- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 3, 1958
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 Pr…
Filmography
movieDave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection
2022 · herself
movieSlasher.com
2017 · Momma Myers
movieMore Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
2011 · Herself
movieThe Artist
2011 · Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
movieThe Cooler
2003 · Hooker
movieAlmighty Fred
1996 · Self
movieScanner Cop II
1995 · Nurse
Jewel Naked Around the World
movieJewel Naked Around the World
1995 · Herself, Writer, Director
movieSexercise
1994
If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?
movieIf I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?
1994 · Herself, Writer, Director
movieCaged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
1994 · Amanda
movieRoots of Evil
1992 · Wanda
movieMission: Killfast
1991 · Miss August
movieHollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal
1990 · Crystal
movieGoing Undercover
1988 · Peaches
movieThe Underachievers
1988 · Sci-Fi Teacher
movieScenes from the Goldmine
1987 · Dana
movieParty Camp
1987 · Dyanne Stein
Fantasy Masquerade
movieFantasy Masquerade
1987
movieFangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986 · Self
movieThe Return of the Living Dead
1985 · Casey
movieHollywood Hot Tubs
1984 · Crystal Landers
movieChristina
1984 · Christina
movieMy Tutor
1983 · Girl in Phone Booth
movieThe Sex and Violence Family Hour
1983 · Body Flash Dancer
movieThe Junkman
1982 · Gloria - Present Girl
movieElectric Blue 008
1982 · Bobby Beal
movieZapped!
1982 · Girl in Car (uncredited)
movieRaw Force
1982 · Drunk Sexpot
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Woman
movieTeen Lust
1978 · Girl
Collection #107: Slow to Blow
movieCollection #107: Slow to Blow
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