Jewel Shepard

Infobox actor


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name = Jewel Shepard
birthdate = 3 January 1958
birthplace = Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York
occupation = Film actress, writer
website = http://www.jewelshepard.com

Jewel Shepard (born 3 January 1958) is an American writer and actress, best known for her roles in movies such as "Party Camp" (1987) and "Return of the Living Dead" (1985).

After a number of small television roles, Shepard broke into film with H.B. Halicki's "The Junkman" (1982). [cite news |first=Gary |last=Garfinkel |title=Totally Live Nude Jewel|work=Femme Fatales |publisher=Mark A. Altman|date=Summer 1994] Roles in over a dozen mainly B movies followed. In 1992 she capitalized on her "B-girl" status by penning "Invasion of the B-Girls", [cite book |title= Invasion of the B-Girls|last= Shepard|first= Jewel|year= 1992|publisher= Eclipse Books|location= California|isbn= 1-56060-158-2] a book of interviews with cult actresses such as Kitten Natividad, Linnea Quigley, Yvette Vickers and Mary Woronov, enabling her to establish a writing career. She has worked in that capacity for publications including "Premiere", "Cosmopolitan" and "Details".

Her autobiography, "If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?", [cite book
last=Shepard
first=Jewel
title=If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?
publisher=Kitchen Sink
year=1996
isbn=0878164758] detailing some of the less glamorous aspects of film making and her experiences working in adult entertainment, was published in 1996. [cite news |first=Hugh |last=Gallagher |title=Jewel Shepard Interview |work=Draculina |publisher=Draculina Publishing |pages=24–33|date=1996]

Shepard currently resides in Sherman Oaks, California.

Filmography

* "The Cooler" (2003)
* "" (1995)
* "Roots of Evil" (1992)
* "Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal" (1990)
* "Going Undercover" (1988)
* "The Underachievers" (1987)
* "Party Camp" (1987)
* "Scenes From the Goldmine" (1987)
* "Return of the Living Dead" (1985)
* "Hollywood Hot Tubs" (1984)
* "My Tutor" (1983)
* "Zapped!" (1982)
* "The Junkman" (1982)

References

External links

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*amg name|2:65158
*cite web |url=http://www.jewelshepard.com/Jewel_Bio.htm|title=All about Jewel Shepard|accessdate=2008-01-20|date=2003|work=Jewel Shepard.com
*myspace|valleyhags|Jewel Shepard