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Jewel Shepard (born January 3, 1958[1]) 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).[2]

Jewel Shepard
Born	(1958-01-03) January 3, 1958 (age 64) Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation	Actress, writer, photographer
Years active	1978-present
Website	jewelshepard.biz

Life and career

Shepard 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).[3] 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,[4] 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?,[5] detailing some of the less glamorous aspects of film making and her experiences working in adult entertainment, was published in 1996.[6]

Personal life

Shepard has been struggling with invasive breast cancer since 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal and a double mastectomy.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Teen Lust	Girl	Uncredited
1982	Raw Force	Drunk Sexpot
1982	The Junkman	Present Girl
1982	Electric Blue 8	Bobby Beal
1982	Zapped!	Girl in Car	Uncredited
1983	My Tutor	Girl in Phone Booth
1983	The Sex and Violence Family Hour	Body Flash Dancer
1984	Hollywood Hot Tubs	Crystal Landers
1984	Christina	Christina
1985	The Return of the Living Dead	Casey
1985	Yellow Pages	Peaches
1987	Party Camp	Dyanne Stein
1987	Scenes from the Goldmine	Dana
1987	The Underachievers	Sci-Fi Teacher
1990	Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal	Crystal
1991	Mission: Killfast	Miss August
1992	Roots of Evil	Wanda
1994	Caged Heat 2: Stripped of Freedom	Amanda
1995	Scanners: The Showdown	Nurse
1996	Almighty Fred	Herself
2000	Ministry: Tapes of Wrath	Sexy Girl at Table
2003	The Cooler	Hooker
2011	The Artist	Flapper Starlet	Uncredited
2016	Nanoblood	Bot Labs Family	Short film
2017	Slasher.com	Momma Myers

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Knots Landing	Woman	Episode: "Unbroken Bonds"
1992-1994	Garfield and Friends	Shannon	Guest role, 2 episodes; voice role
2008-2013	The Garfield Show	Additional voices	Guest role, 5 episodes; voice role
2011	Double Espresso	Manager	Episode: "Ice Cream Tits"

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Artist
1989	Radar Love	Diner Waitress	White Lion
1993	Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?	Cigarette Girl / Demon Girl	Revolting Cocks

References

External links

• Jewel Shepard at IMDb
• Jewel Shepard at AllMovie
• Jewel Shepard's channel on YouTube

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