Patty Shepard
Born: 1945-10-01 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Died: 2013-01-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
Strikingly comely brunette Patty Shepard was born in 1945 in Greenville, South Carolina. The daughter of a U.S. Air Force official, Patty moved to Spain when she was only 18 years old. After becoming popular as a model in a series of TV commercials, the lovely Ms. Shepard embarked on an acting career, making her film debut in a small part in La ciudad no es para mí (1966) (aka "The City is Not for Me"). She initially acted in paella westerns and thrillers before appearing in a handful of horror movies which include Assignment Terror (1970) (aka "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"), The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman (1971) (aka "The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman"), Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973) (aka "Crypt of the Living Dead") and El monte de las brujas (1975) (aka "The Witches' Mountain") and Special Killers (1973) (aka "La Ragazza di Via Condotti"). Patty often acted alongside Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy in these films and projects a certain eerie otherworldly aura that's stunningly similar to Barbara Steele. Other films include the end-of-the-world science fiction feature Creation of the Damned (1974) (aka "Refuge of Fear") and the tongue-in-cheek spaghetti Western oddity Blood Money (1974) (aka "The Stranger and the Gunfighter"). After appearing in the horror movies Rest in Pieces (1987) (aka "Rest in Pieces") and Slugs (1988) (aka "Slugs"), Shepard retired from acting in the late 1980's. She died of a heart attack at her home in Madrid, Spain on January 3, 2013.
Filmography
1988
- Slugs as Sue Channing
- Edge of the Axe as Laura Simmons
1987
- Rest in Pieces as Gertrude Stein
1986
- Banter as Alicia
1982
- Sea Devils as Mrs. Weldom
1980
- Everybody Calls Me 'The Cat' as Jane
1976
- Curro Jiménez as Milady
- The Burned City as Sor Engràcia
1974
- Watch Out, We're Mad as Liza
- The Stranger and the Gunfighter as Russian Mistress / Twin Sister
- El talón de Aquiles
- Refuge of Fear as Carol
- Las violentas as Chris
1973
- Mortal Spring as Carmina Rigol
- A Chaste Spanish Man as Verónica
- The Witches Mountain as Delia
- The Killer Is One of Thirteen as Lisa Mandel
- The Man Called Noon as Peg Cullane
- Special Killers as Simone Mattei
- Hannah, Queen of the Vampires as Mary
- La curiosa as Azucena
- Ella (Trágica obsesión)
1972
- My Dear Killer as Paola Rossi, the teacher
- Escalofrío diabólico as Vivianne
- A House Without Boundaries as Chica del Boheme
- Forbidden Love as Esposa del embajador
- The Boldest Job in the West as Lupe
1971
- The Legend of Frenchie King as Petite Pluie
- A mí las mujeres ni fu ni fa as Ángela
- The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman as Wandesa Dárvula de Nadasdy
- The Glass Ceiling as Julia
- The Seven Lives of the Cat as Lucía / Clotilde / Inés / Carlota / Mariana
1970
- Después de los nueve meses as Rosario
- Assignment Terror as Ilsa Sternberg
- Twenty Paces to Death as Deborah
- Un, dos, tres, al escondite inglés as Patty
- Surprise Attack as Teresa
1969
- Panthers Eat the Rich as Fanny
- Carola de día, Carola de noche
- Sharon vestida de rojo as Laura
- Why Does Your Husband Deceive You? as Veronique
1968
- Tinto con amor
- Sea crusade as Mary
1967
- The Fickle Finger of Fate as Pilar
- Lucky, the Inscrutable as Telefonista
- Cita en Navarra as Mary
1966
- Ringo, the Mark of Vengeance as Chica del saloon
- Residence for Spies as Residence Girl (uncredited)
- La ciudad no es para mí