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person_profile-Elaine Shepard

Elaine Shepard Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Elaine Shepard

Date of Birth:

Apr 02, 1913

Country of birth:

Olney - Illinois - USA

Died:

Sep 06, 1998

Biography of

Elaine Shepard

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Elaine Elizabeth Shepard (April 2, 1913 – September 6, 1998) was a Broadway and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was also the author of The Doom Pussy, a semi-fictional account of aviation in the Vietnam War.

    Shepard's first film appearance was in the 1936 Republic serial Darkest Africa, in which she played Valerie Tremaine, the heroine of the film. This was followed with a series of leading roles in other minor films, such as You Can't Fool Your Wife, a 1940 comedy starring Lucille Ball. She then had several minor roles in major films, including playing a secretary in Topper and uncredited roles in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and the 1946 Ziegfeld Follies. A more prominent role came in Seven Days Ashore, a musical in which she plays the principal love interest for the band of sailors on shore leave.

    Shepard also had some minor appearances on Broadway, including a part in the 1940 Cole Porter musical Panama Hattie.

    Shepard abandoned acting and turned to freelance journalism. She is best known in this role for her Vietnam War coverage, which became the basis for her 1967 book The Doom Pussy, recounting her experiences with aviators in the early part of the war. This book includes an early use of the phrase "the whole nine yards".

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Elaine Shepard

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Filmography of

Elaine Shepard

Found 12 Movies in total

Fiamme sulla laguna

Patricia ( Actor )

... 1951

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Seven Days Ashore

Annabelle Rogers ( Actor )

... 1944

The Falcon in Danger

Nancy Palmer ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1940

There Goes My Heart

Customer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Professor Beware

Anebi ( Actor )

... 1938

Topper

Secretary ( Actor )

... 1937

The Fighting Texan

Judy Walton ( Actor )

... 1937

Law of the Ranger

Evelyn Polk ( Actor )

... 1937

I Cover Chinatown

Gloria Watkins ( Actor )

... 1936

Darkest Africa

Valerie Tremaine ( Actor )

... 1936