Photograph of the year 1973 of the actress Patty Shepard in the movie 'The curious'.
On January 3, 2013, he passed away American actress Patty Sheppard. The actress was settled in Spain since the early 60s where she appeared in about fifty films. The also American model died of a heart attack at age 67.
She was the daughter of a colonel in the North American Air Forces, born in South Carolina (USA) in 1945, lived in Japan and England before landing in Spain at the age of 18, when her father was assigned to the Torrejón de Ardoz base. Finished studies, became known as a model, and especially with an announcement of the Founder directed by José Luis Borau. This is how he caught the attention of the producers and made his film debut with a small unacredited role in 'The city is not for me' (Pedro Lazaga, 1966).
Later would arrive 'Appointment in Navarra' (Jose Grañena, 1967) where she met the one who will be her husband, the Extremaduran actor Manuel de Blas. After a series of comedies and action films, she participated, parodying herself in 'One, two, three, to the English hideout' (1970), the pop debut of Iván Zulueta, which was sponsored by the also deceased Jose Luis Borau.
'The monsters of terror' (Tulio Demicheli, 1970) was his first horror film. He appeared alongside Paul Naschy, with whom he repeated playing Countess Wandesa Párvula de Nadasdy in 'La noche de Walpurgis' (León Klimovsky, 1971), one of his most memorable roles. Acclaimed for her role as a perverse woman in 'El ceiling de cristal' (Eloy de la Iglesia, 1971), consolidated as one of our scream queen with films such as' Diabolical Chill '(George Martin, 1971),' Bloody summary of little Estefania '(Tonino Valerii, 1972),' El monte de las brujas' (Raúl Artigot, 1972), 'The tomb of the cursed island '(Julio Salvador, 1973),' The refuge of fear '(José Ulloa, 1974),' Rest in pieces '(José Ramón Larraz, 1987),' Slugs, viscous death '(Juan Piquer Simón, 1988) or' Al filo del hacha '(José Ramón Larraz, 1988), which was his last film.
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