1. Shannen Maria Doherty was born on April 12,1971, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Tom and Rosa Doherty.
39 Facts About Shannen Doherty
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Shannen Doherty was raised in her mother's Southern Baptist faith.
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Shannen Doherty appeared in 18 episodes in the final season of the show, which was cancelled in 1983.
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Shannen Doherty lent her voice to the animated film The Secret of NIMH in 1982.
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In 1985, Shannen Doherty starred as Maggie Malene in the teen movie comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun alongside actresses Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Shannen Doherty was cast as the oldest Witherspoon sibling, Kris, on the family drama Our House, which ran from 1986 to 1988, a role which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination.
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Shannen Doherty left the show after the fourth season in 1994.
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Shannen Doherty appeared nude in Playboy magazine, first in December 1993, followed by a spread in March 1994.
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Shannen Doherty posed for the magazine again in December 2003 and was featured in a 10-page pictorial.
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Shannen Doherty directed three episodes for the series during the second and third seasons.
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Shannen Doherty left the show in 2001 at the end of the third season, resulting in her character's death.
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In 2003, Shannen Doherty hosted the Sci-Fi Channel candid-camera show Scare Tactics during its initial season.
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From 2004 to 2005, in a return to her prime-time soap roots, Shannen Doherty starred as a regular on the short-lived TV series North Shore, as Alexandra Hudson.
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In 2006, Doherty produced and starred in her own reality show, Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty, which premiered on the Oxygen channel.
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Shannen Doherty first appeared in Kiss Me Deadly: A Jacob Keane Assignment for the Here TV network and followed up with a starring role in the holiday film Christmas Caper for ABC Family.
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That same year, Shannen Doherty set up a production company called No Apologies, with which she planned to develop a TV drama for herself.
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Later in 2007, Shannen Doherty was ranked number 96 on Entertainment Weeklys list of the 100 Greatest Television Icons.
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Shannen Doherty returned as a guest star in the new series, reprising her old role of Brenda in four of the initial six episodes.
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In late 2008, Shannen Doherty was announced to co-star alongside Dylan McDermott in the independent film Burning Palms, a satire based on Los Angeles stereotypes told through five intertwining storylines.
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On March 1,2010, it was announced that Shannen Doherty would be a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season.
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Shannen Doherty wanted to do Dancing with the Stars to make her ailing father proud.
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Shannen Doherty starred in Fearnet's animated web series Mari-Kari, which launched on June 3,2010.
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Shannen Doherty voiced both Mari and Kari in the eight-episode show.
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In November 2016, Shannen Doherty joined the cast of a Heathers television series, originally set to air on Paramount Network in March 2018.
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Shannen Doherty played the mother of one of the new generation of "Heathers", different from the character of Heather Duke that she originated in the 1989 film.
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In early 1993, Shannen Doherty was briefly engaged to Max Factor heir Dean Jay Factor before he filed for a restraining order on May 25,1993.
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Shannen Doherty alleged physical violence and threats on the part of Doherty, although Doherty's father claimed that the abuse came from Factor and not her.
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On October 11,1993, Shannen Doherty married Ashley Hamilton, the son of actors George Hamilton and Alana Collins.
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In 2002, Shannen Doherty married Rick Salomon, but the marriage was annulled after nine months.
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On October 15,2011, Shannen Doherty married photographer Kurt Iswarienko in Malibu, California.
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In November 2018, Shannen Doherty lost her house to the Woolsey Fire.
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In both instances, Shannen Doherty acrimoniously departed from the shows after a few seasons; on Charmed, she was allegedly fired by producer Aaron Spelling after he received an ultimatum from Milano.
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Shannen Doherty's lateness was appalling, and she had a callous attitude and an indifference.
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In 1999, Shannen Doherty revealed that she had been diagnosed with Crohn's disease.
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In March 2015, Shannen Doherty was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer, which had spread to her lymph nodes.
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In February 2016, Shannen Doherty revealed that she was receiving anti-estrogen treatment to shrink the tumor and enable treatment by lumpectomy rather than mastectomy.
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On February 4,2020, Shannen Doherty announced that her cancer had returned a year earlier, which had metastasized in her liver, and had advanced to stage IV.
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In October 2021, Shannen Doherty provided an update on her cancer treatment during an interview with Juju Chang of ABC News.
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On July 13,2024, Shannen Doherty died from cancer at her home in Malibu, California, at age 53.