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Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971) is an American actress and television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers, as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed. Shannen Doherty: BiographyShannen Doherty - Early lifeDoherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Rosa, a beauty parlor owner, and Tom Doherty, a mortgage consultant. Doherty has Irish Catholic ancestry, though was raised in her mother's Southern Baptist religion. In 1978, when Doherty was seven, her family moved to Los Angeles and she immediately announced that she wanted to be an actress. In an interview in the December 2006 issue of Glamour, she said: Success began early, with guest spots on TV series including Voyagers! and Father Murphy. When a casting notice was released in Hollywood for a regular role on the popular Little House on the Prairie she leapt at the opportunity and eventually won the role of Jenny Wilder at the age of eleven, thanks in part to actor/producer Michael Landon seeing her guest spot on Father Murphy (which he also produced). Shannen Doherty - CareerDoherty was 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. 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, though, particularly a lead role in Kevin Smith's 1995 film Mallrats. In 1998, Spelling cast her in another TV series, Charmed, in which she played Prue Halliwell, the oldest of three sisters who discover they are witches, along with occasionally directing some of the episodes. She left that series in 2001, after three years. It is still unknown if Doherty left on her own, or if she was forced out. Many rumors have surfaced, including a feud with then co-star Alyssa Milano, which is said to have something to do with why she left Charmed. Though she had left the show long before it ended, she owns five percent of the rights to the series. In the series finale of Charmed, "Forever Charmed" there is a final sequence that shows all of the Halliwell's relatives and family members as photographs on the wall as the camera ascends up the stairs. Doherty's charcter, Prue, is not among these photos. The name "Prue Halliwell" is owned by Charmed, but the photo representation is not. If Charmed used the photo, they would have to pay Doherty an appearance fee. Therefore, Doherty's character could not be included. Also, it is rumored that Doherty was asked to return for the series finale, but she refused. She was a former regular on the failed TV series North Shore, a return to her prime-time soap roots. Shannen Doherty hosted the Sci Fi Channel candid camera show Scare Tactics for season 1, from 2003-2004. It is unsure why she left the show. Doherty's hosting position was given in to Stephen Baldwin for the season 2 cycle. The show stopped production in the start of 2006. The After a three and a half year hiatus, the show will return in July 2008 with host Tracy Morgan. In 2005, Doherty was cast in the new TV comedy Love Inc. but was dropped from the show just months before the show's debut. Doherty was starring in her own show, Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty on the Oxygen network. In the show she goes around doing "dirty work" for members of the public, including dumping boyfriends or telling people what their friends really think about them. The show was canceled after one season due to a very very VERY small audience. She recently starred in the popular British sitcom Bo! in the USA, a program of brain child Leigh Francis. In the show, she plays herself, being randomly harassed by Avid Merrion (Francis) who claims they are lovers. The show aired in October 2006 on the British channel 4, and she appeared in several episodes. It has been announced that she will appear in two TV projects in 2007. First up is the pilot Kiss Me Deadly: A Jacob Keane Assignment for the here! network, and then the holiday picture Christmas Caper for ABC Family. Shannen has set up a production company called "No Apologies" where she's developing a TV-drama for herself. Shannen Doherty - Personal lifeDoherty was sentenced to either ten days in jail or twenty days of work-release duty, three years probation, and ordered to pay a $1,500 fine for drunk driving charges in 2001. Doherty was married briefly to Ashley Hamilton, son of George Hamilton. She was also married to Rick Salomon. Doherty has a history of not getting along with co-workers. Feuds and arguements on almost all of the shows she has been on has caused her to get a kind of 'bad' reputation in the TV and film world. Most of the time Doherty moves on before she is asked to leave a particular show. She needs to work by herself on new projects, to avoid issues of screen time and salary with co-stars. |
