Jewel Shepard

Jewel Shepard

Born: January 3, 1958
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.

Source: Article "Jewel Shepard" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection
Title: Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection
Character: herself
Released: December 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Dave Stevens was a once-in-a-lifetime artist who created the hit comic book series The Rocketeer that reintroduced the world to ’50s pin-up queen Bettie Page and was adapted into a beloved feature film. Dave carried with him a style born of 1930s American Pop Culture, an era he never experienced firsthand, but lived on in his heart and through his illustrations. His award-winning, 35-year career spanned advertising, comics, animation, movies, and TV working with luminaries like Jack Kirby, Doug Wildey, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Landis, and Joe Johnston. Widely considered one of the best illustrators of his generation, Dave Stevens lived life the way he drew, meticulously pursuing a perfection he saw in his mind. His elegant brush work and iconic imagery continue to attract fans and inspire new generations of artists.
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Slasher.com
Title: Slasher.com
Character: Momma Myers
Released: January 16, 2017
Type: Movie
After meeting online, Jack and Kristy go on a weekend getaway to the woodlands of rural Missouri. While discovering each other, they soon learn of the terrorizing horrors that the forest has in store.
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Title: More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Character: Herself
Released: October 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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The Artist
Title: The Artist
Character: Flapper Starlet (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.
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The Cooler
Title: The Cooler
Character: Hooker
Released: November 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Bernie works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow, is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario.
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Almighty Fred
Title: Almighty Fred
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Two brothers, down on their luck and in need of cash, cook up a scheme to create their own new religion.
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Scanners: The Showdown
Title: Scanners: The Showdown
Character: Nurse
Released: January 25, 1995
Type: Movie
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.
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Jewel Naked Around the World
Title: Jewel Naked Around the World
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
The well-traveled actress models in exotic locations around the world.
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Sexercise
Title: Sexercise
Released: November 15, 1994
Type: Movie
In the tradition of Kitten Natividad's Eroticise, Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout and Warm Up with Traci Lords comes yet another B movie actress exercise tape. This one features Jewel Shepard in an "exotic Hawaiian sexercise adventure" with special guests Michelle Bauer and The Naughty Nurse.
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Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
Title: Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom
Character: Amanda
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
King Lim is the oppressive ruler of a country on the verge of revolution. The CIA arranges a fake assassination to get him safely out of the country, but his daughter is captured in the ensuing melee and sent to The Rock, an island penitentiary known for its harshness. Agent Amanda commits a local crime in order to infiltrate the prison and rescue Princess Marga. Within, she predictably encounters official corruption, shifting allegiances, and a sleazy warden that make her task more challenging.
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If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?
Title: If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Documentary (a tie-in to the book of the same name) centered around actress / producer / writer Jewel Shepard. Features clips of the actresses film, television and talk show appearances plus interviews with several other B movie queens.
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Roots of Evil
Title: Roots of Evil
Character: Wanda
Released: September 2, 1992
Type: Movie
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
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Mission: Killfast
Title: Mission: Killfast
Character: Miss August
Released: May 15, 1991
Type: Movie
A high-speed martial arts action/adventure pitting a C.I.A. recruited martial arts master against Las Vegas gangsters and a psychotic arms dealer supplying a diabolical terrorist organization with nuclear weapons! Fully loaded with bone-crushing kung fu mayhem, sexy, scantily clad women and extreme firepower!
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Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal
Title: Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal
Character: Crystal
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A rich sheik tries to steal hot tub business by marrying the owner. Her daughter and others foil the plot.
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Going Undercover
Title: Going Undercover
Character: Peaches
Released: June 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant (Chris Lemmon) has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt (Jean Simmons) to protect her step-daughter Marigold (Lea Thompson) during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have hired an army of P.I.s to protect Marigold from Mr. Brilliant. His name, he's not.
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The Underachievers
Title: The Underachievers
Character: Sci-Fi Teacher
Released: June 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher. He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers that cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tastings serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes.
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Scenes From the Goldmine
Title: Scenes From the Goldmine
Character: Dana
Released: August 8, 1987
Type: Movie
A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.
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Party Camp
Title: Party Camp
Character: Dyanne Stein
Released: June 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A teenage boy takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp. He finds that the camp is run like a military training camp, and he resolves to turn it into Party Central.
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Fantasy Masquerade
Title: Fantasy Masquerade
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
In this 80s answer to burlesque for the video age, a comedian hosts / introduces a succession of strippers.
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Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Title: Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
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The Return of the Living Dead
Title: The Return of the Living Dead
Character: Casey
Released: April 25, 1985
Type: Movie
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
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Christina
Title: Christina
Character: Christina
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Christina Von Belle, a wealthy heiress, is kidnapped by a lesbian terrorist group and held for ransom. She escapes the lesbian terrorists only to fall into the clutches of a gang of gourmet chefs who want a piece of the ransom themselves.
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Hollywood Hot Tubs
Title: Hollywood Hot Tubs
Character: Crystal Landers
Released: July 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A teen and his friends get into trouble for vandalizing the Hollywood sign, and rather than going to prison he opts to work for his uncle's hot tub repair company. The sleazy salesman drums up business by sabotaging the tubs at Hollywood Hot Tubs and by wooing the owner. The nephew begins falling in love with the secretary at his uncle's company, but risks losing her when caught in compromising but unintentional situations while he goes about his duties as tub repairman.
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My Tutor
Title: My Tutor
Character: Girl in Phone Booth
Released: March 4, 1983
Type: Movie
High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. His rich, authoritarian father hires an attractive 29-year-old to tutor Bobby over the summer and help him pass a make-up exam. While Bobby's friends lead him away into strange excursions aimed at losing their virginity, Bobby finds all the extracurricular activities he needs with his new tutor.
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The Sex and Violence Family Hour
Title: The Sex and Violence Family Hour
Character: Body Flash Dancer
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A jumble of sexual skits such as The Big Salami, The Brady Bang, And Leather And Chains.
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The Junkman
Title: The Junkman
Character: Gloria - Present Girl
Released: August 28, 1982
Type: Movie
As film-maker Harlan Hollis drives to a James Dean festival, he's unaware that killers are tracking his every move. The fast and furious race to avoid their net, stay alive and discover who is behind this lethal plan, will take Hollis through a fiery battle, turning highways and city streets into a blazing junkyard.
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Electric Blue 008
Title: Electric Blue 008
Character: Bobby Beal
Released: August 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Annie Ample hosts this chapter in the long running video series from Kicker's Bar in Santa Monica, California, where women (including Michelle Bauer) try to ride a mechanical bull. Features nude centerfolds of female bodybuilder “Pillow” (Teresa Jean Bell) and "Bobby Beal" (aka Jewel Shepard), the EB Special Report “Topless at Twickers” with streaker Erica Roe, footage of Candy Samples at the 1984 Calgary Stampede, the world's first 3-D centerfold and more.
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Zapped!
Title: Zapped!
Character: Girl in Car (uncredited)
Released: July 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic powers. Now, how much trouble can a high school boy who can move things with just his mind get into?
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Raw Force
Title: Raw Force
Character: Drunk Sexpot
Released: July 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female slavery operation on the island as well. Soon, the two groups meet and all sorts of crazy things happen which include cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and more!
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Teen Lust
Title: Teen Lust
Character: Girl
Released: September 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Kirsten Baker and Leslie Cedarquist are the Girls Next Door in this buoyant sexploitationer. The ladies move in bag and baggage into a sleepy suburban community. Before long, every husband in the vicinity has fallen for their charms.
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Collection #107: Slow to Blow
Title: Collection #107: Slow to Blow
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
It's Christmas, and someone's been a good boy! His present? A hot brunette (Jewel Shepard as Bobby Beal) who strips for him, then gives him sexual pleasure.