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Shepherd Jean

Date of birth and time Jul 26, 1921 , 20:50:00

  • Zodiac Sign Pisces
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  • Zodiac Sign Cancer
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  • Zodiac Sign Capricorn
    Lagan
  • Rodden Rating: AA

Remembering Since 1999

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Events

Relationship : Marriage March 1977 (Third marriage, agent Leigh Brown) chart Placidus Equal_H.

Death:Death, Cause unspecified 16 October 1999 in Sanibel (Age 78) chart Placidus Equal_H.

Ai Generated Biography Shepherd Jean Biography

American multi-media performer and writer, a humorist in the Midwestern tradition of Mark Twain, a fluent storyteller and raconteur on radio for over two decades. Author of several books as well as articles for a diverse range of magazines, he produced a television movie and television series, and the screenplay for the MGM classic movie, "A Christmas Story." He hosted numerous radio shows. His vignettes of childhood were extremely popular in print and in live performances. He gained an immense cult following which remains after his death. Jean Parker Shepherd was the elder son of Jean P. and Anne (Heinrichs) Shepherd. His father was an office manager for Borden Dairies, where his younger brother, Randy, eventually went to work. Jean grew up in Hammond, Indiana, near Chicago. He attended public schools and graduated from Hammond High School in 1939. During his teens he worked as a mail boy in a steel mill. He began his radio career at 16 hosting weekly sportscasts for a local radio station. That job led to juvenile roles on network radio in Chicago. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Afterwards, he studied acting at the Goodman Theater School in Chicago and engineering and psychology at Indiana University. In 1949 he left Indiana University before graduation to take a job at a radio station in Cincinnati, Ohio. From there he moved to a station in Philadelphia, but after a year returned to a larger station, WLW, in Cincinnati. In addition to his work on radio, he hosted a popular late-night comedy, "Rear Bumper," on WLW-TV. His work on "Rear Bumper" earned him consideration as the replacement host for Steve Allen on the Tonight Show on NBC in New York. That job never worked out, but he stayed in New York to begin a 21-year association with WOR-AM. His fictionalized, relatively plotless recollections of childhood in the 1930s and 1940s won him a cult following among the teens of the 1950s and 1960s. Marshall McLuan once called Shepherd "the first radio novelist." Shepherd’s first book was "The America of George Ade," 1961, consisting of selections of Ade’s essays that he edited. New York Times bestseller, "In God We Trust - All Others Pay Cash," 1966, contained fascinating total recall of minute details of adolescence with his chum Flick. It was so realistic that he had to call the newspaper to ask that the book be moved from the nonfiction to the fiction column of the list. His most popular story, "Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories," told of a prom date run amuck. "The Ferrari in the Bedroom" was published in 1972. In the late 1950s and early 1960s Shepherd starred in numerous Off-Broadway plays, hosted jazz concerts sponsored by the "Village Voice" (for which he was then writing) and presented stand-up comedy at nightclubs. Among his television productions, "Jean Shepherd’s America" was popular and aired for three seasons on public television beginning in 1969. Shepherd also wrote the script for the made-for-television movie classic, "A Christmas Story." He carried his story-telling talent to Carnegie Hall, which he sold out, and to numerous one-man shows at college campuses, corporate conventions and meetings. Among his favorites were a series of appearances each year at Princeton University in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1981, Shepherd was the proud recipient of the second annual Hammond Achievement award from his hometown of Hammond, Indiana. He performed his last concert in 1996. He continued to work oRead less

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Shepherd Jean

Born: Tue Jul 26 1921 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Birthplace: Chicago, United States

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Shepherd Jean is a retired American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films "The Big Sleep" (1946), "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), and "North by Northwest" (1959).

Jean was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 26, 1921. She began her acting career in the early 1940s, appearing in small roles in films and on television. She got her big break in 1946 when she was cast as Vivian Rutledge in the film noir classic "The Big Sleep." Jean went on to appear in a number of other films, including "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "The Birds" (1963).

Jean retired from acting in the early 1970s. She has since lived a quiet life in California.

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  • Instagram: @shepherdjean
  • Facebook: /ShepherdJean

Recent Projects

Jean has not been involved in any recent projects.

Other Info

Jean is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

She is married to actor Robert Vaughn.

She has two children, Cassidy and Caitlin.

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