American actress Shannen Doherty was born on April 12, 1971. Jennifer Wilder, Maggie Malene, Kris Witherspoon, Heather Duke, Brenda Walsh, Prue Halliwell, Fortress, and Beverly Hills, 90210 are just a few of her well-known roles in television and film.
She was a Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983), Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985), Our House (1986–1988), 90210 (2008–2009), and BH90210 (2019) regular.
Shannen Doherty Net Worth
American Shannen Doherty is worth $5 million due to her work as an actor, producer, director, and writer. Brenda Walsh in “Beverly Hills,” 90210 (1990–1994), Heather Duke in “Heathers” (1988), and Prue Halliwell in “Charmed” (1998–2001) are Shannen Doherty’s most famous roles.
Unfortunately, she has had a public fight with breast cancer, a high-profile departure from “90210,” and feuds with co-stars in her life away from the camera.
Shannen Doherty Early Life
On April 12, 1971, Shannen Maria Doherty came into this world in Memphis, Tennessee. Rosa worked as a beauty parlor operator and Tom was a mortgage consultant; they were married. She was brought up in a Baptist home. Ancestry from Scotland, Ireland, and England runs in her veins.
Shannen Doherty Early Career
Even at a young age, Shannen Doherty began performing. Michael Landon’s 1982 shows Voyagers! and Father Murphy included her as a guest star. Landon starred and produced Little House on the Prairie, and that same year she was cast in the recurring role of Jenny Wilder. Except for four episodes in the last season, she was a regular cast member on Little House on the Prairie.
She also provided her voice for the 1982 animated film The Secret of NIMH. Along with Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt, she played the role of Maggie Malone in the 1985 teen comedy film Girls Just Want to Have Fun. On the 1986–1988 drama Our House, Doherty played the role of Kris Witherspoon, the eldest of her siblings.
Several Young Artist Awards considered her for this part. At the 1984 Youth in Film Awards, she was nominated for Best Young Artist: Guest in a Series for her appearances in Magnum P.I. and an early Airwolf episode.
Shannen Doherty Achieving Success
Doherty made her big screen debut in the 1988 picture Heathers, playing the character of Heather Duke. She and the other cast members of Beverly Hills 90210 became famous all over the world in 1990. Along with her brother Brandon (Jason Priestly), she portrayed Brenda Walsh, a newbie to Beverly Hills.
Her performances as Brenda were nominated for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series at the Young Artist Awards in 1991 and 1992. At the end of Season 4 in 1994, she departed from Beverly Hills, 90210. Several made-for-TV movies featured Shannen after she left Beverly Hills, 90210. In the 1995 film Mallrats, directed by Kevin Smith, she played the lead role.
When Smith directed Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, she made an appearance as well. Charmed, a 1998 film about three sisters who are also witches, featured Doherty. Prue Halliwell, the eldest sister, was portrayed by her. In seasons two and three, Doherty oversaw the direction of a handful of episodes. At the conclusion of the third season in 2001, she departed from Charmed.
Unfortunately, she met her demise. In addition, Doherty’s portrayal in Charmed garnered her two Saturn Award nominations for Best Genre TV Actress in 1999 and 2000. The Sci-Fi Channel’s candid camera show Scare Tactics, hosted by Doherty, debuted in 2003. Over the course of 2004 and 2005, she appeared on North Shore as a regular.
Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty was a reality show that aired in 2006 and she was both the producer and the star. Members of the public could watch Doherty on the Oxygen network show as she helped them dump their boyfriends or revealed their friends’ true opinions about them. The show’s low ratings led to its cancellation after only one season.
Doherty rejoined the cast of the 90210 spin-off from Beverly Hills in 2008, marking fourteen years since her last role as Brenda Walsh. She made an appearance in seven episodes of the new series as a recurring guest star. After achieving great success as an actress and director on stage, Brenda Walsh went back to her alma mater to serve as the musical production’s guest director.
The news that Doherty would be competing as a celebrity on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season broke on March 1, 2010. Joined by two-time champion Mark Ballas, she competed in the season that began on March 22, 2010. The first couple to go in the second week of the season was Doherty and Ballas.
The six-part sequel BH 90210, which premiered on Fox on August 7, 2019, included Doherty’s return to the role of Brenda Walsh.
Shannen Doherty Private Life
For a short time in early 1993, Doherty was engaged to Dean Jay Factor, the heir to the Factor fortune. On May 25, 1993, he proceeded with the restraining order filing, accusing Doherty of physical aggression and threats. The abuser, according to Shannen’s father, was Factor, not Shannen herself.
On October 11, 1993, she wed Ashley Hamilton, who was the son of actor George Hamilton. In April 1994, they initiated the divorce process. Rick Salomon was Pamela Anderson’s ex-husband twice over, and Doherty wed him in 2002. Their union was declared null and void nine months later.
In Malibu, California, on October 15, 2011, Shannen wed photographer Kurt Iswarienko. For a long time, Doherty’s public image was dominated by her reputation for bad behavior in the media, which began with her appearance on Beverly Hills, 90210. According to People Magazine, she was dubbed the “iconic Hollywood bad girl of the 90s.”
She and her Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Jennie Garth were famously feuding, and she was known for her frequent drinking, tardiness to set, and violent altercations. While she was on Charmed, her tarnished reputation only got worse.
There have been rumors that her departure from the program was caused by a quarrel with co-star Alyssa Milano. According to rumors, Milano issued an ultimatum, which led Aaron Spelling to remove Doherty. Acrimoniously, Doherty departed from both Charmed and Beverly Hills, 90210.
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