Victoria Shaw

Known for Acting

5/25/1935

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Victoria Shaw (25 May 1935 – 17 August 1988) was an Australian film and television actress.

Known For (19 credits)

Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

5.7

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Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood

2019

A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.

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Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

1999

Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.

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Shimmering Light

1978

1978 Australian television film about an American surfer who travels to Australia in search of the perfect wave. It was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises.

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Flying High

1978

In this pilot film to the subsequent short-lived series, three attractive young women -- Marcy Bower, Pam Bellagio, and Lisa Benton -- succeed in qualifying for airline stewardess training at Sun West Airlines, and then start getting a taste of the rigors and fun of the real thing as rookie stewardesses.

6.8

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Westworld

1973

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

6.9

Barnaby Jones

1973

Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".

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Ride the Tiger

1970

An international thriller that centers on the doings at the Crystal Club Casino in Manila Bay, Philippines, owned by George Montgomery and frequented by his old Vietnam buddy, Marshall Thompson. The action moves across the globe as various law enforcement agencies try to stop a legendary opium dealer and make life difficult for Montgomery.

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Prelude

1968

Prelude is 1968 short film directed by John Astin. In the film, a man meets his dream girl. When he can't win her over, he learns to appreciate his reality. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

6.2

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Alvarez Kelly

1966

In 1864, during the American Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until unexpected circumstances force him to change his customers.

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The Further Adventures of Gallegher

1965

The young copyboy helps the town’s first female newspaper reporter, who is writing a series on confidence men. The swindlers are caught up in a sting, but they catch on and the reporter and Gallegher have to subdue them in order to escape and write their article.

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

5.6

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To Trap a Spy

1964

The men from U.N.C.L.E. are off to Africa to stop the assassination of a president.