American actress (1928–2025)
Josephine Angela Sorbello (March 19, 1928 – January 17, 2025), known professionally as Jan Shepard , was an American actress.
Jan Shepard
Jan Shepard in 1963
Born Josephine Angela Sorbello
(1928-03-19 ) March 19, 1928Died January 17, 2025(2025-01-17) (aged 96) Occupation Actress Years active 1954–2017 Spouse
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m. 1954; died. 2022)
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Josephine Angela Sorbello[ 2] Quakertown, Pennsylvania , on March 19, 1928,[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 3] valedictorian of her class at Quakertown High School ,[ 5] [ 2]
Shepard honed her acting skills at the Pasadena Playhouse .[ 5] Sabre Jet King Creole Paradise, Hawaiian Style Elvis Presley , thus before and after his Army induction and his mother's death.[ 6] Dr. Christian [ 7] Waterfront Bat Masterson The Man Behind the Badge Tales of the Texas Rangers Private Secretary Dr. Christian Rawhide Laramie Perry Mason Highway Patrol Gunsmoke Tombstone Territory The High Chaparral The Virginian [ 3] [ 8]
Personal life and death [ edit ] In 1951, Shepard met actor Ray Boyle . They married in 1954, and remained together until Boyle's death in 2022. Shepard died from pneumonia at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center , in Burbank, California , on January 17, 2025. She was 96.[ 4]
^ "Raymond Boyle Obituary (1923-2022)" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 27, 2022 .^ a b Witbeck, Charles (July 21, 1966). "Actress Aims At Movie Life" . The Journal News . New York, White Plains. p. 36. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com . ^ a b c Magers, Boyd; Fitzgerald, Michael G. (July 2004). Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television ... - Boyd Magers, Michael G. Fitzgerald ISBN 9780786420285 . Retrieved 2017-06-24 . ^ a b Barnes, Mike (27 January 2025). "Jan Shepard, Actress in 'King Creole' and a Wagonful of TV Westerns, Dies at 96" . The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 27 January 2025 . ^ a b c "Quakertown Girl Makes Good In TV, Movie Roles; Wins Part In New Series" . News Herald . Pennsylvania, Perkasie. September 27, 1956. p. 11. Retrieved September 11, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Interview with Jan Shepard, Elvis' co-star in 'King Creole' and 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style'". Retrieved June 20, 2018. https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-jan-shepard.shtml
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7 ^ Fitzgerald, Michael G.; Magers, Boyd (February 2, 2006). Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the ... - Michael G. Fitzgerald, Boyd Magers ISBN 9780786426560 . Retrieved 2017-06-24 .
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