Patty Shepard

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 Los monstruos del terror (1970) (aka "Dracula vs. Frankenstein"), La noche de Walpurgis (1971) (aka "The Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman"), La tumba de la isla maldita (1973) (aka "Crypt of the Living Dead") and El monte de las brujas (1973) (aka "The Witches' Mountain") and La ragazza di Via Condotti (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 El karate el Colt y el impostor (1974) (aka "The Stranger and the Gunfighter"). After appearing in the horror movies Descanse en piezas (1987) (aka "Rest in Pieces") and Slugs, muerte viscosa (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.