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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.
- Sam Shepard Filmography
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- Sam Shepard (Disambiguation)
Sam Shepard (1943–2017) was an American actor and playwright...
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- Sam Shepard Filmography
Apr 8, 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.
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Samuel Holmes Sheppard ( December 29, 1923 – April 6, 1970) was an American neurosurgeon. 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. Sheppard was acquitted at a retrial in 1966. [2]
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- Samuel Holmes Sheppard, December 29, 1923, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Life imprisonment (overturned)
- April 6, 1970 (aged 46), Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Jul 31, 2017 · Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Sam Shepard, the celebrated playwright and Oscar-nominated actor, has died at the age of 73. A family spokesperson confirmed that Shepard died at his home in...
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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.
- November 5, 1943
- July 27, 2017
Jul 31, 2017 · July 31, 2017, 11:03am. Sam Shepard, the acclaimed playwright who was also praised as an actor, screenwriter, and director, died July 31 after complications from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was...
Jul 31, 2017 · July 31, 2017. Sam Shepard, whose hallucinatory plays redefined the landscape of the American West and its inhabitants, died on Thursday at his home in Kentucky. He was 73. A spokesman for his...