Known for her roles in The Little House On The Prairie, Beverly Hills or CharmedAmerican actress Shannen Doherty died of breast cancer at the age of 53, her publicist announced on Sunday July 14.
3 min
It’s a piercing look that generations of TV addicts will not forget. Actress Shannen Doherty died on Saturday, July 13. She fought for many years against the disease, breast cancer that had been eating away at her since 2015. It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13th, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of battling the disease. ” said Leslie Sloane, the actress’s publicist, in a statement sent to the American magazine People and published on July 14.
Her illness came to public attention in a 2015 lawsuit against her former managers, in which she alleged mismanagement of her money and health insurance policies. She subsequently shared her daily life during her chemotherapy treatment on social media. In December 2016, she posted a photo of her first day of radiation therapy, calling the treatment ” scary ” for her. In remission in 2017, her breast cancer returned and spread in 2019.
From child star to “Brenda of Beverly Hills »
Shannen Doherty was born on April 12, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee. A child star, her career took off in 1981 in the series The Little House On The Prairiewhere she played from the age of 11. But it was in 1990 that she reached stardom with the series Beverly Hills 90210, produced by Aaron Spelling, a bard of American television. For four seasons, she played the role of the kind Brenda Walsh in this series very popular with teenagers around the world and which brought together up to 21 million Americans in front of the small screen. The romantic series is a social phenomenon and many children in the 1990s had the heroes of the soap opera as their first name, such as Brandon, Dylan, Kelly.
She leaves the sets of Beverly Hills in 1994 following behavioral problems deemed unbearable by the actors and technical teams. She appeared in a few TV films to break the smooth image of the character of Brenda that stuck to her skin.
Bewitching Prue Halliwell
But it was in 1998 that Shannen Doherty made her big comeback in the esoteric series. Charmedagain produced by Aaron Spelling, alongside two other American television stars: Holly Marie Combs and Alyssa Milano. She plays the iconic character of Prue Halliwell who, like her two sisters, has supernatural gifts and practices witchcraft. The series attracts between 5 and 7 million viewers each week. Over time, the relationship between Shannen Doherty and actress Alyssa Milano deteriorates to the point that Shannen Doherty slams the door on the series in 2000, at the end of the third season of the series, which was on the rise.
Her reputation as an actress with difficult behavior no longer allows her to obtain major roles in successful series or TV films. Her cancer also keeps her away from the sets. She makes a few appearances here and there in reality TV shows or small roles for a few episodes in series of different sizes including a sequel to Beverly Hills 90210.
From her past experiences on television, she delivers “ his truth » in a series of podcasts entitled Let’s be clear (Let’s be clear) started in 2023 and remains unfinished. Like a digital testament where she gives her version of the facts after years of silence.