Charmed Star Shannen Doherty Has Died at Age 53

Actor Shannen Doherty, champion known for her roles on Beverly Hills, 90210 and the original Charmed, passed distant connected Saturday, July 13 pursuing a years-long conflict with cancer.

The histrion was diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2015, and successful precocious 2023, revealed it’d dispersed to her bones. In a connection provided to People Magazine, Doherty’s publicist said the “devoted daughter, sister, aunt and person was surrounded by her loved ones arsenic good arsenic her dog, Bowie. The household asks for their privateness astatine this clip truthful they tin grieve successful peace.”

Born April 12, 1971, Doherty began acting astatine 11 years aged arsenic a impermanent prima connected shows like Voyagers! and Father Murphy. She’d aboriginal onshore a recurring relation on Little House connected the Prairie as Jenny Wilder for the ninth and last season. She had a steadfast vocation successful some movie and TV–in the former, she debuted arsenic the dependable of Teresa Brisby successful 1982’s The Secret of NIMH, and besides starred successful Heathers and Mallrats. At clip of writing, she was attached to 2 films, Bukowski and How to Make a Deal With the Devil, which volition present service arsenic her last movie roles.

But it was TV wherever she became a well-known name. After a streak of impermanent roles successful bid like 21 Jump Street and Magnum P.I., she landed her biggest relation arsenic Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. After antagonistic reception from her character’s displacement to a “bad girl” and conflicts with the show’s staff, Doherty exited the amusement aft play four, though she aboriginal reprised her relation for the archetypal play of the CW’s 2008 reboot. One of her different large roles was the top-billed pb successful Charmed (from the CW’s predecessor, the WB) arsenic Prue Halliwell.

Prue was precise well-received backmost successful 1998, and Doherty adjacent directed 3 Charmed episodes. But she’d aboriginal leave the show aft play 3 pursuing disagreements with co-star Alyssa Milano and shaper Aaron Spelling (who she’d worked with connected Beverly). Throughout her life, she’d look connected respective world TV shows (including Dancing With the Stars), and play herself successful comedies similar Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back or BH90210. She’d stopped doing TV roles successful 2021 with the TV films Dying to Belong and List of a Lifetime, instead pivoting to 2 podcast series.

Doherty is the 2nd major Beverly Hills star to walk pursuing Luke Perry successful 2019. In a connection to NBC News, Milano acknowledged the “complicated relationship” betwixt the two, saying “at its halfway was idiosyncratic I profoundly respected and was successful awe of. She was a talented actress, beloved by galore and the satellite is little without her. My condolences to each who loved her.”

Our thoughts spell retired to Doherty’s families and friends astatine this time.

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