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Shannen Doherty, known for her roles in Delighted and Beverly Hills 90210, He died at the age of 53 after a battle with cancer.
The actress died of breast cancer on July 13 after being diagnosed in 2015. Throughout her decades-long career in Hollywood, Doherty had amassed an estimated net worth of $5 million, according to Net worth of celebrities.
While working as a child actor, the Tennessee native landed the recurring role of Jenny Wilder on Little House on the Prairie. In 1985, Doherty played Maggie Malene in the teen comedy Girls just wanna have funalongside Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker.
However, it was after her role in the 1988 cult film Heathers Doherty rose to worldwide fame as Brenda Walsh on the teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210. Doherty left the series after four seasons in 1994 and, in 2008, was cast in a new version produced by The CW.
During the original Beverly Hills, 90210, Doherty reportedly earned $17,500 per episode. That compares to a single-season run on Fox. BH90210 reboot, for which he earned $70,000 per episode, sources said The Hollywood Reporter.
Another of the roles that defined the actor was courtesy of Beverly Hills, 90210 Producer Aaron Spelling in 1998 as Prue Halliwell in Delighteda series about three sisters who are witches.
Doherty was reportedly paid $75,000 per episode of DelightedDoherty directed some episodes of the series during the second and third seasons. He left Delighted in 2001, at the end of the third season, resulting in the death of his character.
Doherty was married for a year to Sunset beach actor Ashley Hamilton in 1993 and a nine-month marriage to Rick Salomon in 2002. Salomon is a high-stakes poker player, who married Pamela Anderson twice, both marriages lasting only a year.
He Delighted The star married photographer Kurt Iswarienko in October 2011. After 11 years of marriage, Doherty filed for divorce in April last year after she “felt she had no other choice.” The actor's rep confirmed the news in a statement to Entertainment Tonight, noting that “divorce was the last thing Shannen wanted.”
The actress's publicist, Leslie Sloane, confirmed Doherty's death in a statement to People“It is with great sadness that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of battling the disease,” she told the outlet. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved ones and her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace.”
Doherty has been open about her battle with breast cancer, which returned to stage four in February 2020 after going into remission in 2017. In June 2023, Doherty revealed that her cancer had spread to her brain. Five months later, the actress told her followers that her cancer had spread to her bones, but said she would continue to fight the disease through treatment because “I'm not done living.”
Last month, the actress gave an update on her “really tough” year amid her divorce and cancer treatment. Speaking about the Let's be clear In a podcast, Doherty said: “Obviously divorce is not easy, especially when you really love someone. And I loved my husband.
“And when you're so hurt by their actions that you feel betrayed and like a fool, it's really hard,” he added, before noting that he will undergo more chemotherapy after the episode aired.
