Passion for craft is often mislabeled as trouble.
Shannen was passion."
She went from strength to strength in the industry despite the volatile work situations she often found herself in.
After her Southern Baptist family found a new church in their new town, the cards fell into place.
While participating in a church play, Doherty ultimately got her big break.
It wasn’t long before she started acting in commercials.
Against the odds, Rosa ultimately recovered, and the health crisis stuck with Shannen.
“I come from a woman who was determined,” Shannen toldPeoplein 2023.
“She impressed that upon me as a very young child like, ‘You don’t give up.
You just have to work hard at it.'”
“I don’t want her to have a bunch of stuff to deal with,” she said.
“I don’t want her to have four storage units filled with furniture.”
“She is my beautiful girl and my heart,” she said.
And he was incredibly caring for my entire family."
She appeared in 18 episodes of the mega hit series before tapping out in 1983.
“This is my life,” she explained.
“This is what I wanna do, so it doesn’t matter.
Nothing else matters.”
Sadly,Doherty was fired from “Beverly Hills, 90120"after Season 4.
On September 24, 1993, she tied the knot with 18-year-old fellow actor Ashley Hamilton.
In January 1994, however, Doherty was still gushing about her relationship to the press.
“I care about being with my husband,” she said, according toEntertainment Weekly.
“I take my marriage seriously.”
The following month, they separated.
In April 1994, Doherty filed for divorce.
“I take responsibility …
I don’t blame anyone,” she said.
However, even after being labeled “difficult,” her career didn’t totally fizzle out.
Both Doherty and Combs insisted there was never any behind-the-scenes conflict that warranted this behavior.
Eventually, she made another career pivot.
In 2015, her reality series “Shannon Says” hit WE TV.
The divorce was finalized just one day before she died in July 2024.
She confirmed the news in an exclusive statement toPeople.
Had she had insurance, the lawsuit claimed, treatment could have prevented the disease from spreading.
Doherty temporarily lost her hair during treatment.
She went into remission in 2017.
Sadly, the cancer returned to stage 4 in 2020.
“Not only did I want a child for myself, but I wanted it for my husband.
I wanted it for our marriage.
I wanted him to have that part of himself fulfilled as well,” she said.
Doherty underwent several rounds of IVF, but ultimately stopped trying when her cancer came back.
In November 2023, Doherty toldPeoplethat she thought about parenthood a lot.
She also mused on the possibility of adopting and had hope that a clinical trial might improve her health.
They’re all grown up, but that’s OK,” she said.
Before the very first episode dropped, the veteran actor teased its release onInstagram.
“Tomorrow my podcast comes out!
So excited to share with you all,” she wrote.
As the iHeartdescriptionpromised, “The actress will open up like never before in a live memoir.”
Ultimately, it was Doherty’s last gift to the world.
She had several guests on the show, including her former co-stars Jason Priestley and Holly Marie Combs.
Doherty talked candidly about a range of topics, from her career to her cancer diagnosis.
Listeners appreciated her honesty.
We’re kind of throwing like the kitchen sink at it," she said.
The final episode, which featured Combs as a guest, was released on July 7, 2024.
