Sam Shepard Biography

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NAME: Sam Shepard
OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Author, Playwright
BIRTH DATE: November 05, 1943 (Age: 69)
PLACE OF BIRTH: Fort Sheridan, near Highland Park, Illinois
Full Name: Samuel Shepard Rogers
ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio

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Sam Shepard is a prolific, Oscar-nominated actor and playwright who’s won the Pulitzer Prize.

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Sam Shepard was born in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on November 5, 1943, and went on to produce and write plays, for which he won a 1979 Pulitzer Prize. Shepard is also a director, screenwriter and actor who’s been featured in many films, including Days of Heaven, Paris, Texas, Country, Steel Magnolias and The Notebook. He earned a 1983 supporting actor Oscar nomination for The Right Stuff.