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Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, director and screenwriter whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director.
Samuel Holmes Sheppard ( December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American osteopath. He was convicted of the 1954 murder of his pregnant [1] wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, but the conviction was eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which cited a "carnival atmosphere" at the trial.
The following is his screen filmography as an actor, screenwriter, and director. Shepard was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chuck Yeager in the film The Right Stuff (1983).
Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, author, screenwriter, and director. He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. In 1979 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child.
May 31, 2024 · Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943, Fort Sheridan, near Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.—died July 27, 2017, Midway, Kentucky) was an American playwright and actor whose plays adroitly blend images of the American West, Pop motifs, science fiction, and other elements of popular and youth culture.
Sam Shepard. Actor: August: Osage County. Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army.
Feb 28, 2020 · Sam Shepard (November 5, 1943–July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, and director. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 and was nominated for an Oscar in 1983. He’s best known for his work in the theater, as a playwright, actor, and director.
BIOGRAPHY. Sam Shepard ranks as one of America's most celebrated dramatists. He has written nearly 50 plays and has seen his work produced across the nation, in venues ranging from Greenwich Village coffee shops to regional professional and community theatres, from college campuses to commercial Broadway houses.
Jul 31, 2017 · John Lahr writes about the playwright Sam Shepard, who died last week, and his groundbreaking theatre productions such as “Operation Sidewinder” and “The Tooth of Crime.”
Jul 31, 2017 · Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated actor Sam Shepard died in Kentucky last week following a battle with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a spokesperson for the...
