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Jewel Shepard
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jewel Shepard is an American writer, photographer, and actress, best known for her roles in movies such as Party Camp (1987) and The Return of the Living Dead (1985).
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Career
Acting
Jewel Shepard arrived in California in the early 1980s, 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).[1] 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, and then in the 1987 film Party Camp.[2]
Writing
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.[3]
She has also written for such publications as Esquire,[4] Premiere, Cosmopolitan, Details, and The Associated Press.[citation needed]
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]
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Personal life
Shepard was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal, and a double mastectomy.[7]
Filmography
Film
Television
Music videos
References
External links
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