Jewel Shepard

Biography

Jewel Shepard is an American actress, writer, and photographer known for her roles in cult classics like "The Return of the Living Dead" (1985) and "Party Camp" (1987). She broke into film with H.B. Halicki's "The Junkman" (1982) and went on to write a book featuring interviews with fellow cult actresses, "Invasion of the B-Girls," in 1992. Shepard has also written for various publications, including Premiere and Cosmopolitan. She is also an advocate for breast cancer awareness after being diagnosed in 2011.