'General Hospital' Actress Shell Kepler Dies
TV: Actress portrayed nurse Amy Vining on the TV soap opera
Associated Press
February 06, 2008
PORTLAND, Ore. — Actress Shell Kepler, who for years played the gossipy nurse Amy Vining on the TV soap opera General Hospital, has died. She was 49. Kepler died Friday at Oregon Health & Science University hospital. The medical examiner’s office said she died of renal failure.
Kepler’s busybody character on General Hospital was a fan favorite and enjoyed a long run, 1979-2002.
In addition to her run on General Hospital, she was also in a 1982 Joan Collins film, Homework, and a couple of episodes of the situation comedy Three’s Company.
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On the side, she was a businesswoman, marketing clothing on the former Home Shopping Club. She said in a 1994 Associated Press interview that her “Lacy Afternoon” collection had sales topping $20 million that year alone.
Kepler was born in Ohio and the family moved to California when she was 10. She recalled in 1994 that she didn’t yet have a driver’s license when she began trying out for film roles.
“I managed to get my girlfriends to drive me to auditions because I wasn’t old enough to drive. I was a rather ambitious kid,” she said.
She moved to Portland after her TV career and became involved in charity fundraising.
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NevadaRN
9 months ago
118 comments
So sad. Rest in peace.
cuttie
9 months ago
482 comments
I remember her too, when I use to watch general hospital, She was always gossiping about somebody, I tell you general hospital is like, where I use to work. I will pray for her, and her family.
Pamelab
9 months ago
12 comments
I watch General Hospital and i do remember her
her character was always spunky and a busy body
I didn't know she died.That's sad cause she wasn't that old