Death of Charmed and Beverly Hills star Shannen Doherty

The Beverly Hills and Charmed star has died. Shannen Doherty, who had been battling breast cancer since 2015, passed away this Saturday, July 13th. He was 53 years old.

Beginning of “Little House on the Prairie”

It was from the age of ten Shannen Doherty Made his small screen debut in the series Father Murphy created by Michael Landon. Two years later, when the latter was looking for a little girl for her other series, Little House on the Prairie, she was cast as Jenny Wilder, a young orphan, during the 9th season.

After making several TV movies as well as a JFK mini-series, she made her real first steps on the big screen in Girls just want to have fun in 1985, in which she starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. Then he appeared in several series (21 Jump Street, Corky, Supercopter, Les Routes du paradis again with Michael Landon…), where he played mostly secondary roles.

Sweet 90s, popular with Beverly Hills and Charmed

The role of Brenda Walsh Beverly Hills It became world famous in 1990. Due to constant conflicts with other actors, he left the series at the end of the 4th season. He starred in Kevin Smith’s Les Glandeurs, then Aaron Spelling (already a producer. Beverly Hills) (he reconnected with her a few years later to play one of the Three Witches Fascinated. Shannen Doherty then returned to success. But after 3 seasons, without a relationship with his partner Alice Milano, he preferred to leave. A 2004 production of North Shore relied on the actor to boost viewership for the series… to no avail!

Four years later, after making several TV movies, she agreed to play the role of Brenda Walsh in a sequel to Beverly Hills called New Generation, but she only appeared in the first season, as the series focused entirely on new characters. He then starred in James Franco’s Bukowski, which explores the early years of author Charles Bukowski.

A brief return to Beverly Hills

In 2015, a month before the release How to make a deal with the devil In which she plays nothing more than the devil, she was (recently, in her words) diagnosed with breast cancer. He has since gone public about his battle against the disease. In 2019, he joined the original cast of Beverly Hills for BH90210, a reboot of the series, a mix between The Office and parody. It tells how the actors try to reboot the successful series of the past. “Meta” project, unfortunately, without Luke Perry, who died shortly before filming. The 6 episodes ordered did not have the desired audience and FOX canceled the show.

That same year, she appeared in a season 4 episode of Undateable John, a “romantic drama” in which she played a supporting role. In July 2020, it was announced that he would reprise his role as René Mosier Glanders in its continuation, Twilight of the MalratsAgain directed by Kevin Smith.