Eleanor Shaw

Eleanor Shaw is the main villain of the 2004 movie,The Manchurian Candidate.Played by actress Meryl Streep.

She convinces the party leaders into nominating her son for president of the United States,that pushes Tom Jordan,Raymond Shaw's oppenent,out of the way.Tom later confronts them,in realization that Raymond was brainwashed,and tells him he should bow out gracefully from the campaign.

Furiously Eleanor orders Raymond to kill him.Afterwards she becomes upset with Manchurian Global,because they swore to her that the conspiracy would be covered up.She then brainwashes Marco to kill the president,by doing this would make Raymond the next president.

But this backfires,when Marco realizes that Raymond's and his friendship is stronger and kills both Raymond and Eleanor.