Jean Shepherd
Radio personality, Author
1921 – 1999
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Who was Jean Shepherd?
Jean Parker Shepherd was an American raconteur, radio and TV personality, writer and actor who was often referred to by the nickname Shep.
With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is best known to modern audiences for the film A Christmas Story, which he narrated and co-scripted, based on his own semi-autobiographical stories.
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- Born
- Jul 26, 1921
Chicago - Also known as
- Jean Parker Shepherd
- Shep
- J. Shepherd
- Jean Shepard
- Frederick R. Ewing
- Shepherd, Jean
- Jean Parker Shepherd, Jr.
- Spouses
- Leigh Brown
(1977/03/02 - 1998/07/16) - Lois Nettleton
(1960/12/03 - 1967) - Joan Laverne Warner
(1950/09/09 - 1957)
- Leigh Brown
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Hammond High School
( - 1939)
- Hammond High School
- Lived in
- Hammond
- Died
- Oct 16, 1999
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on July 23, 2013
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