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Jewel Shepard
ActorBorn January 3, 1958 (67 years)
Jewel Shepard is an American writer, photographer, and actress, best known for her roles in movies such as Party Camp (1987) and Return of the Living Dead (1985).
Shephard arrived in California in the early 80s, where she supported herself by working as a stripper in various Los Angeles strip clubs and modeling for car shoots. It was during her time stripping that she met genre filmmaker Dan O'Bannon. After a number of small television roles, Shepard broke into film with H. B. Halicki's The Junkman (1982). Roles in over a dozen B movies followed; including 1985's The Return of the Living Dead, which was directed and written by O'Bannon. In 1992 she capitalized on her "B-girl" status by penning Invasion of the B-Girls, a book of interviews with cult actresses such as Kitten Natividad, Linnea Quigley, Yvette Vickers, Haji, and Mary Woronov. She has also written for such publications as Premiere, Cosmopolitan, Details, and The Associated Press.
Her autobiography, If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?, detailing some of the less glamorous aspects of film making and her experiences working in adult entertainment, was published in 1996.
Shepard has been struggling with invasive breast cancer since 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal and a double mastectomy.
Source: Article "Jewel Shepard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Shephard arrived in California in the early 80s, where she supported herself by working as a stripper in various Los Angeles strip clubs and modeling for car shoots. It was during her time stripping that she met genre filmmaker Dan O'Bannon. After a number of small television roles, Shepard broke into film with H. B. Halicki's The Junkman (1982). Roles in over a dozen B movies followed; including 1985's The Return of the Living Dead, which was directed and written by O'Bannon. In 1992 she capitalized on her "B-girl" status by penning Invasion of the B-Girls, a book of interviews with cult actresses such as Kitten Natividad, Linnea Quigley, Yvette Vickers, Haji, and Mary Woronov. She has also written for such publications as Premiere, Cosmopolitan, Details, and The Associated Press.
Her autobiography, If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?, detailing some of the less glamorous aspects of film making and her experiences working in adult entertainment, was published in 1996.
Shepard has been struggling with invasive breast cancer since 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal and a double mastectomy.
Source: Article "Jewel Shepard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
| 2017 | Slasher.com · as Momma Myers |
| 2016 | Nanoblood · as Bot Labs Family |
| 2011 | The Artist · as Flapper Starlet (uncredited) |
| 2008 | The Garfield Show (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2003 | The Cooler · as Hooker |
| 2000 | Ministry: Tapes of Wrath · as Sexy Girl At Table |
| 1995 | Scanner Cop II · as Nurse |
| 1994 | Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom · as Amanda |
| 1992 | Roots of Evil · as Wanda |
| 1991 | Mission: Killfast · as Miss August |
| 1990 | Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal · as Crystal |
| 1988 | Garfield and Friends (TV Series) · as Shannon |
| 1987 | The Under Achievers · as Sci-Fi Teacher |
| 1987 | Scenes from the Goldmine · as Dana |
| 1987 | Party Camp · as Dyanne Stein |
| 1985 | Going Undercover · as Peaches |
| 1985 | The Return of the Living Dead · as Casey |
| 1984 | Hollywood Hot Tubs · as Crystal Landers |
| 1984 | Christina · as Christina |
| 1983 | My Tutor · as Girl In Phone Booth |
| 1983 | The Sex and Violence Family Hour · as Body Flash Dancer |
| 1982 | Zapped! · as Girl In Car (uncredited) |
| 1982 | The Junkman · as Gloria - Present Girl |
| 1982 | |
| 1979 | Knots Landing (TV Series) · as Woman |
| 1978 | Teen Lust · as Girl |