Sam Shepard - Wikipedia
Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. [1] He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.
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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.
Sam Shepard filmography - Wikipedia
Sam Shepard was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director and author. 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 …
Sam Shepard's Battle With ALS: Inside His Final Years and Why He …
Aug 1, 2017 · Even as he battled a debilitating disease in his final years, Sam Shepard stayed hard at work — as only close colleagues knew of his health struggles. The acclaimed actor, playwright and writer...
Sam Shepard | Biography & Facts | Britannica
Dec 15, 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 - Biography - IMDb
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.
Sam Shepard, Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Is Dead …
Jul 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.
Biography of Sam Shepard, American Playwright - ThoughtCo
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.
Celebrated Playwright And Actor Sam Shepard Dies - NPR
Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard was both a prize-winning playwright and an an acclaimed actor. He won a Pulitzer for Drama for Buried Child in 1979 and wrote more than 40 other plays as well as short stories and...
The frontier in his eyes: Sam Shepard, 1943-2017 - Roger Ebert
Jul 31, 2017 · The end of Sam Shepard’s life is a disaster for theater and cinema. The 73-year-old playwright and actor, who both embodied and critiqued rough-hewn American frontier ideals of masculinity, died Thursday in Kentucky, surrounded by family, following a long, mostly private struggle with ALS.