Patty Shepard(1945-2013)

Strikingly comely brunette Patty Shepard was born in 1945 in Greenville, South Carolina. The daughter of a U.S. Air Force official, Patty moved to Spain when she was only 18 years old. After becoming popular as a model in a series of TV commercials, the lovely Ms. Shepard embarked on an acting career, making her film debut in a small part in La ciudad no es para mí (1966) (aka "The City is Not for Me"). She initially acted in paella westerns and thrillers before appearing in a handful of horror movies which include Dracula contre Frankenstein (1970) (aka "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"), La Furie des vampires (1971) (aka "The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman"), Crypt of the living dead (1973) (aka "Crypt of the Living Dead") and El monte de las brujas (1973) (aka "The Witches' Mountain") and Meurtres à Rome (1973) (aka "La Ragazza di Via Condotti"). Patty often acted alongside Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy in these films and projects a certain eerie otherworldly aura that's stunningly similar to Barbara Steele. Other films include the end-of-the-world science fiction feature El refugio del miedo (1974) (aka "Refuge of Fear") and the tongue-in-cheek spaghetti Western oddity La brute, le colt et le karaté (1974) (aka "The Stranger and the Gunfighter"). After appearing in the horror movies Repose en paix (1987) (aka "Rest in Pieces") and Slugs (1988) (aka "Slugs"), Shepard retired from acting in the late 1980's. She died of a heart attack at her home in Madrid, Spain on January 3, 2013.