Shell Kepler

Shell Kepler

Infobox actor
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name = Shell Kepler



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birthname =
birthdate = birth date|1958|10|5 imdb|0449123]
birthplace = Painesville, Ohio, USA
deathdate = death date and age|2008|2|1|1958|10|5
deathplace = Portland, Oregon, USA
othername =
spouse = Kenny Ryback (1985–1991; divorced)
Robert DeSantis (1993–2000; divorced)

Shell Kepler (October 5 1958February 1 2008) was an American television actress best known for her work on "General Hospital" as "Nurse Amy Vining" from 1979 until 2002.

Career

In the early 1980s, she fronted the band Shell and the Crush, releasing a five-song E.P. which contained songs like "Popular Girl" and "When You Look My Way".Fact|date=March 2008

Aside from her work on "General Hospital", Kepler also worked on the GH spinoff "Port Charles", and other shows such as "CHiPs" and "Three's Company", as well as being in the 1982 movie "Homework" with Joan Collins.

Kepler was also a businesswoman, marketing clothing on the former Home Shopping Club. In a 1994 interview she claimed that her "Lacy Afternoon" collection had sales topping $20 million that year alone.Fact|date=March 2008

After her TV career ended she moved to Portland, Oregon and was active in charitable fundraising.

Personal life

Kepler had one brother, Fred, who is named after their father. Kepler herself was married and divorced twice, but had no children.

Kepler died on February 1 2008, at Oregon Health & Science University from renal (kidney) failure. [cite web
url=http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1202250305250960.xml&coll=7
title=Soap actress Kepler dies in Portland
publisher=oregonlive.com
date=February 6, 2008
] [cite web
url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2008/0204-kepler.php
title=Shell Kepler Dead at 49
publisher=SoapCentral.com
date=February 3 2008
]

The February 26, 2008 episode of General Hospital was dedicated to Kepler, "In loving memory." [February 26, 2008 episode, "Robin is overcome by emotion", "General Hospital"]

References

External links

*tv.com person|9955
* [http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/kepler.php Shell Kepler - Soapcentral.com]


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