Jewel Shepard

About Jewel Shepard

Who is it?: Actress, Director, Writer
Birth Place:  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Occupation: Actress, writer
Website: jewelshepard.biz

Jewel Shepard Net Worth

Jewel Shepard was born in  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, is Actress, Director, Writer. Jewel Shepard was born on January 3, 1958, in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. Upon first arriving in California in the early 80s, she supported herself by working as a stripper at various Los Angeles clubs and subsequently got a job modeling for car shoots. Jewel began her acting career with minor parts in the enjoyably lowbrow pictures Raw Force (1982), Zapped! (1982), The Junkman (1982) and My Tutor (1983). Shepard gave a delightfully brash performance as the sassy and sarcastic "Casey" in the fantastic horror zombie comedy The Return of the Living Dead (1985). She was likewise quite funny as "Crystal Landers" in both Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984) and Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990). Other memorable roles are wealthy playgirl "Christina" in the late-night cable-TV soft-core favorite Christina y la reconversión sexual (1984) (aka "Christina"), "Dyanne Stein" in the amusing Party Camp (1987), ditzy prostitute "Wanda" in Roots of Evil (1992) and prison inmate "Amanda" in the sleazy babes-behind-bars opus Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994). More recently, Jewel popped up in a small part as a hooker in the terrific independent movie The Cooler (2003). Outside of acting, Shepard has had a career as a writer. Jewel has penned articles for such publications as "Details", "Premiere" and "Cosmopolitan". She has also contributed special features to the Associated Press. Jewel Shepard authored the B-flick queen interview chronicle "Invasion of the B-Girls" -- 19 exploitation film actresses from both the past and present alike are interviewed in this book -- and the often hilarious tell-all autobiography "If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?".
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💰Jewel Shepard Net worth: $700,000

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Biography/Timeline

1982

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 mainly 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.

1996

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.

2011

Shepard has been struggling with invasive breast cancer since 2011, and has been treated with chemotherapy, lymph node removal and a double mastectomy.