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Jean Parker " Shep " Shepherd Jr. (July 26, [1] 1921 – October 16, 1999) [2] was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co- scripted, based on his own semiautobiographical stories. [3]
Jean Shepard (born Ollie Imogene Shepard: November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer who is often acknowledged as a pioneer for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot.
Actor: A Christmas Story. Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.
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Actor: A Christmas Story. Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs.
- July 26, 1921
- October 16, 1999
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Dec 24, 2013 · While it's all but impossible to make it through December without encountering A Christmas Story, though, relatively few know about the man who’s behind the story: the unconventional '60s icon...
Jun 11, 2001 · Jean Shepherd. Follow @TIME. It's nighttime in the 1960s in any major East Coast American town. The AM station WOR is being listened to by a young person who's supposed to be asleep, a portable...