Person Details

Birthday: 1958-01-03 18:36:12

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 20

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

The Cooler
Average
7

The Cooler

(2003) Hooker
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
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8
Slasher.com
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4

Slasher.com

(2017) Momma Myers
Scanner Cop II
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5

Scanner Cop II

(1995) Nurse
Raw Force
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5

Raw Force

(1982) Drunk Sexpot
Christina
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4

Christina

(1984) Christina
Mission: Killfast
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4

Mission: Killfast

(1991) Miss August
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
Average
4

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 herself
2017 Momma Myers
2011 Herself
Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
2003 Hooker
1996 Self
1995 Nurse
Herself
1994 N/A
Amanda
Herself
1992 Wanda
1991 Miss August
1990 Crystal
1988 Peaches
Sci-Fi Teacher
1987 Dana
Dyanne Stein
N/A
1986 Herself
1985 Casey
1984 Christina
Crystal Landers
1983 Girl in Phone Booth
Body Flash Dancer
1982 Gloria - Present Girl
Bobby Beal
Girl in Car (uncredited)
Drunk Sexpot
1978 Girl
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing


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