---
name: "Jewel Shepard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jewel-shepard"
fi1m_id: "jewel-shepard"
imdb_id: "nm0791636"
tmdb_id: 106669
wikidata_id: "Q3178476"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T04:32:53.686033+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jewel Shepard

## Identity

Jewel Shepard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jewel-shepard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jewel-shepard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0791636
- **TMDB ID:** 106669
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3178476
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Shepard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178476, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106669

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

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 January 1958, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Shepard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178476, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106669

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Return of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jewel Shepard is an American actress, writer and photographer. She is known for her role as Casey in the 1985 film *The Return of the Living Dead*.

She arrived in California in the 1970s and began working as a stripper and model before meeting filmmaker Dan O'Bannon. Her film debut came in *The Junkman* (1982), after which she appeared in a number of B movies. She later wrote *Invasion of the B-Girls* (1992), a book of interviews with cult actresses, and an autobiography, *If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?* (1996).

Shepard has also contributed writing to publications including *Premiere*, *Cosmopolitan* and *Details*. She appeared uncredited as a flapper starlet in *The Artist* (2011).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Fi1m 79, as Casey — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Slasher.com* (2017), as Momma Myers
- *The Artist* (2011), as Flapper Starlet (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-artist.md)
- *The Cooler* (2003), as Hooker
- *Scanner Cop II* (1995), as Nurse
- *Jewel Naked Around the World* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Sexercise* (1994), Actor
- *Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom* (1994), as Amanda
- *If I'm So Famous, How Come Nobody's Ever Heard of Me?* (1994), Writer, Director
- *Roots of Evil* (1992), as Wanda
- *Mission: Killfast* (1991), as Miss August
- *Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal* (1990), as Crystal
- *Going Undercover* (1988), as Peaches
- *The Underachievers* (1988), as Sci-Fi Teacher
- *Scenes from the Goldmine* (1987), as Dana
- *Party Camp* (1987), as Dyanne Stein
- *Fantasy Masquerade* (1987), Actor
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), as Casey — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *Hollywood Hot Tubs* (1984), as Crystal Landers
- *Christina* (1984), as Christina
- *My Tutor* (1983), as Girl in Phone Booth
- *The Sex and Violence Family Hour* (1983), as Body Flash Dancer
- *The Junkman* (1982), as Gloria - Present Girl
- *Electric Blue 008* (1982), as Bobby Beal
- *Zapped!* (1982), as Girl in Car (uncredited)
- *Raw Force* (1982), as Drunk Sexpot
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Woman
- *Teen Lust* (1978), as Girl
- *Collection #107: Slow to Blow*, Actor

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