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Shannen Doherty, known for her roles in the wildly in-style series “Beverly Hills, 90210” and the witchcraft fantasy “Charmed,” died after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She was 53.

“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I affirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she ended her battle with most cancers after a few years of preventing the illness,” Doherty’s publicist Leslie Sloane mentioned in an announcement to Individuals.

Doherty rose to fame in 1990 as the fresh-faced brunette Brenda Walsh on Fox’s “Beverly Hills, 90210.” Alongside her twin brother Brandon, performed by Jason Priestly, the Walshes were the basic fish-out-of-water household that had not too long ago moved from Minnesota to Beverly Hills and were always amazed on the antics of the LA wealthy children.

The romance between Brenda and Dylan, performed by Luke Perry, spawned controversy within the first season for the storyline the place Brenda considers shedding her virginity. Their later breakup, when Dylan connected with her best pal Kelly, performed by Jenny Garth, was more extensive, and the present was thought to be groundbreaking in its willingness to deal with subjects like drug abuse and racism.

The present was a huge hit, and with its success there came an inordinate amount of scrutiny and gossip surrounding the solid, together with teen-aged Doherty. Although the present had begun with Garth’s Kelly because of the much less likable character, the notion quickly changed and Brenda changed into the solid member everybody cherished to hate on. She was labeled a diva within the press and there was even a pre-internet e-newsletter referred to as “I Hate Brenda.” Doherty appeared in 111 episodes earlier than leaving the sequence on the finish of season 4, amid studies of friction with different solid members, notably Garth.

By the time the present was revived two extra instances, everybody had mellowed with age and he or she returned as Brenda within the 2008 revival “90210” for one season and within the later 2019 revival “BH90210.”

After her departure from “Beverly Hills, 90210,” Doherty discovered her footing on “Charmed,” the supernatural drama following three sisters who uncover they’re witches and must work collectively to fight evil. She performed the oldest of the three sisters, Prue Halliwell, alongside Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs. In 2000 and 2001, she directed three episodes of the series — “Be Cautious What You Witch For,” “The Good, The Unhealthy, and The Cursed,” and “All Hell Breaks Free,” the final episode she appeared in. Her character was killed off when she left the sequence on the finish of the third season.

Born in Memphis, Tenn., Doherty moved to Los Angeles along with her household as a baby and received her beginning at age 10 with a job on the sequence “Father Murphy.” Michael Landon noticed her in the sequence and solidified her as Jenny Wilder in “Little Home on the Prairie” at age 11.

Doherty then had a recurring role on the household sequence “Our Home” with Wilfred Brimley,

In film, she appeared in another teen classic, “Heathers,” in addition to “Ladies Simply Wish to Have Fun” and Kevin Smith’s “Mallrats” and “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Again.”

Among the many different exhibits she appeared on have been “North Shore,” and “Riverdale” in addition to in various TV motion pictures.

In 2006, she produced a news present, “Breaking Up With Shannen Doherty,” the place she helped folks in relationship peril who needed to get out but couldn’t do it on their very own, and later appeared in another news present, “Off the Map With Shannen and Holly.”

Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2015, and in 2017 mentioned she was in remission. However, by 2019 most cancers had returned and unfolded. She continued working, with roles in TV motion pictures along with “Dying to Belong” and “Listing of a Lifetime.”

In June 2023, she mentioned she had been receiving radiation for most cancers that had unfold to her mind.

She was briefly married to George Hamilton’s son Ashley Hamilton and poker participant Rick Salomon, and in 2011 she married photographer Kurt Iswarienko. They filed for divorce in 2023.

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