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A former child actress, Shannen Doherty gained attention during her four-year stint as one of the teen leads in the popular high school serial "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-94). Pouting and pixyish, with long, dark hair and wide eyes, she had kept busy on primetime TV for most of the 1980s, primarily in family-oriented fare, with featured roles in two NBC series, "Little House: A New Beginning" (1982-83) and "Our House" (1986-88). While on "90210", Doherty unfortunately attracted much attention from both tabloids and mainstream media for what was perceived as temperamental behavior.
In recent years, she has attempted to make the transition to adult roles with such diverse fare as "Blindfold: Acts of Obsession" (USA, 1994), as a woman trying to save her marriage, "Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story" (NBC, 1994), as the feisty author of "Gone With the Wind", and "Gone in the Night" (CBS, 1996), as a young mother unjustly accused of murdering her daughter. From 1998-2001 Doherty starred in the supernatural-themed TV series "Charmed" (The WB) and in 2002, she hosted the sci-fi game show "Scare Tactics." Doherty made her feature acting debut in Ron Howard's "Night Shift" (1982) and that same year provided a character voice for "The Secret of NIMH". Her occasional feature films have generally been less notable, though she did have her moments as one of the several snooty, same-named princesses on whom Winona Ryder and Christian Slater take revenge in the black comedy, "Heathers" (1989). Doherty returned to films in 1995 with Kevin Smith's "Mallrats". |