The Truman Show
1998
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Jesse was born in May 1970, son of Sam Shepard and O-lan Jones. His parents married in 1969 and later divorced in 1984. Rumor has it that Jesse was named after the outlaw Jesse James and a Cajun good luck charm.
In 1969, Jones and Shepard were married. She went on to star in a number of his plays, including Suicide in B♭ and Angel City. Jones gave birth to their son Jesse Mojo Shepard in 1971. They divorced in 1984 when he left her for actress Jessica Lange. Jones is an alumna of New Dramatists.
- His Son Jesse Mojo Shepard Is Author of The Book ‘Jubilee King’
- His Daughter Hannah Jane Shepard Is An Administrative Assistant & Activist
- Hannah & Walker Have A Half-Sister Named Aleksandra Baryshnikov
- Shepard Said His Relationship with His Father Influenced His Own Parenting
Jesse Mojo Shepard is the playwright’s oldest child, born to him and O-Lan Jones in May 1970. He followed in the footsteps of his father and became a writer, publishing his first book, Jubilee King, in 2003. The short story collection was released to glowing reviews, with many critics pointing out that Jesse shared his father’s knack for finding po...
Hannah Jane Shepard was born on January 13, 1986, the first child of Shepard and Jessica Lange. According to Shepard’s official website, Hannah graduated from Minnesota’s Stillwater Sr. High School in 2004 and from Sarah Lawrence Collegein 2008. She worked as an administrative assistant for Hawthorne Valley Association in upstate New York. Shepard’...
Aleksandra Lange Baryshnikov was born in 1981 to Jessica Lange and choreographer Mikhail Baryshnikov. Lange ended her relationship with Baryshikov and began dating Shepard the following year, ultimately making Aleksandra the half-sister of Hannah and Samuel Walker. Aleksandra, also known as ‘Shura’, continued in the tradition of her father’s family...
In an interview with The New York Timesin 2015, Shepard discussed the pivotal role that his father, Samuel Shepard Rogers VII, played in his career and his personal life. “I think there is a way in which men — not women so much — tend to obsess about certain things and go off and become very isolated, very estranged from the people who are close to...
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- Jones Met Shepard Through Her Stepfather Johnny Dark. Shepard met Johnny Dark in 1967, when the latter approached him and asked what drug Shepard was on when he wrote his play Forensic and the Navigators.
- She Collaborated With Shepard On Numerous Stage Plays. Jones dropped out of high school as a teenager, and spent most of her years before meeting Shepard appearing in off-off-Broadway productions.
- Their Son Jesse Mojo Shepard Was Born in 1970. Jones and Shepard had one child during their marriage, Jesse Mojo Shepard. According to the Sam Shepard website, Jesse was named after famed outlaw Jesse James.
- She Has Appeared in Several Hollywood Films & Television Shows. Though her marriage to Shepard came to an end in 1984, Jones continues to find success in Hollywood.
Her unusual name comes from the Pearl S. Buck novel "The Good Earth". According to O-Lan Jones, the "O" means profound and "Lan" is a kind of wildflower. Mother, with Sam Shepard, of son named Jesse Mojo Shepard, born in May 1970.
Jul 31, 2017 · He married the actress O-Lan Jones (with whom he had a son, Jesse) in 1969 and they divorced in 1984; he also had a long relationship with the actress Jessica Lange, who he met on the set of...
Jul 31, 2017 · He is survived by his writer son Jesse, from his marriage to actress O-Lan Jones, his other son Walker and daughter Hannah, from his 30-year relationship with actress Jessica Lange. Shepard and...
