Jewel Shepard

Jewel Shepard

1958-01-03

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.

Also appears in

The Return of the Living Dead

The Return of the Living Dead

7.2

The Artist

The Artist

7.5

My Tutor

My Tutor

5.1

The Cooler

The Cooler

6.7

Zapped!

Zapped!

5.2

Teen Lust

Teen Lust

3.2

Christina

Christina

4.3

The Sex and Violence Family Hour

The Sex and Violence Family Hour

2.5

Raw Force

Raw Force

5.3

The Underachievers

The Underachievers

4.8

The Junkman

The Junkman

4.9

Slasher.com

Slasher.com

3.4

Scanner Cop II

Scanner Cop II

5.5

Hollywood Hot Tubs

Hollywood Hot Tubs

3.7

Party Camp

Party Camp

4.3

Scenes From the Goldmine

Scenes From the Goldmine

5.2

Going Undercover

Going Undercover

2.5

Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors

Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors

8.2

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom

3.8

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

7.6