Jewel Shepard
Known For
Acting
Born
1958-01-03 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 Known For
Knots Landing
as Woman
The Return of the Living Dead
as Casey
The Artist
as Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
Going Undercover
as Peaches
Zapped!
as Girl in Car (uncredited)
Party Camp
as Dyanne Stein
Teen Lust
as Girl
My Tutor
as Girl in Phone Booth
The Cooler
as Hooker
Hollywood Hot Tubs
as Crystal Landers
Scanner Cop II
as Nurse
Scenes from the Goldmine
as Dana
The Sex and Violence Family Hour
as Body Flash Dancer
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
as Herself
Raw Force
as Drunk Sexpot
Slasher.com
as Momma Myers
Christina
as Christina
Roots of Evil
as Wanda
The Junkman
as Gloria - Present Girl
