Jewel Shepard
Born: 1958-01-03 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection as herself
2017
- Slasher.com as Momma Myers
2011
- The Artist as Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
- More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead as Herself
2003
- The Cooler as Hooker
1996
- Almighty Fred as Self
1995
- Scanner Cop II as Nurse
- Jewel Naked Around the World as Herself
1994
1992
- Roots of Evil as Wanda
1991
- Mission: Killfast as Miss August
1990
- Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal as Crystal
1988
- The Underachievers as Sci-Fi Teacher
- Going Undercover as Peaches
1987
- Party Camp as Dyanne Stein
- Scenes from the Goldmine as Dana
- Fantasy Masquerade
1986
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors as Self
1985
- The Return of the Living Dead as Casey
1984
- Christina as Christina
- Hollywood Hot Tubs as Crystal Landers
1983
- My Tutor as Girl in Phone Booth
- The Sex and Violence Family Hour as Body Flash Dancer
1982
- Zapped! as Girl in Car (uncredited)
- Raw Force as Drunk Sexpot
- The Junkman as Gloria - Present Girl
- Electric Blue 008 as Bobby Beal
1979
- Knots Landing as Woman
1978
- Teen Lust as Girl