Samuel Shepard Rogers III
,
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
Birthday
1943-11-05
Occupation
Actor
Spouse(s)
O-Lan Johnson Jones (m. 1969–1984)
Years Active
1960s–present
Biography
Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983).
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