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.
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Filmography
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Movies 29
self 6
Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection (2022)
Slasher.com (2017)
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead (2011)
The Artist (2011)
The Cooler (2003)
Almighty Fred (1996)
Scanners: The Showdown (1995)
Jewel Naked Around the World (1995)
Sexercise (1994)
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)
If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me? (1994)
Roots of Evil (1992)
Mission: Killfast (1991)
Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990)
Going Undercover (1988)
The Underachievers (1988)
Scenes From the Goldmine (1987)
Party Camp (1987)
Fantasy Masquerade (1987)
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Christina (1984)
Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)
My Tutor (1983)
The Sex and Violence Family Hour (1983)
The Junkman (1982)
Zapped! (1982)
Raw Force (1982)
Teen Lust (1978)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1958-01-03 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceFlatbush, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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