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Jean Shepherd (Jean Parker Shepherd Jr.) was born on 26 July, 1921 in South Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an actor,writer,producer. Discover Jean Shepherd's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As Jean Parker Shepherd Jr.
Occupation actor,writer,producer
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 26 July, 1921
Birthday 26 July
Birthplace South Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of death 16 October, 1999
Died Place Sanibel Island, Florida, USA
Nationality United States

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Jean Shepherd Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Jean Shepherd's Wife?

His wife is Leigh Brown (2 March 1977 - 16 July 1998) ( her death), Lois Nettleton (3 December 1960 - 1970) ( divorced), Joan Laverne Warner (9 September 1950 - 1957) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Barbara Olive Mattoon (29 March 1947 - 14 June 1948) ( divorced)

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Wife Leigh Brown (2 March 1977 - 16 July 1998) ( her death), Lois Nettleton (3 December 1960 - 1970) ( divorced), Joan Laverne Warner (9 September 1950 - 1957) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Barbara Olive Mattoon (29 March 1947 - 14 June 1948) ( divorced)
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Jean Shepherd Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jean Shepherd worth at the age of 78 years old? Jean Shepherd’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Jean Shepherd's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Actor

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1950

Raised in Hammond, Indiana, Jean Shepherd went on to work in the steel mills and was a veteran of the Army Signal Corps before entering the arts. In the 1950s, he began a long career as a radio personality telling stories of his youth, commenting on current topics and performing silly songs. While at WOR-AM in New York, he also broadcast live night club acts from the Limelight in Greenwich Village. He wrote for Playboy and other magazines. His articles were published in a series of books including "The America of George Ade", "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash", "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories, and Other Disasters", "A Fistful of Fig Newtons" and "The Ferrari in the Bedroom".

1953

Steve Allen, who listened to Shepherd on WOR, suggested him as his replacement on The Tonight Show (1953) (first of "Tonight Show" series) in the late 1950s. NBC went with Jack Paar instead, deciding that Shepherd was too caustic and unconventional to host a network show.

1956

Columnist for the "Villiage Voice" weekly newspaper in New York City, called "The Night People Column", in 1956 and '57.

1958

Shepherd helped John Cassavetes raise money to film Shadows (1958) by having John on his show as one of his rare guests in February 1957. Shep was so committed to the project that he loaned his assistant Ellen Paulos to Cassavetes to help with the film. The thankful Cassavetes expressed his thanks in the opening credits of the movie. A title reads: "Presented by Jean Shepherd's Night People." (The Night People were members of what the New York Times in the late 1950s called the "cult" of Shepherd listeners.) Shepherd also appears in a crowd sequence in the film, smoking a cigarette.

1959

Was named "Jazz Personality of the Year" for 1959 by "Metronome" Magazine.

1960

Five time winner of "Playboy" Magazine Best Writing Award for Humor/Satire. Shepherd was a mainstay of the magazine in the 1960s and early '70s. He conducted the magazine's interview with The Beatles that appeared in the February 1965 issue.

1964

Twenty-five of his stories were published in "Playboy Magazine" from June 1964 through August 1981. After the publication in May 1973 of his short-story "Lost At C", only one more Shepherd story appeared in "Playboy", "A Fistful of Fig Newtons" in August 1981. Shepherd won four "Playboy" Writing Awards for Humor/Satire, for "Leopold Doppler and the Orpheum Gravy Boat Riot" (October 1965), "The Return of the Smiling Wimpy Doll" (December 1967), and "Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories" (June 1969), all cited as First Place winners in their respective years (1965, '67 and '69), while "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" (July 1968) won a Second Place award in 1968.

1965

He was the inspiration for Jason Robards' character in A Thousand Clowns (1965).

1969

He provided all the voices for the Song of the Cloud Forest (1969) skit, "Cowboy X" (circa 1972).

1970

During the 1970s, he did two series of humorous programs as well as several American Playhouse (1980) episodes for PBS.

1976

Peter Finch's famous rant in Network (1976) was inspired by Shepherd's radio diatribes.

1977

He had his own show at WOR-AM in New York for twenty-two years (ending in 1977).

1981

In 2002, his home-town of Hammond, Indiana named the new Community Center in Dowling Park the "Jean Shepherd Community Center". On April 7, 1981, he had received the city's second annual Hammond Achievement Award, which was given in the name of the citizenry.

1983

In 1983, he wrote his first feature film, A Christmas Story (1983), putting together many tales of his semi-autobiographical character "Ralphie".

1984

Along with Leigh Brown and Bob Clark, he won a 1984 Genie Award for Best Screenplay for A Christmas Story (1983).

1987

Mr. Shepherd was a life long Chicago White Sox fan. He is the on screen host and narrator for the made for video film, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX: A VISUAL HISTORY (1987).

1995

Awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Indiana University in 1995.

2000

Posthumously inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame on November 13, 2000. Shep's longtime friend Irwin Zwilling accepted the award on his behalf.

2002

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 566-568. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

2010

"Jean Shepherd's Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" received a nomination as Best Movie or Miniseries at the 10th annual ACE Awards.

2018

Early in his tenure at WOR, he and his listeners decided to play a prank on the New York Times best-seller list; he suggested that they go to bookstores around the city and start asking for a book that didn't even exist; the listeners suggested the title (I, Libertine!), an author name (Frederick Ewing), and even gave this fictitious author a fairly detailed biography (former British civil servant, lived in South Africa, spoke on the BBC about 18th-century erotica, was married to Marjorie "a horsewoman from the North Country"). As his radio listeners included airline pilots who traveled overseas and press agents who fed information to leading gossip columnists in the city, The phony book and its phony author were soon a hot topic in transatlantic publishing circles, appearing on best-seller lists, getting mentioned in Earl Wilson's syndicated gossip column, and even getting Banned in Boston. Finally, one of his listeners, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal persuaded him that it was time to let the rest of the world in on the joke - by then, the book was such a big deal that Ballantine Publishing asked Shepherd to actually write a book called I, Libertine!, and with the help of science-fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon, he did. Needless to say, the Times didn't take kindly to having been fooled, and when they reviewed the book, they implied that Shepherd had misled his fans into asking for the book, when in fact the listeners were part of the hoax from the very beginning.