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Jean Shepard was all that and more." [18] Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann further explained that she was an exception due to her being a single woman: "Jean Shepard's achievement is all the more remarkable because she was the only early-1950s country music woman who made it on her own." [51]
Jean Parker "Shep" Shepherd Jr. (July 26, [1] 1921 – October 16, 1999) [2] was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor.With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Christmas Story (1983), which he narrated and co-scripted, based on his own semi-autobiographical stories.
Nancy Leigh (nee Prescott) Siroka Shepherd (aka "Leigh Brown") (1939-1998) is worthy of her own Wikipedia listing. She was Jean Shepherd's producer, assistant, fan, muse and fourth wife. She co-wrote the classic movie A Christmas Story with Shepherd and Bob Clark. She also published a novel in 1975, The Show Gypsies, about the world of horse shows.
Jean Shepherd in 1975. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images. Shepherd was a well-known radio personality, comedian, writer, and storyteller by the time "A Christmas Story" was released.
The Parker Family Saga (also known as the Jean Shepherd's Parker Family Saga franchise, [1] the Ralph Parker franchise, or colloquially the A Christmas Story franchise), [2] [3] is a collection of American family-comedies based upon the stories of author Jean Shepherd.
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The overnight Nielsen ratings were a 2.8 rating/5 share with 4.52 million viewers, [18] as compared to the Fox network live telecast of Grease: Live in January 2016, which earned a 7.4 overnight and 12 million viewers. [19] Fox reran A Christmas Story Live! in an edited two-hour time slot December 24, 2019
The discography of American country singer Jean Shepard contains 29 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, two live albums, 1 box set album, 72 lead and collaborative singles, four promotional singles, two other charted songs and nine album appearances.