Jewel Shepard | |
---|---|
Born | January 3, 1958 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, writer, photographer |
Years active | 1978–present |
Website | jewelshepard |
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 The Return of the Living Dead (1985). [2]
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). [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 .[ 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]
Shepard has been struggling with invasive breast cancer since 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal and a double mastectomy. [7]
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 | |
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" |
Year | Title | Role | Artist |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Radar Love | Diner Waitress | White Lion |
1993 | Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? | Cigarette Girl / Demon Girl | Revolting Cocks |
Ava Lavinia Gardner was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak's film noir The Killers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in John Ford's Mogambo (1953), and for best actress for both a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for her performance in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964). She was a part of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Julie Delpy is a French and American actress, screenwriter and film director. She studied filmmaking at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa (1990), Voyager (1991), Three Colours: White (1993), the Before trilogy, An American Werewolf in Paris (1997), and 2 Days in Paris (2007).
Marilyn Pauline "Kim" Novak is an American retired actress and painter. Her contributions to cinema have been honored with two Golden Globe Awards, an Honorary Golden Bear, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sylvia Maria Kristel was a Dutch actress and model who appeared in over 50 films. She was the eponymous character in five of the seven Emmanuelle films, including originating the role with Emmanuelle (1974).
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. Born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's neo-noir film Night Moves. She later rose to prominence as an actor in films such as Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) attracted critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.
Danielle Harris is an American actress. She is known as a "scream queen" for her roles in multiple horror films, including four entries in the Halloween franchise: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989) as Jamie Lloyd, and Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009) as Annie Brackett. Other such roles include Tosh in Urban Legend (1998), Belle in Stake Land (2010), and Marybeth Dunston in the Hatchet series (2010–17). In 2012, she was inducted into the Fangoria Hall of Fame.
Kathleen Doyle Bates is an American actress. With a career spanning over five decades, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and two BAFTA Awards.
Jacqueline Jill Collins was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Her books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. She was the younger sister of Dame Joan Collins.
Embeth Jean Davidtz is an American-South African actress and director. She's appeared in movies such as Army of Darkness, Schindler's List, Matilda, Fallen,Mansfield Park, Bicentennial Man, Bridget Jones's Diary,Junebug,Fracture,The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,The Amazing Spider-Man,The Amazing Spider-Man 2,Old, and Not Okay, and in the television series In Treatment, Californication, Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy, Ray Donovan, and The Morning Show.
Mindy Cohn is an American actress. She starred as Natalie Green in the sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988, and is known for voicing Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 2002 to 2015, succeeding B. J. Ward, before being succeeded herself by Kate Micucci. Cohn appeared on VH1's List of "100 Greatest Kid Stars".
Pamela Des Barres is an American rock and roll groupie, writer, musician, and actress. She is best known for her 1987 memoir, I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie, which details her experiences in the Los Angeles rock music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. She is also a former member of the experimental Frank Zappa-produced music group the GTOs.
Sherilyn Fenn is an American actress. She played Audrey Horne on the television series Twin Peaks for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.
Marcia Cross is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as The Edge of Night, Another World, and One Life to Live before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on Knots Landing. From 1992 to 1997, she starred as Kimberly Shaw on Melrose Place. Cross played the role of the housewife Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), for which she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She had a recurring role as President Claire Haas on the ABC series Quantico.
Barbara Linnea Quigley is an American actress, best known as a scream queen in low-budget horror films during the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Quigley first pursued her career in the late 1970s, shortly after moving to Los Angeles. While working at Jack LaLanne's health spa, she was encouraged by her friends to try modeling, and also began taking acting and guitar-playing classes. After appearing as an extra in various films, Quigley got her first acting role in the Charles Band-produced film Fairy Tales (1978). She continued receiving small parts, mostly in B movies. Her first bigger part was in the 1981 slasher film Graduation Day. Quigley followed with more films such as Savage Streets (1984) and Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984).
Maureen L. Bass, better known by her stage name Laila Morse, is an English actress. After making her acting debut as Janet in the drama film Nil by Mouth (1997), she went on to join the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Mo Harris, a role she has played periodically since 2000.
Debbie Ann Rochon is a Canadian actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in independent horror films and counterculture films.
Wendie Jo Sperber was an American actress, known for her performances in the films I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Bachelor Party (1984), and Back to the Future (1985), as well as the television sitcoms Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Private Benjamin (1982–1983).
Amy Lynn Baxter, known professionally as Amy Lynn, is an American actress, model, and exotic dancer. Her career catapulted in the 1990s after multiple appearances with Howard Stern. She was Penthouse magazine's Pet of the Month for June 1990 and appeared on Geraldo, The Montel Williams Show, and the Maury Povich Show. She appeared in many B-movies and soft core pornography films.
Faryal. She is an actress and dancer of mixed Indian and Arabic descent working in Hindi films. She was a popular Bollywood cabaret dancer and actress in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jorgina Alexandra Porter is an English actress and model. She is known for portraying the role of Theresa McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2008 until 2016 and again from 2020.