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Shannen Doherty
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Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American film actress, best known for her work as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed.
Contents
- 1 Early career
- 2 Later career
- 3 Private life
- 4 Trivia
- 5 Filmography
- 5.1 Actor
- 5.2 Director
- 5.3 Miscellaneous crew
- 6 External links
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Early career
She came to notice when she was cast as Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie. She was then cast as the oldest Witherspoon sibling, Kris, on the family drama Our House, which ran from 1986 to 1988. She then went on to appear in an episode of Magnum, P.I.
Later career
Doherty's first major motion picture role was in
Heathers, released in 1989. She went on to star in the
Aaron Spelling-produced TV series
Beverly Hills 90210 for four years, from 1990 to 1994. Her departure from the series was reportedly acrimonious, however, and her career afterward was somewhat spotty, marked for the most part by
made-for-TV movies. There were a few bright spots, however, particularly a lead role in
Kevin Smith's 1995 film
Mallrats.
In 1998, Spelling cast her in another series, Charmed, in which she played Prue Halliwell, the oldest sister of a coven of witches. She left that series in 2001, after three years. Rumors persist that her departure was against her will, due to a feud with co-star Alyssa Milano.
She hosted Scare Tactics on the Sci Fi channel until the 2004 season. She was a former regular on the failed TV series North Shore, a return to her prime-time soap roots.
In 2005, she was cast in the new TV comedy Love Inc. but was dropped from the show just months before the debut in fall.
Doherty is now starring in her own show,
Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty on the
Oxygen network.
In late July 2006, rumors began circulating that Doherty had plastic surgery. In August, tabloid Star Magazine published the first pictures - a cover of the issue can be seen at Doherty Do Over (this issue saw a general release date of August 3, 2006). Gossip columnists reported that Doherty was so upset over the front page coverage that she cancelled a shoot for her reality TV series. She made an appearance on The View on July 31, 2006 to counter that she had not had plastic surgery.
She recently starred in the popular British sitcom Bo In The USA a program of brain child Leigh Francis. In the show she plays the role of herself being randomly harassed by Avid Merrion (Francis) who claims they had several intimate relations, she however is unaware of any of these. The show aired in October 2006 on the British channel 4 where she appeared in several episodes.
Private life
Her private life has also been turbulent, with a six month marriage to Ashley Hamilton, son of George Hamilton. She was also married to Rick Salomon (most famous for starring in the Paris Hilton sex tape). That marriage was later annulled. Doherty posed for a nine-page pictorial in the December 2003 issue of Playboy magazine. During Charmed she and Julian McMahon were together but somehow they fell apart.
Trivia
- Her brief marriage to Ashley Hamilton is referenced in Mallrats. Co-star Ben Affleck plays a character named Shannon Hamilton.
- Doherty is a Southern Baptist and a Republican.
- She suffers from the bowel condition Crohn's disease.[1]
- According to some sources, she is fluent in three languages: English, Spanish and French. [2]
- She is close friends with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Holly Marie Combs
- She has four horses and three dogs.
- While she apparently has had little contact with most of her former co-stars since leaving Charmed, she remains good friends with Holly Marie Combs, and she has spoken at length with her replacement, Rose McGowan, and has told her she has done an excellent job. She, according to sources, has not had much contact with Alyssa Milano after leaving Charmed.
- She is allergic to wool and chocolate.
- She owns the rights in Charmed.
- Once dated Jason Priestley, her costar from 90210.
- Is Irish-American and has a celtic cross tattooed on her ankle.
Filmography
Actor
Director
Miscellaneous crew
- 1997 "Friends 'Til The End" (singer: "Stop", "Does Anyone Hear Me?", "Friends 'Til the End")
- 2001 Charmed "Coyote Piper" (choreographer)
