Birth name Shannen Maria Doherty
Nickname Shando
Height 5' 4"
Spouse Ashley Hamilton (24 September 1993 - April 1994) (divorced) 'Richard Solomon' (2 February 2002 - present)
Trivia Couldn't reach an agreement with the producers of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) regarding specifics of her participation in the series finale so using edits and digital effects they removed her entirely from the next to last episode retrospective. An hour long special which included virtually every other actor in show's history. (12 September 1997) Sentenced to anger-management counseling by the Beverly Hills Municipal Court for an incident that occurred in August 1996; she got into an argument with 22 year old Corey Hanker and smashed a beer bottle on his car window as he tried to drive away from her. Her father, Tom, works at a bank and her mother, Rosa, is the owner of a beauty parlour. Appeared several times partially nude in Playboy magazine, one image is Dec. 1993, others in safer sex spread in March 1994. Was removed from the teen soap "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) at end of 4th season (March 1994). According to producer Aaron Spelling because of constant conflicts with other cast members and repeatedly late appearances on the set. Infuriated William Friedkin when she failed to turn up for the first day of shooting Jailbreakers (1994) (TV) in Hollywood. Shannon, as it turned out, had just returned from Italy, where she'd raised hell by turning up late for an interview on a television talk-show. Friedkin's first reaction was to call auditions and look at 12 other actresses to take the 90210-brat's part. But then he decided to stick with Doherty. Family moved to Los Angeles was she was 7 years old. In 1992, Shannen was a guest on "The Dennis Miller Show" (1992). She appeared on the fourth show which meant that host, Miller, was still in the process of getting used to the talk-show format. Early in the interview she rudely asked Miller if he was nervous and went on to point out his eyebrow which was twitching nervously. This made headlines the next day and before long, Miller was routinely making an effort to lampoon her on his talk show. Reportedly dated Counting Crows frontman Adam F. Duritz Offered a role in Scream 3 (2000). While on the set of Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994) (TV) she met Judd Nelson, and they later became engaged. Rumoured to have had a brief romance with Dean Cain. (2001) Released from her "Charmed" contract because of in-fighting between her and her co-star Alyssa Milano. (12 June 2001) Sentenced to either 10 days in jail or 20 days of work-release duty, three years probation, and ordered to pay a $1500 fine for drunk-driving charges. (1995) Beat future Charmed co-star Alyssa Milano for the role of Rene in cult film Mallrats. Shannen had her wages garnisheed by California United Bank when she was on "90210" because she wrote nearly $32,000 worth of bad checks. Has four horses and three dogs. . |
