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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American actress (1958–2008)}}<br />
{{Infobox person<br />
| image = Shell Kepler-General Hospital.jpg<br />
| caption = Kepler as Nurse [[Amy Vining]] on ''[[General Hospital]]''<br />
| birth_name = Michelle Alaine Kepler<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|10|5}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Painesville, Ohio]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|2|1|1958|10|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
| years_active = 1978–2002<br />
| notable_works = ''[[General Hospital]]''<br />
| spouse = Kenny Ryback (5/20/1985–1991; divorced) <br> Robert DeSantis (4/17/1993–2000; divorced)<br />
}}<br />
'''Michelle Alaine Kepler''' (October 5, 1958 – February 1, 2008), was an American television actress best known for her work on ''[[General Hospital]]'' as "Nurse [[Amy Vining]]", from 1979 until 2002.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kepler was born in Ohio, and her family moved to Arcadia, California when she was 10.<ref name="OC Reg"/> She had one brother, Fred, who is named after their father.<ref name="oregonlive.com">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1202250305250960.xml&coll=7<br />
|title=Soap actress Kepler dies in Portland<br />
|publisher=[[oregonlive.com]]<br />
|date=February 6, 2008<br />
}}</ref><ref name="Shell Kepler Dead at 49">{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2008/0204-kepler.php<br />
|title=Shell Kepler Dead at 49<br />
|publisher=[[Soapcentral]]<br />
|date=February 3, 2008<br />
}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Kepler portrayed [[busybody]] nurse Amy Vining, a "fan favourite" and sister of [[Laura Spencer (General Hospital)|Laura Spencer]]'s, on ''[[General Hospital]]'', from 1979 to 2002.<ref name="OC Reg">{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/kepler-28284-hospital-general.html |title=Longtime soap opera actress Shell Kepler dies at 49 |work=[[Orange County Register]] |date=February 4, 2008 |accessdate=November 3, 2015}}</ref> She also appeared on the ''General Hospital'' spinoff ''[[Port Charles]]'', other shows such as ''[[CHiPs]]'' and ''[[Three's Company]]'', and the movie ''Homework'' (1982) with [[Joan Collins]].<ref name="OC Reg"/><br />
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Kepler was also a businesswoman, who marketed a line of clothing on the former [[Home Shopping Club]]. In a 1994 [[Associated Press]] interview, she claimed that her "Lacy Afternoon" collection had earned more than $20 million in sales that year.<ref name="OC Reg"/><br />
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After her TV career ended, she moved to [[Portland, Oregon]] and was active in charitable fundraising.<ref name="OC Reg"/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Kepler married and divorced twice, and had 3 children.<ref name="oregonlive.com"/><ref name="Shell Kepler Dead at 49"/> She and her ''[[General Hospital]]'' costar [[Jacklyn Zeman]] (who played [[Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer]]) were close friends.<ref name="General Hospital News & Gossip">{{cite web|url=http://soapzone.com/newsroom.php/gh/news|website= SoapZone|title= General Hospital News & Gossip}}</ref><br />
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Kepler died from [[kidney failure]], on February 1, 2008, at [[Oregon Health & Science University]].<ref name="oregonlive.com"/><ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2008/0204-kepler.php<br />
|title=Shell Kepler Dead at 49<br />
|website=[[Soapcentral]]<br />
|date=February 3, 2008<br />
}}</ref> Zeman delivered a eulogy at her funeral.<ref name="General Hospital News & Gossip"/> The February 26, 2008 episode of ''General Hospital'' was dedicated to Kepler, "In loving memory".<ref name=Kepler>{{cite web|last=Kroll|first=Dan J|title=Shell Kepler dead at 49|url=http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2008/0204-kepler.php|work=soapcentral.com|accessdate=December 29, 2012|date=February 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 26, 2008 |title=Robin is overcome by emotion|work=[[General Hospital]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal|Biography}}<br />
*[http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/theactors/kepler.php Shell Kepler - Soapcentral.com]<br />
*[https://michelle-kepler.muchloved.com/ Shell Kepler at muchloved.com]<br />
*[https://michellekepler.remembered.com/ Michelle Kepler, under the nickname, "Shell" at remembered.com]<br />
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[[Category:1958 births]]<br />
[[Category:2008 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:American soap opera actresses]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from kidney failure in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses from Ohio]]<br />
[[Category:People from Painesville, Ohio]]<br />
[[Category:Actresses from Portland, Oregon]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century American women]]<br />
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