Hollywood golden age actress Jan Shepard who starred in King Creole dies aged 96 Jan Shepard, who starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1958 film King Creole, has died at the age of 96.
In the obituary that was published online in commemoration of Shepard, it says that King Creole was Presley’s ‘favourite’ movie that he worked on, and Shepard recalled how the late singer ‘wished’ to have had a sibling like her.
(Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)] She worked with Presley on two features eight years apart – first in King Creole, in which she portrayed his sister Mimi, and then in Paradise, Hawaiian Style, where she played the role of Betty.
Born Josephine Angela Sorbello in Quakertown, Pennsylvania in March 1928, the late performer appeared in films throughout her career including Paradise, Hawaiian Style in 1966, Attack of the Giant Leeches in 1959 and in TV shows including Death Valley Days, The Lone Ranger and Gunsmoke.
Her obituary includes an anecdote that she told Elvis Australia about what it was like to meet the Blue Suede Shoes singer for the first time, when they were inadvertently wearing matching colours.
