[4] She attended Maddox Academy in Mexico City[3] and Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, California.

[2] Shipman graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, with a degree in music.

[5] In 1981, Shipman was host of Contemporary Health Issues, a series consisting of 30 half-hour episodes that could be used by students to earn credits at participating colleges and universities.

The series' topics included death, sexuality, drugs, cardiovascular disease, alcoholism, and cancer.

[8] Shipman was maid of honor at Jill St. John's wedding to Lance Reventlow.