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Who is Shannen Doherty?

Shannen Doherty was born on the 12th April 1971 in Memphis, Tennassee, USA. She is an actress and television director, perhaps best known for her work as Heather Duke in Heathers, as Brenda Walsh in Beverley Hills 90210 and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed. Success began early, with guest spots on TV series including Voyagers! and Father Murphy. When a casting notice was released in Hollywood for a regular role on the popular Little House on the Prairie Shannen leapt at the opportunity. She went on to star in the Aaron Spelling produced TV series Beverley Hills 90210 for four years, from 1990 to 1994. Her departure from the series was reportedly acrimonious, however, and her career afterward was somewhat spotty, marked for the most part by made for TV movies. In 1998, Spelling cast her in another TV series, Charmed, in which she played the oldest sister of a coven of witches, along with occasionally directing some of the episodes. She left that series in 2001, after three years. Rumours persist that her departure was against her will. Though she had left the show long before it ended, she owns 5% of the rights to the series. She was going to go for the role as Piper Halliwell but she got cast as Prue and her best friend at the time, Holly Marie Combs got the role as Piper.