Biography
Born in Tennessee, Shannen started her career as a child artist on the show the Little House on the Prairie and later gained much fame when she was cast as Brenda Walsh on the hit series, Beverly Hills, 90210 and immediately became a star. She was best friends with Holly Marie Combs seven years before they worked together on The WB's hit show, Charmed.
Roles
Starring Roles
Recurring Roles
Guest Starring Roles
| Series
|
Role
|
Episode
|
Airdate
|
| Father Murphy |
Drusilla Shannon |
1x05 - By the Bear That Bit Me (1) |
December 1, 1981
|
| Father Murphy |
Drusilla Shannon |
1x06 - By the Bear That Bit Me (2) |
December 8, 1981
|
| The Phoenix |
Little Girl |
1x02 - One of Them |
April 2, 1982
|
| Voyagers! |
Betty Parris |
1x04 - Agents of Satan |
October 31, 1982
|
| Magnum, P.I. |
Ima Platt |
4x08 - A Sense of Debt |
December 1, 1983
|
| Airwolf |
Phoebe Danner |
1x04 - Bite of the Jackal |
February 4, 1984
|
| The New Leave It to Beaver |
Laurie |
1x15 - Steppin' Out |
1985
|
| Highway to Heaven |
Shelley Fowler |
2x09 - The Secret |
November 27, 1985
|
| Outlaws |
Young Girl |
1x01 - Outlaws |
December 28, 1986
|
| 21 Jump Street |
Janine DeGray |
4x12 - Things We Said Today |
December 18, 1989
|
| Life Goes On |
Ginny Green |
1x12 - Corky's Crush |
January 14, 1990
|
| Parker Lewis Can't Lose |
Herself |
2x22 - Geek Tragedy |
April 12, 1992
|
| Saturday Night Live |
Herself/Host |
19x02 - Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill |
October 2, 1993
|
| Love, Inc. |
Denise Johnson |
1x01 - Pilot |
September 22, 2005
|
Made-for-TV Movies
| Title
|
Role
|
Airdate
|
Series/Banner
|
| Look Back to Yesterday |
Jenny Wilder |
December 12, 1983 |
Little House on the Prairie
|
| The Last Farewell |
Jenny Wilder |
February 6, 1984 |
Little House on the Prairie
|
| Bless All the Dear Children |
Jenny Wilder |
December 17, 1984 |
Little House on the Prairie
|
| The Other Lover |
Alison Fielding |
September 24, 1985 |
CBS Tuesday Night at the Movies
|
| Obsessed |
Lorie Brindel |
September 27, 1992 |
|
| Blindfold: Acts of Obsession |
Madeleine Dalton |
May 20, 1994 |
|
| A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story |
Margaret |
November 7, 1994 |
|
| Gone in the Night |
Cindi Dowaliby |
February 25, 1996 |
|
| Friends 'Til the End |
Heather Romley |
January 20, 1997 |
|
| Sleeping with the Devil |
Rebecca Dubrovich |
April 22, 1997 |
|
| The Ticket |
CeeCee Reicker |
August 6, 1997 |
|
| Satan's School for Girls |
Beth Hammersmith/Karen Oxford |
March 13, 2000 |
|
| Another Day |
Kate |
December 4, 2001 |
|
| Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay |
Lexi Wilcox |
October 7, 2002 |
|
| View of Terror |
Celeste Timmerman |
February 20, 2003 |
|
| Category 7: The End of the World |
Faith Clavell |
November 6, 2005 |
|
| Christmas Caper |
Kate Dove |
November 25, 2007 |
|
| Kiss Me Deadly |
Marta |
May 2, 2008 |
|
| The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon |
Susan Jordan |
December 20, 2008 |
|
| Encounter with Danger |
Lori |
February 28, 2010 |
|
| Growing the Big One |
Emma Silver |
October 23, 2010 |
|
| Witchslayer Gretl |
Gretl |
February 25, 2012 |
Syfy Original Movie
|
Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
| Series
|
Episode
|
Airdate
|
| I'm Telling! |
Episode 117 |
January 30, 1988
|
| Maury |
|
October 13, 1992
|
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
|
April 17, 1997
|
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
|
October 21, 1998
|
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Show 1103 |
May 19, 1999
|
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
|
November 4, 1999
|
| So Graham Norton |
|
April 27, 2001
|
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
|
December 19, 2001
|
| Revealed with Jules Asner |
Sarah Michelle Gellar |
June 12, 2002
|
| Revealed with Jules Asner |
Alyssa Milano |
July 1, 2002
|
| V Graham Norton |
|
December 27, 2002
|
| The View |
|
April 3, 2003
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
|
April 9, 2003
|
| The View |
|
July 7, 2003
|
| The View |
|
July 8, 2003
|
| Celebrities Uncensored |
|
October 1, 2003
|
| The Sharon Osbourne Show |
|
October 31, 2003
|
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Show 1817 |
November 7, 2003
|
| Howard Stern |
|
November 18, 2003
|
| Celebrities Uncensored |
|
March 24, 2004
|
| On-Air with Ryan Seacrest |
|
March 31, 2004
|
| Jimmy Kimmel Live |
|
March 31, 2004
|
| Celebrity Blackjack |
Tournament 1, Game 4 |
July 26, 2004
|
| The Graham Norton Effect |
|
July 29, 2004
|
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Show 208 |
November 2, 2004
|
Director
Awards and Accolades
Young Artist Awards
(8 Nominations)
Trivia
- Is of Irish, English, Scottish and Scots-Irish descent
- Her mother, Rosa owned a beauty parlor and her father, Tom worked as a mortgage consultant at a bank
- Has an older brother named Sean
- Moved to Los Angeles, California when she was 7 years old
- Was briefly engaged to Max Factor heir Dean Jay Factor in 1993
- Married her first husband, Ashley Hamilton in 1993; they divorced in 1994
- Married her second husband, Rick Salomon, but the marriage was annulled after nine months
- Married her third husband, photographer Kurt Iswarienko in 2011
- Was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015; underwent a single mastectomy in 2016; as of 2017, she is in remission
- Was named the "iconic Hollywood 'bad girl' of the '90s" by People magazine due to her reputation in the media for having bad behavior and getting into conflicts with her TV co-stars.
