Jewel Shepard
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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Acting
Movie
The Artist
as Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
2011
Movie
The Return of the Living Dead
as Casey
1985
Movie
The Cooler
as Hooker
2003
Movie
Zapped!
as Girl in Car (uncredited)
1982
Movie
My Tutor
as Girl in Phone Booth
1983
Movie
Raw Force
as Drunk Sexpot
1982
Movie
Scanner Cop II
as Nurse
1995
Movie
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
as Herself
2011
TV
Knots Landing
as Woman
1979
Movie
Slasher.com
as Momma Myers
2017
Movie
Christina
as Christina
1984
Movie
The Junkman
as Gloria - Present Girl
1982
Movie
Hollywood Hot Tubs
as Crystal Landers
1984
Movie
Mission: Killfast
as Miss August
1991
Movie
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
as Amanda
1994
Movie
Party Camp
as Dyanne Stein
1987
Movie
The Sex and Violence Family Hour
as Body Flash Dancer
1983
Movie
Teen Lust
as Girl
1978
Movie
Scenes from the Goldmine
as Dana
1987
Movie
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
as Self
1986
Movie
The Underachievers
as Sci-Fi Teacher
1988
Movie
Going Undercover
as Peaches
1988
Movie
Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal
as Crystal
1990
Movie
Roots of Evil
as Wanda
1992
