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Elaine Shepard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Elaine Elizabeth Shepard (April 2, 1913 – September 6, 1998) was a Broadway and film actress in the 1930s and 1940s. She was also the author of The Doom Pussy, a semi-fictional account of aviation in the Vietnam War. Shepard's first film appearance was in the 1936 Republic serial Darkest Africa, in which she played Valerie Tremaine, the heroine of the film. This was followed with a series of leading roles in other minor films, such as You Can't Fool Your Wife, a 1940 comedy starring Lucille Ball. She then had several minor roles in major films, including playing a secretary in Topper and uncredited roles in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and the 1946 Ziegfeld Follies. A more prominent role came in Seven Days Ashore, a musical in which she plays the principal love interest for the band of sailors on shore leave. Shepard also had some minor appearances on Broadway, including a part in the 1940 Cole Porter musical Panama Hattie. Shepard abandoned acting and turned to freelance journalism. She is best known in this role for her Vietnam War coverage, which became the basis for her 1967 book The Doom Pussy, recounting her experiences with aviators in the early part of the war. This book includes an early use of the phrase "the whole nine yards".


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Born:
Apr 2, 1913 In Olney - Illinois - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie Darkest Africa 1936-02-15
Latest Project:
Movie Fiamme sulla laguna 1951-06-20
Known For
Poster of Seven Days Ashore
Poster of Law of the Ranger
Poster of I Cover Chinatown
Poster of Darkest Africa
Filmography
Movie Fiamme sulla laguna Patricia 1951-06-20
Movie Seven Days Ashore Annabelle Rogers 1944-04-25
Movie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited) 1944-11-15
Movie The Falcon in Danger Nancy Palmer 1943-07-17
Movie You Can't Fool Your Wife Peggy 1940-05-21
Movie Professor Beware Anebi 1938-07-29
Movie There Goes My Heart Customer (uncredited) 1938-10-14
Movie Topper Secretary 1937-07-16
Movie Law of the Ranger Evelyn Polk 1937-05-11
Movie The Fighting Texan Judy Walton 1937-06-01
Movie Darkest Africa Valerie Tremaine 1936-02-15
Movie I Cover Chinatown Gloria Watkins 1936-10-01