Shannen Doherty: biography, news, photos and videos

Shannen Doherty is an American actress born April 12, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee. Heroine of the series Beverly Hills In the 1990s, she began acting alongside Melissa Gilbert in The Little House On The Prairie in 1982. Three years later, she participated in the film School Girls with Sarah Jessica Parker And Helen HuntIn 1989, the actress played opposite Winona Ryder in Fatal Games. It was in 1990 that she joined the cast of Beverly Hills and played Brenda Walsh for four years. In another register, in 1998, she joined the Halliwell family in the new series Charmed. Despite the success, tensions arise with Alyssa Milano and, in 2001, Shannen left the series.

After a few roles in TV films (Guilty portrait2002, The Christmas Thief2007), she reprised the role of Brenda Walsh in 2008 in the series 90210 Beverly Hills: Next Generation. In 2010, Shannen Doherty participated with Mark Ballas in the show Dancing with the StarsShe made her return to cinema in 2011 in Christopher Landon’s film, Burning Palms, where the actress plays Dr. Shelly. The same year, she converted to reality TV by launching her own program: Shannen Sayswhich follows her and her fiancé Kurt Iswarienko in the preparations for their wedding. This is also the third time that the actress has appeared before Mr. Mayor, after marrying Ashley Hamilton and producer Rick Salomon. Subsequently, we can see the interpreter of Brenda Walsh in television commercials (Ford, Erroca glasses), sometimes as a guest on series (The New Normal, Escape My Life) or in a TV movie: Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys.

In August 2015, Shannen Doherty revealed that she had been suffering from breast cancer since 2014. In February 2017, she announced the end of her chemotherapy, unfortunately the actress had a recurrence in 2020. She then explained that she was at stage 4, and that she also suffered from Crohn’s disease. Determined, Shannen Doherty made public her fight against the disease, which she would also talk about in her podcast Let’s be clear with Shannen Doherty. Sadly, the icon passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024, from breast cancer that spread to the brain and bones..