Shelagh McLeod

Shelagh was born in Vancouver and relocated to England when she was six years old. She starred in Dennis Potter's, Prix Italia winner, Cream In My Coffee before moving to Toronto and then onto Los Angeles. After appearing in several TV series, films and at the prestigious Stratford festival in Canada, she returned to England to play Dr Kate Webster in Peak Practice for several series. After completing the three year film and screenwriting program at Kingston university- her two short films: RUN And David Rose have won awards and been nominated as best short film at several international film festivals. She went on to take a MA in Creative Writing and graduated with distinction in 2015.

The Sleep of Death (1980)

Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Calvin Floyd
CAST:  Per Oscarsson  •  Patrick Magee  •  Marilù Tolo  •  Curd Jürgens

Set in 1815, a young Englishman touring Europe encounters more than he bargained for. His pursuit of the beautiful Countess St. Alyre brings him into contact with the Marquis D'Armanville and other odd characters. A series of bizarre murders occur, bringing our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Calvin Floyd
CAST:  Per Oscarsson  •  Patrick Magee  •  Marilù Tolo  •  Curd Jürgens

The American Success Company (1980)

A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Richert
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Belinda Bauer  •  Ned Beatty  •  Steven Keats

A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Richert
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Belinda Bauer  •  Ned Beatty  •  Steven Keats

Cream in My Coffee (1980)

Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their pleasures and problems. Somewhere between the past and the present, Dennis Potter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Peter Chelsom

Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when they were young and flashbacks to the earlier visit reveal the origins of both their pleasures and problems. Somewhere between the past and the present, Dennis Potter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gavin Millar
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Peter Chelsom

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)

In the seventh film in the series, in April 1916, a disillusioned Indy hops the ocean to Europe where he figures the Great War might offer him a greater sense of purpose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon  •  Carl Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  John Lynch

In the seventh film in the series, in April 1916, a disillusioned Indy hops the ocean to Europe where he figures the Great War might offer him a greater sense of purpose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon  •  Carl Schultz
CAST:  Sean Patrick Flanery  •  Ronny Coutteure  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  John Lynch

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Suzy Kendall  •  Adrienne Posta  •  Harry H. Corbett

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Suzy Kendall  •  Adrienne Posta  •  Harry H. Corbett

Camille (1984)

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Desmond Davis
CAST:  Greta Scacchi  •  Colin Firth  •  John Gielgud  •  Ben Kingsley

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Desmond Davis
CAST:  Greta Scacchi  •  Colin Firth  •  John Gielgud  •  Ben Kingsley

The Wasting (2018)

A teenager in an English town struggles to come of age, braving sexual awakening and fighting her controlling parents by refusing to eat...until a nightmarish ghost appears that may be real, or may be a deadly creation of her starving body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carolyn Saunders
CAST:  Alexz Johnson  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Lauren McQueen  •  Gray O'Brien

A teenager in an English town struggles to come of age, braving sexual awakening and fighting her controlling parents by refusing to eat...until a nightmarish ghost appears that may be real, or may be a deadly creation of her starving body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carolyn Saunders
CAST:  Alexz Johnson  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Lauren McQueen  •  Gray O'Brien

Astronaut (2019)

A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shelagh McLeod
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lyriq Bent  •  Colm Feore  •  Krista Bridges

A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shelagh McLeod
CAST:  Richard Dreyfuss  •  Lyriq Bent  •  Colm Feore  •  Krista Bridges

Shades (1982)

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Hays
CAST:  Tracey Childs  •  Francesca Gonshaw  •  Neil Pearson  •  Stuart MacKenzie

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bill Hays
CAST:  Tracey Childs  •  Francesca Gonshaw  •  Neil Pearson  •  Stuart MacKenzie

Cold Front (1990)

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan A. Goldstein
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Kim Coates  •  Beverly D'Angelo

An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan A. Goldstein
CAST:  Martin Sheen  •  Michael Ontkean  •  Kim Coates  •  Beverly D'Angelo

The Last Island (1990)

In a brilliant, modern version of the classic shipwreck tale, director Marleen Gorris manages to capture both a gay male’s and feminist perspective. After a large airliner crashes on a deserted island killing most of the passengers, two women, five men and a dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marleen Gorris
CAST:  Paul Freeman  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Patricia Hayes  •  Kenneth Colley

In a brilliant, modern version of the classic shipwreck tale, director Marleen Gorris manages to capture both a gay male’s and feminist perspective. After a large airliner crashes on a deserted island killing most of the passengers, two women, five men and a dog ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marleen Gorris
CAST:  Paul Freeman  •  Shelagh McLeod  •  Patricia Hayes  •  Kenneth Colley

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DIRECTION:  Lee Philips
CAST:  David Selby  •  Renée Soutendijk  •  Sybil Maas  •  Shelagh McLeod

One Thing Left To Do (2017)

Unable to come to terms with the death of his fiance Rosie, Michael escapes to South Africa to fulfill his would-be honeymoon. While there, he meets up with Rosie's estranged sister, Summer. Unwanted and uninvited, she forces herself onto Michael's trip of self ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shane Sweeney  •  Danielle Bux  •  Shelagh McLeod

Unable to come to terms with the death of his fiance Rosie, Michael escapes to South Africa to fulfill his would-be honeymoon. While there, he meets up with Rosie's estranged sister, Summer. Unwanted and uninvited, she forces herself onto Michael's trip of self ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Shane Sweeney  •  Danielle Bux  •  Shelagh McLeod

Lady Oscar (1979)

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Catriona MacColl  •  Barry Stokes  •  Jonas Bergström  •  Christine Böhm

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Demy
CAST:  Catriona MacColl  •  Barry Stokes  •  Jonas Bergström  •  Christine Böhm

Indian Summer (1987)

Married film director has affair with leading lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Forder
CAST:  Michelle Evans  •  Derek Waring  •  Shelagh McLeod

Married film director has affair with leading lady.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Forder
CAST:  Michelle Evans  •  Derek Waring  •  Shelagh McLeod

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)

This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emma Cooper
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Robert F. Kennedy  •  John F. Kennedy  •  Anthony Summers

This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emma Cooper
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Robert F. Kennedy  •  John F. Kennedy  •  Anthony Summers

On Island West (2021)

In a dystopian Britain flooded by climate change, Arya is raised as a militant racist on an isolated island. When a mixed race stranger arrives, she sees the monstrous truth of her world through his eyes. Arya must decide between freedom and justice, and the only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carolyn Saunders
CAST:  Tallulah Evans  •  Brendan Stevenson  •  Sean Stevenson  •  Shelagh McLeod

In a dystopian Britain flooded by climate change, Arya is raised as a militant racist on an isolated island. When a mixed race stranger arrives, she sees the monstrous truth of her world through his eyes. Arya must decide between freedom and justice, and the only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carolyn Saunders
CAST:  Tallulah Evans  •  Brendan Stevenson  •  Sean Stevenson  •  Shelagh McLeod