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Jean Shepherd
Born: 1921-07-26 in South Side, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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.
Rated Filmography (12)
Sorted by Score8.5
Light Fantastic
1964
8.0
Tiki Tiki
1971
7.4
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
1988
7.2
A Christmas Story
1983
7.0
The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
1985
6.9
Babe Ruth
1998
6.9
Shadows
1960
6.8
The Phantom of the Open Hearth
1976
6.8
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
1982
6.3
Inquest
1939
5.4
It Runs in the Family
1994
5.0
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
1972