Sam Shepard

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actor author human playwright screenwriter theatre director

Sam Shepard was an American playwright, actor, and director renowned for his innovative, often haunting depictions of the American West and family dysfunction in works like "Buried Child" and "True West."

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
awardReceived Drama Desk Award ⓘ
Obie Award ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
causeOfDeath amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ⓘ
child Hannah Jane Shepard ⓘ
Jesse Mojo Shepard ⓘ
Samuel Walker Shepard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-07-27 ⓘ
describedBySource American playwright, actor, and director renowned for innovative depictions of the American West and family dysfunction ⓘ
educatedAt Mt. San Antonio College ⓘ
familyName Shepard ⓘ
fullName Samuel Shepard Rogers III ⓘ
genre Old West ⓘ
surface form: American Western

absurdist theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Off-Off-Broadway ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableWork A Lie of the Mind ⓘ
Black Hawk Down ⓘ
Buried Child ⓘ
Cowboy Mouth ⓘ
Curse of the Starving Class ⓘ
Days of Heaven ⓘ
Fool for Love ⓘ
Paris, Texas ⓘ
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ⓘ
The Right Stuff ⓘ
The Tooth of Crime ⓘ
True West ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
partner Jessica Lange ⓘ
placeOfBirth Highland Park, Illinois ⓘ
surface form: Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Midway, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
residence Kentucky ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
spouse O-Lan Jones ⓘ

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August: Osage County → castMember → Sam Shepard ⓘ
Jessica Lange → partner → Sam Shepard ⓘ
Chuck Yeager → portrayedBy → Sam Shepard ⓘ
Black Hawk Down → stars → Sam Shepard ⓘ