# Jan Shepard
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{{Short description|American actress (1928–2025)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jan Shepard
| image = Jan Shepard GE True Gertie the Great 1963.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Jan Shepard in 1963
| birth_name = Josephine Angela Sorbello
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|03|19}}
| birth_place = [Quakertown, Pennsylvania](/source/Quakertown%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|01|17|1928|03|19}}
| death_place = [Burbank, California](/source/Burbank%2C_California), U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1954–2017
| children = 1
| spouse = {{marriage|[Ray Boyle](/source/Ray_Boyle)|1954|2022|end=died.}}[{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/raymond-boyle-obituary?id=36218797|title=Raymond Boyle Obituary (1923-2022)|work=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|date=August 14, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022}}]
}}
'''Josephine Angela Sorbello''' (March 19, 1928 – January 17, 2025), known professionally as '''Jan Shepard''', was an American actress.
==Early years==
Josephine Angela Sorbello[{{cite news |last1=Witbeck |first1=Charles |title=Actress Aims At Movie Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35833988/jan_shepard/ |accessdate=September 11, 2019 |work=The Journal News |date=July 21, 1966 |location=New York, White Plains |page=36|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}] was born in [Quakertown, Pennsylvania](/source/Quakertown%2C_Pennsylvania), on March 19, 1928,[{{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Jan Shepard, Actress in 'King Creole' and a Wagonful of TV Westerns, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jan-shepard-king-creole-tv-westerns-1236118906/ |access-date=27 January 2025 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=27 January 2025}}] to parents of Sicilian descent, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sorbello.[{{cite news |title=Quakertown Girl Makes Good In TV, Movie Roles; Wins Part In New Series |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35833804/jan_shepard/ |accessdate=September 11, 2019 |work=News Herald |date=September 27, 1956 |location=Pennsylvania, Perkasie |page=11|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}][ She was [valedictorian](/source/valedictorian) of her class at [Quakertown High School](/source/Quakertown_Community_School_District),]["Interview with Jan Shepard, Elvis' co-star in 'King Creole' and 'Paradise, Hawaiian Style'". Retrieved June 20, 2018. https://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview-with-jan-shepard.shtml] She played Nurse Betty in the syndicated television series ''[Dr. Christian](/source/Dr._Christian)''[{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=268|edition=2nd}}] and appeared in the television series ''[Waterfront](/source/Waterfront_(1955_TV_series))'', ''[Bat Masterson](/source/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series))'', ''[The Man Behind the Badge](/source/The_Man_Behind_the_Badge)'', ''[Tales of the Texas Rangers](/source/Tales_of_the_Texas_Rangers)'', ''[Private Secretary](/source/Private_Secretary_(TV_series))'', ''[Dr. Christian](/source/Dr._Christian)'', ''[Rawhide](/source/Rawhide_(TV_series))'', ''[Laramie](/source/Laramie_(TV_series))'', ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'', ''[Highway Patrol](/source/Highway_Patrol_(American_TV_series))'', ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'', ''[Tombstone Territory](/source/Tombstone_Territory)'', ''[The High Chaparral](/source/The_High_Chaparral) '' and ''[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))'', among others.[{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2YvBhX8CZ0C&q=jan%20shepard%20actress&pg=PA188 |title=Westerns Women: Interviews with 50 Leading Ladies of Movie and Television ... - Boyd Magers, Michael G. Fitzgerald |date= July 2004|isbn=9780786420285 |accessdate=2017-06-24|last1=Magers |first1=Boyd |last2=Fitzgerald |first2=Michael G. |publisher=McFarland }}][{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vs1ECjGcuVEC&q=jan%20shepard%20actress&pg=PA18 |title=Ladies of the Western: Interviews with Fifty-One More Actresses from the ... - Michael G. Fitzgerald, Boyd Magers |date= February 2, 2006|isbn=9780786426560 |accessdate=2017-06-24|last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Michael G. |last2=Magers |first2=Boyd |publisher=McFarland }}]
==Personal life and death==
In 1951, Shepard met actor [Ray Boyle](/source/Ray_Boyle). They married in 1954, and remained together until Boyle's death in 2022. Shepard died from pneumonia at [Providence St. Joseph Medical Center](/source/Providence_St._Joseph_Medical_Center), in [Burbank, California](/source/Burbank%2C_California), on January 17, 2025. She was 96.