Motion picture debut, appearing as a child dancer in a few scenes

Available on VHS & DVD [DVD is in anamorphic widescreen format]

unofficial website here

Appears in a few scenes of this anti-drug movie-of-the-week

Available on VHS [long out-of-print]

First starring role [introducing Shawnee Smith as "Jodi"]

First teaming with Tammy Lauren

Filmed in Santa Barbara, California

Brent Spiner, who later became famous as 'Data' on Star Trek: The Next Generation, plays the lawyer who cross-examines her during the deposition at the end of the film

Broadcast on the Sunday following her appearance in "Cagney & Lacey"

Received the Youth in Film Award for Best Actress in a television film for this role [nominated or won ?]

Received a Letter of Appreciation from Steven Spielberg for this role; details here

Screengrabs from the film here

Occasionally rerun on the Encore True Stories Channel without commercials

Appears in a few scenes of this teen-oriented fighter pilot movie

Available on VHS & DVD

Starring role opposite Gerald McRaney (Simon & Simon, Major Dad, Promised Land)

Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada [though some inserts look like Los Angeles]

Negative review here

Screengrabs here

Available on VHS recorded at EP speed [now out-of-print]

"The FBI Files: A Model Killer" (60m), broadcast 28 September 1999 on the Discovery Channel, depicted the crimes of Christopher Wilder, dramatized in this film.

Co-star

Production Notes here

Later appeared with Kelly [Jo] Minter in “Dead Men Can’t Dance” 10 years later

Sub page devoted to the film here

Notes about the shooting script here

Available in the US on DVD, 1 June 2004

Excellent starring role, once again teamed with Tammy Lauren

Starring role opposite brothers Robert and David Carradine

Directed by Fred Walton [“When a Stranger Calls” (1979)]

The actress playing Shawnee's sister is Candace Cameron, who co-starred in the sitcom "Full House" (1987-1995) at the time

Screengrabs here

Completed in late 1987

Remake of 1965 William Castle film starring Joan Crawford & John Ireland [the 1965  version is available on VHS & DVD]

"Entertainment Tonight" on 19 May 1988, featured a preview segment and short interview with Robert and David Carradine only.

Final scene involving a phone call is somewhat similar to the ending of  “Carnival of Souls” (1998)

Similar theme of teen girl playing phone pranks was featured in the 1989  film Lisa starring Staci Keanan and Cheryl Ladd

Rerun on Encore Mystery without commercials [in 1998/9]

First starring theatrical role, second billing in opening titles and first billing in end titles

Production Notes here

Blob special effects article here

Entertainment Tonight in August 1988 featured a brief behind-the-scenes segment showing the filming of the scene where Shawnee and 2 other kids are climbing up some sewer pipes trying to escape the Blob. The segment included a few seconds of an interview with Kevin Dillon only.

Available on VHS & DVD [DVD is in anamorphic widescreen format & includes a trailer]

Co-starring opposite John Candy

Running time should be 98 minutes; broadcast version is 94 minutes

Click here for notes about additional footage found in the broadcast version

Production notes here

Several sequences were filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in June & July 1988

Available on VHS & DVD [90m version on both; 98m version unreleased]

Appears in 1 crowd scene in this John Candy comedy directed by John Hughes

Screengrabs of the crowd sequence here

Frequently shows up on USA Network

Available on VHS & DVD

Appears in a few scenes as Anthony Hopkins daughter

Directed by Michael Cimino ["The Sicilian"(1987)]

Production notes here

Review here

Screengrabs here

Available on VHS & DVD

Broadcast in 3 2-hour segments, she appears in several scenes in part 2 & 3

Available on VHS, edited as a single 4 hr. 31 min. movie at EP speed [now out-of-print]

Final acting role for some 3 years

Broadcast in 4 2-hour segments

She appears in 1 scene in the second hour of Part Two [DVD Chapter 14] and a few scenes in Part Four

The audio commentary on the DVD addresses some details about Shawnee during her scene in Part Two. [She wore hair extensions in the film, e.g.]

Rerun several times annually on the Sci-Fi Channel or USA Network

Available on VHS & DVD

some screengrabs here

Appears in 1 scene at a party

Released on DVD from Platinum Disc, 8 February 2005

Appears in 1 scene opposite Nicholas Cage at a bar where she orders a rum and Coke [chapter 24 on the DVD or about 1 hr. 9 mins. into the film]

Screengrabs of the scene here

She appears in the theatrical trailer but her voice sounds like it's dubbed by someone else

Available on VHS & DVD [DVD is in anamorphic widescreen format]

Co-starring opposite Tracey Gold (“Growing Pains”) in this awful "psycho" potboiler

She sports a cropped dark hair style

Occasionally rerun on USA Network

Available on DVD.

Appears as a Goth sales clerk in 1 scene

Available on VHS

Released on DVD from Platinum Disc, 27 November 2001 [out-of-print and hard to find]

Appears in a few scenes, mainly in the first 45 mins and then near the end

There is a brief topless scene, but it does not involve Shawnee Smith

Similar theme of romance and gourmet cooking was featured in Simply Irresistible (1999) starring Sarah Michelle Gellar

Available on VHS & DVD [Pioneer Video; somewhat hard to find]

Appears in a few scenes, filmed in August 1996

Directed by George Hickenlooper [“Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse” (1991)]

Was broadcast on Australian Showtime in July 1998 running 88m, before any U.S. VHS or DVD release

Available on VHS & DVD [hard to find]

Appears in a few scenes of this action potboiler about an Army mission in North Korea

Kelly Jo Minter also appeared with her in "Summer School" 10 years earlier

Available on VHS

Broadcast in 3 2-hour segments, 27, 28 April & 1 May 1997

Appears in just 1 brief scene at the diner in part 3 [about 10 mins. in]

Much longer and less effective remake of Stephen King’s novel

Not to be confused with the 1980 Stanley Kubrick masterpiece starring Jack Nicholson & Shelley Duvall

Full title on screen is "Stephen King's The Shining"

released on R1 DVD on 7 January 2003

Co-starring role in this soap opera movie-of-the-week

She sports a cropped white hair style in this film

Ricky Paul Goldin also appeared in "The Blob" (1988)

Barely featured in 1 brief scene of  this Sci-Fi Channel potboiler starring Henry Thomas

She sports a cropped white hair style in this film

Available on VHS

Appears in 1 scene as a lesbian lover visiting friends among a group that includes Sean Young & Karen Black [scene is about 67mins into the film]

She wears a stringy white wig and black vinyl pants in this film

Available on VHS & DVD [A-Pix Entertainment]

Appears in 1 scene at a bar early in the film opposite Steve Buscemi

Available on VHS & DVD

Co-starring role [and Shawnee Smith as "Sandra"]

Performs the jazz vocal song "I Fear", music by Andrew Rose, lyrics by Diane Offenberg. [Chapter 19 on the DVD or about 52 minutes into the film] MP3 here [1:29, 128kbps, stereo]

Remake of 1962 cult classic directed by Herk Harvey [also available on VHS & DVD]

Final scene involving a phone call is somewhat similar to the ending of  “I Saw What You Did" (1988)

Short articles here

Available on VHS & DVD [DVD is in widescreen format & includes the trailer]

Appears opposite Molly Ringwald in a few scenes of this movie-of-the-week

Filmed under the title "Two Cups of Joe" and incorrectly referred to by this title in some biographies and press releases

Appears in 1 scene [and barely in 1 other] opposite Bruce Willis in this awful satire

Available on VHS & DVD [DVD is in widescreen format]

Shawnee wears a long blonde wig in this film; appearing in a few scenes

Premiered at the LA International Film Festival '99 & Sundance Film Festival '99

Very limited US release on 14 May 2004

Official website here

US R1 DVD release 19 October 2004