussie, My Father, the Rival, 1985.

Mrs. Mandel, Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird, CBC (Canada), 1987.

Aunt Helen, The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe (also known as Baby John Doe), 1987.

Hot Paint, CBS, 1988.

Ms. Jennings, Sorry, Wrong Number, CBS, 1989.

Mrs. Gibson, Final Notice, USA Network, 1989.

Emma, Last Wish, ABC, 1992.

Aunt Kitty, Rapture, syndicated, 1993.

Grandma Belle Hatch, Night of the Twisters, The Family Channel, 1996.

Moonlight Becomes You (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "Moonlight Becomes You"), Fox Family, 1998.

Betty Gaines, Evidence of Blood, TMC, 1998.

Grandma, Locked in Silence, Showtime, 1999.

Aunt Melva Jones, Harlan County War, Cinemax, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

A Mouse, A Mystery and Me, NBC, 1987.

Florence Martin, Andrea Martin … Together Again (also known as Andrea Martin: Together Again), Showtime and CBC (Canada), 1989.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Maggie Simpson, Tales of the Haunted, syndicated, 1981.

Mrs. Nelson, Max and Me, ABC, 1985.

Nan's Taxi, Global, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 1," Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1978.

Madeline, "The Genesis Tapes: Part 2," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1984.

Kate Barrows, "Breeding Ground," War of the Worlds, syndicated, 1989.

"Fading Away," The Hitchhiker, USA Network, 1990.

Mrs. Froi, "A Kiss Is Just a Psi," Beyond Reality, USA Network, 1992.

Grandma Rose, "How to Kill a Monster," Goosebumps, Fox, 1997.

Granny Mary, "Plane Crash on Christmas Day," Real Kids, Real Adventures, Global, 1998.

Mrs. Cynthia Bruna, "Frozen Faith," PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1998.

Mrs. Tucci, "A Likely Story," Due South, 1999.

Mrs. Vitale, "Family Matters," Doc, PAX, 2001.

Mrs. Vitale, "All in a Day's Work," Doc, PAX, 2001.

Mrs. Rothstein, "A Low Dishonest Decade," The Eleventh Hour, CTV (Canada), 2002.

Mrs. Vanderbilt, "Buttons the Geriatric," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2004.