Boedeker, Hal (March 2, 2010). " 'Dancing With the Stars': Shannen Doherty pairs with Mark Ballas; Kate Gosselin with Tony Dovolani". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on March 5, 2010. Boucher, Geoff (May 20, 2010). "Shannen Doherty and her evil dead twin? It's Mari-Kari, and it might get bloody". Los Angeles Times. During 2007, Doherty appeared in two television projects. She 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. That same year Doherty also set up a production company called No Apologies with which she planned to develop a TV drama for herself. Later in 2007, Doherty was ranked number 96 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 Greatest Television Icons.

On March 1, 2010, it was announced that Doherty would be a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season. The season premiered on Monday, March 22, 2010. [22] Doherty was paired with two-time champion Mark Ballas in his sixth season on the show, [23] but the pair was the first couple eliminated in the second week on March 30. The judges said, "Doherty wouldn't have left if we would have just done scores". [ citation needed] She wanted to do Dancing with the Stars to make her ailing father proud. [24] Doherty returned for the finale. Safe Sex, Great Sex started out as a shoot for PLAYBOY and turned into a project bigger than photographer Michel Comte could have imagined. He shot almost 200 men and women, creating intimate portraits to encourage safe sex; those photos-have Doherty's first major motion picture role was in the dark comedy Heathers, which premiered in 1988. She garnered worldwide attention and fame for her breakout role as Brenda Walsh in the Aaron Spelling-produced TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990. In 1991 and 1992, her portrayal of Brenda earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series. [6] Doherty left the show after the fourth season in 1994.Malcom, Shawna. "The Witching Hour". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007 . Retrieved September 7, 2008.

Doherty lent her voice to the animated film The Secret of NIMH in 1982. She appeared in an episode of Magnum, P.I. ("A Sense of Debt"), followed by an early episode of Airwolf for which she was nominated as Best Young Actress: Guest in a Series at the 6th Youth in Film Awards in 1984. In late 2008, 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. [20] ( The film's world premiere was at the Newport Beach Film Festival in April 2010. [21]) Doherty played a lead role in the SciFi Channel adventure film The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon. The film premiered on the cable network on December 20, 2008. She also appeared in several episodes of the popular British sitcom Bo! in the USA, a brain child of Leigh Francis. [5] In the show, she played herself being randomly harassed by Avid Merrion (Francis), who claimed they were lovers. The show aired in October 2006 on the British Channel 4. Shannen Doherty Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on September 20, 2007 . Retrieved September 16, 2008. Later in 2012, Doherty became a spokesperson for Education Connection, [28] and appeared in an episode of The New Normal as her character Brenda Walsh from Beverly Hills, 90210.

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Beginning with her time working on Beverly Hills, 90210, Doherty gained a reputation in the media for bad behavior that dominated her public image for many years. [43] The magazine People has called her the "iconic Hollywood 'bad girl' of the nineties". [44] Between 1992 and 1994, coverage alleging fighting between Doherty and her co-stars dominated tabloid headlines, particularly concerning her heated feud with Jennie Garth, and further reports of heavy partying, on-set lateness, and physical fights. [45] [37] The zine Ben Is Dead, which published a newsletter called "I Hate Brenda" at the height of the show's popularity, even opened a hotline called the "Shannen Snitch Line" to which people could call in and report gossip about Doherty. [46] Doherty once more reprised her role of Brenda Walsh for the six-episode sequel BH90210, which debuted August 7, 2019, on FOX. The same year, she was in the movie Undateable John, starring Daryl Hannah, Tom Arnold and Margaret Cho. [36] Tapp, Tom (June 7, 2023). "Shannen Doherty Reveals Cancer She's Been Battling Has Spread To Her Brain". Deadline . Retrieved June 7, 2023. Shannen Doherty". Today Show. YouTube.com. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 . Retrieved July 22, 2017. Exclusive: Tori Is Out, Shannen Is In for 90210 Remake!". E! Online – Watch with Kristin . Retrieved July 31, 2008.

TVGuide Staff Writer (October 15, 2007). "The Witching Hour". TVGuide. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007 . Retrieved July 22, 2017. In November 2016, Doherty joined the cast of a Heathers television series, originally set to air on Paramount Network in March 2018. [32] She 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. [33] However, the Parkland school shooting affected the show's premiere, which was delayed because of its dark tone and themes of high school violence. In June 2018, the network chose to pull the show altogether. [34] Ultimately, the series aired over five nights in October 2018. [35] Johnson, Zach (March 14, 2014). "Jennie Garth on Shannen Doherty Feud: 'There Were Times When We Wanted to Claw Each Other's Eyes Out' ". Us Weekly . Retrieved July 22, 2017. Shaw, Stephanie. "Shannen, She-Monster of Hollywood," Reader (Chicago, IL), April 21, 1994. Retrieved February 26, 2023. Martel, Jay (February 20, 1992). "Scenes from the Cast Struggle in 90210". Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 22, 2017.On July 21, 2011, WE tv announced that Doherty would star in a one-hour reality series that would follow her and her fiancé, Kurt Iswarienko, as they planned their wedding. The show, Shannen Says, premiered on April 10, 2012. [27] Doherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee, [2] and raised in her mother's Southern Baptist faith. [3] Career [ edit ] Child acting: 1982–88 [ edit ] Andreeva, Nellie (October 4, 2018). " 'Heathers': Shelved Reboot Series To Air On Paramount Network With Edits". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 11, 2018. Wright, Pam (November 13, 2018). "Miley Cyrus, Shannen Doherty, Gerard Butler Among Celebrities Who Have Lost Homes to Southern California's Woolsey Fire". Weather Channel . Retrieved May 27, 2020. Shannen Doherty ( / ˈ d oʊ . ər t i/, born April 12, 1971) [1] is an American actress. She is known for her many roles of television and film, including as Jenny Wilder in Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Maggie Malene in Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Kris Witherspoon in Our House (1986–1988); Heather Duke in Heathers (1989); Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994), 90210 (2008–2009) and again in BH90210 (2019); Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001); and Dobbs in Fortress (2021).