Helen Stenborg

Helen Stenborg

Acting
1925-01-24
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Known For & Full Filmography31 Titles

#1Law & Order

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Christine Aimsley

7.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

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#2Little House on the Prairie

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Betty Bowers

8.0 / 10
WesternDramaFamily

When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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#3Great Performances

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes as Mavis Johnson

6.1 / 10
ComedyDocumentaryDrama

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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#4Homicide: Life on the Street

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Isabella Kunkle

8.1 / 10
MysteryDramaCrime

An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.

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#5L.A. Law

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Lucille Graham

7.1 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

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#6St. Elsewhere

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Mrs. Johnston

5.7 / 10
Drama

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

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#7American Playhouse

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Aunt Sally Friedman

6.6 / 10
DramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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#8American Playhouse

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Mrs. Acton

6.6 / 10
DramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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#9American Playhouse

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Aunt Middy

6.6 / 10
DramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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#10Hotel

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Lilly Freilich

6.8 / 10
DramaSoap

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.

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#11Good Times

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as The Cashier

8.0 / 10
Comedy

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive producer. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family along with The Jeffersons. The series is set in Chicago. The first two seasons were taped at CBS Television City in Hollywood. In the fall of 1975, the show moved to Metromedia Square, where Norman Lear's own production company was housed.

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#12Enchanted

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Ballroom Lady #1

6.8 / 10
ComedyFamilyFantasy

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

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#13Three Days of the Condor

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Mrs. Edwina Russell (as Helen Stenbure)

7.3 / 10
ThrillerMystery

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.

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#14Doubt

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m as Sister Teresa

7.2 / 10
Drama

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.

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#15Bless the Child

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m as Sister Joseph

5.4 / 10
DramaHorrorThriller

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

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#16Marvin's Room

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m as Nun on Phone

6.7 / 10
Drama

A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.

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#17The Bonfire of the Vanities

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Mrs. McCoy

5.6 / 10
ComedyDrama

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

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#18Starting Over

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Older Woman

6.4 / 10
ComedyRomance

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

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#19Beverly Hills Buntz

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Edna Parsons

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

A former police detective transitions to working as a private investigator in Beverly Hills, navigating quirky cases and eccentric clients. His street-smart attitude and unorthodox methods clash with the upscale environment.

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#20Isn't She Great

Movie - 2000, 2h 15m as Aunt Abigail

4.9 / 10
ComedyDrama

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann.

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#21The Incident

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Edna Mae Hansen

6.5 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Small town lawyer, Harmon Cobb, defends a Nazi prisoner of war against murder charges. Set during World War II, Cobb has to contend with the difficulties of defending the devil when the town's only doctor (Barnard Hughes) dies while at "Camp Bremen" in the fictitious town of Bremen, Colorado.

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#22Me and Veronica

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Woman at Laundromat

3.3 / 10
ComedyDrama

Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.

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#23A Hobo's Christmas

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Mrs. Gladys Morgan

6.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

A hobo played by Barnard Hughes decides it's time to go home. Drifting from place to place, Hughes finds himself in his hometown of Salt Lake City at Christmas time. Here he hopes to close old wounds and be reunited with his unforgiving son played by Gerald McRaney, and get to know the grandchildren he has never met. McRaney, still resenting the fact that Hughes ran out on his family 25 years earlier, gives his father only one day with his grandkids; after that, he's expected to leave and never come back. All the while Hughes' friends warn him that his son and the past are memories that are best left alone, and should leave, but he has to find out for himself.

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#24The Europeans

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Mrs. Acton

5.6 / 10
DramaRomance

An adaptation of Henry James' novel about the Countess Eugenia Münster and her brother Robert, expatriate Americans who have grown up in Europe. Returning to prosperous relatives in New England, Eugenia hopes to make an advantageous marriage with a wealthy cousin. While Eugenia encounters obstacles, Robert finds his suit bearing fruit.

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#25The Rimers of Eldritch

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m as Mavis Johnson

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Lanford Wilson's prize-winning drama about life in a played-out coal town in the Midwest. Against the background of a murder trial, the people recall their lives.

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#26A Flash of Green

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Aunt Middy

5.3 / 10
Drama

A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the developer's latest project.

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#27Fifth of July

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Sally Friedman

7.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. Originally broadcast as part of the series "American Playhouse" (season 1, episode 9).

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#28Dr. Cook's Garden

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Ruth Hart

6.8 / 10
DramaThrillerTV Movie

A young doctor returns to his New England home town after a long absence. He visits with the town's kindly old physician, Dr. Cook, a man he has admired since childhood. However, he soon finds out that the old doctor isn't quite what he seems to be, and the young doctor finds his life in danger.

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#29My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Marian

7.7 / 10
Comedy

A widowed Midwestern housewife travels to Manhattan for the first time to visit her daughter. Once there, she becomes obsessed with the Hell's Angels-ish bikers' club across the street from her daughter's East Village apartment.

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#30The Screaming Skull

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Sarah

6.0 / 10
HorrorTV Movie

Constantly demeaned by his wife, Helen, after the death of their son, Dr. Luke Pratt devises a scheme to do away with her, too. But if he thinks that will silence her, he has another think coming. Now taunted by her grimacing skull, he goes slowly mad and must find a way to get rid of her... again.

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#31Past the Bleachers

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m as Tilda

5.3 / 10
DramaFamilyTV Movie

Bill and his wife have recently had to live through a tragedy. When Bill decides to coach a little league baseball team, he meets a young mute boy named Lucky, who may be just what the team needs in order to win. A very mysterious child, Lucky helps heal the wounds from Bill's past.

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