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Hollywood golden age actress Jan Shepard, who appeared opposite Elvis Presley in multiple films, has died at the age of 96.
Shepard died January 17 at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California as result of pneumonia linked to respiratory failure, an obituary on Legacy.com read.
Shepard worked opposite Presley, who died in 1977 in movies including 1958’s King Creole and 1966’s Paradise, Hawaiian Style.
Shepard was born on March 19, 1928 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania with the name Josephine Angela Sorbello.
After an active high school career in which she was valedictorian, actress, cheerleader and band member, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1950.
She sharpened her stage skills with the Ben Bard Players theater group and in productions at the at the Pasadena Playhouse, Deadline reported.
Hollywood golden age actress Jan Shepard, who appeared opposite Elvis Presley in multiple films, has died at the age of 96. Pictured in LA in 2012
Elvis Presley with (clockwise from L): Dolores Hart, Jan Shepard, Liliane Montevecchi and Carolyn Jones in King Creole
