Jewel Shepard
Biography
Jewel Shepard, an American actress, writer and photographer, moved to California in the 1970s, supporting herself with modeling and work in Los Angeles strip clubs before she broke into film. Born in Flatbush, she met the genre filmmaker Dan O'Bannon during that period, and after a string of small television roles she landed her first feature, H. B. Halicki's The Junkman (1982). Roles in more than a dozen B movies followed, among them The Return of the Living Dead (1985), which O'Bannon wrote and directed, and The Cooler. She later turned to writing, publishing Invasion of the B-Girls in 1992, a collection of interviews with cult actresses, and contributing to magazines including Esquire, Premiere and Cosmopolitan. Her autobiography, If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?, was published in 1996.
68years old
Turns 69 on January 3in 54 days
- Born Flatbush
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 35 years1982 to 2017
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Big break
Shepard had a number of small television roles before she broke into film with H. B. Halicki's The Junkman in 1982.
Behind the camera
Shepard put her "B-girl" status to use in 1992 by writing Invasion of the B-Girls, a collection of interviews with cult actresses that includes Kitten Natividad, Linnea Quigley, Yvette Vickers, Haji, and Mary Woronov.
Jewel Shepard movies on Netflix
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Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Linnea Quigley's page
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Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s page
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Thom Mathews's page
Also two films together3 more actors
- John PhilbinMore Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Brian PeckMore Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
- Beverly RandolphMore Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
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