Shannen Doherty filmography

American actress Shannen Doherty (1971–2024) appeared in numerous television programs and motion pictures. After her television debut in Father Murphy in 1981,^[1] she landed her first major role in the dramatic western television series Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983), and reprised her role in its three television specials.^[2] Doherty received two Young Artist Award nominations for playing the oldest Witherspoon sibling Kris in the family drama Our House (1986–1988).^[3][4] She appeared in four films during the 1980s, including the positively-received, animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982)^[5] and the cult classic Heathers (1988).^[1] Her breakthrough role was as Brenda Walsh in the teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994), but she was later dropped from the series because of backstage issues and her negative image as a "bad girl".^[6] She starred in television films in the early and mid-1990s, and played Rene Mosier in the romantic comedy Mallrats (1995) in an attempt to rebuild her career.^[7][8]

Doherty attending the premiere of 90210 in 2008

Doherty enjoyed a resurgence in popularity after being cast by producer Aaron Spelling to play Prue Halliwell on the supernatural drama Charmed (1998–2001). The series was their second collaboration following Beverly Hills, 90210.^[1] The character was praised by critics and fans, earning a spot as one of the best witches in television history according to a TVLine article,^[9] and Doherty took an active role in the show's production, directing three of its episodes. Following disagreements with Spelling and co-star Alyssa Milano, Doherty left the series in its third season.^[7][10] Doherty starred in a string of television films and had a recurring role on the prime-time soap opera North Shore (2004–2005).^[11] The following year, she was cast as Denise Johnson in the unaired pilot of the sitcom Love, Inc., but was dropped from the show by producers from United Paramount Network (UPN).^[12][13][14] She reprised her role as Brenda Walsh in the reboot of 90210 (2008–2009), appearing as a special guest star in seven episodes in its first season.^[15]

While acting in scripted material, Doherty also participated in five reality television shows, none of which had much success, except Shannen Says (2012), in which she received positive reviews.^[16][17] In 2010, Doherty competed in the tenth season of Dancing with the Stars to honor her father who had a stroke in December 2009.^[18] Later that year, she also voiced the identical twins Mari and Kari on the animated web series Mari-Kari,^[19] and starred in the independent satirical thriller Burning Palms after a nine-year absence from film.^[20] In 2012 and 2014, she directed two music videos for the band Radical Something.^[21][22] She starred alongside Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover, and Michael Madsen in the 2016 sports drama film Back in the Day.^[23] In 2018, she appeared in a television series based on Heathers and the television movie No One Would Tell, a remake of the 1996 film of the same name.^[24] The following year, she portrayed a heightened version of herself for BH90210, and guest-starred on Riverdale as part of a tribute to Luke Perry, who died in 2019.^[25][26] Doherty appeared in two action films Fortress (2021) and Hot Seat (2022),^[27][28] as well as two television films, Dying to Belong and List of a Lifetime, in 2021.^[29][30]

Film

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1982	The Secret of NIMH	Teresa Brisby (voice)		[31]
	Night Shift	Bluebird		[32]
1985	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Maggie Malene		[33]
1989	Heathers	Heather Duke		[33]
1994	Almost Dead	Katherine Roshak		[34]
	Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult	Herself	Cameo	[35]
1995	Mallrats	Rene Mosier		[36]
1997	Nowhere	Val-Chick 2	Cameo	[37]
1999	Striking Poses	Gage Sullivan		[38]
2001	Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back	Herself	Cameo	[39]
2010	Burning Palms	Dr. Shelly		[20]
2016	Back in the Day	Maria		[23]
2017	Bethany	Susan	Producer	[40]
2019	Undateable John	Charlene		[41][42]
2021	Fortress	Brigadier General Barbara Dobbs		[27]
2022	Hot Seat	Police Chief Pam Connelly		[28]
2024	Darkness of Man	Vivian		[43]
TBA	How to Make a Deal with the Devil †	The Devil	Completed; posthumous release	[40]
TBA	Bukowski †	Young Katherina Bukowski	In post-production; posthumous release	[33]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1981	Father Murphy	Drusilla Shannon	Episodes: "By the Bear That Bit Me" (Parts 1 & 2)	[44]
1982	The Phoenix	Little Girl (uncredited)	Episode: "One of Them"	[45]
	Voyagers!	Betty Parris	Episode: "Agents of Satan"	[46]
1982–1983	Little House on the Prairie	Jenny Wilder	Main role (18 episodes)	[33]
1983	Little House: Look Back to Yesterday		Television film	[47]
	Magnum, P.I.	Ima Platt	Episode: "A Sense of Debt"	[48]
1984	Airwolf	Phoebe Danner	Episode: "Bite of the Jackal"	[49]
	Little House: The Last Farewell	Jenny Wilder	Television film	[50]
	Little House: Bless All The Dear Children			[51]
1985	Robert Kennedy and His Times	Kathleen Kennedy	Miniseries (Parts 1 & 2)	[52]
	The New Leave It to Beaver	Laurie	Episode: "Steppin' Out"	[53]
	The Other Lover	Alson Fielding	Television film	[54]
	Highway to Heaven	Shelley Fowler	Episode: "The Secret"	[55]
1986–1988	Our House	Kris Witherspoon	46 episodes	[56]
1987	Alf Loves a Mystery	The Lady in Red	Television film	[57]
1989	21 Jump Street	Janine	Episode: "Things We Said Today"	[58]
1990	Life Goes On	Ginny Green	Episode: "Corky's Crush"	[59]
1990–1994	Beverly Hills, 90210	Brenda Walsh	Main role (111 episodes) Soundtrack, Episode: "Wild Fire" (uncredited)	[60]
1991	Forever Young	Party Girl	Television film	[61]
1992	The Secret of Lost Creek	Jeannie Fogle	Main role	[62]
	Obsessed	Lorie Brindel	Television film	[63]
1993	Freeze Frame	Lindsay Scott		[64]
	Saturday Night Live	Herself/host	Episode: "Shannen Doherty/Cypress Hill"	[65]
1994	Blindfold: Acts of Obsession	Madeleine Dalton	Television film	[66]
	A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story	Margaret Mitchell		[67]
	Jailbreakers	Angel Norton		[68]
1996	Gone in the Night	Cyndi Dowaliby		[69]
1997	Friends 'Til the End	Heather Romley		[70]
	Sleeping with the Devil	Rebecca Dubrovich		[71]
	The Ticket	CeeCee Reicker		[72]
1998–2001	Charmed	Prue Halliwell	Main role (67 episodes) Director (3 episodes) Choreographer (Episode: "Coyote Piper") Very special thanks (Episode: "Something Wicca This Way Goes...?")	[73]
2000	Satan's School for Girls	Beth Hammersmith/Karen Oxford	Television film	[74]
2001	Another Day	Kate	Television film; also Co-executive producer	[75]
2002	The Rendering	Sarah Reynolds	Television film	[76]
	Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay	Lexi Wilcox		[77]
2003	Nightlight	Celeste Timmerman	Television film/Also known as View of Terror	[78]
2003	Scare Tactics	Herself	Host (season 1)	[17]
2004–2005	North Shore	Alexandra Hudson	Recurring role (11 episodes)	[11]
2005	Category 7: The End of the World	Faith Clavell	Television film	[79]
	Love, Inc.	Denise Johnson	Unaired pilot	[80]
2006	Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty	Herself	Host; also Executive producer, Writer (2 episodes)	[81]
2007	Christmas Caper	Kate Dove	Television film	[82]
2008	Kiss Me Deadly	Marta		[83]
	The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon	Susan Jordan		[84]
	Defunct	Fanny Thornton		[85]
2008–2009	90210	Brenda Walsh	Special guest star (season 1; 7 episodes)	[15]
2009	Encounter with Danger	Lori	Television film	[86]
2010	Dancing with the Stars	Herself	Contestant; Season 10 (Voted off in Week 2)	[87]
	Growing the Big One	Emma Silber	Television film Soundtrack, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" (uncredited)	[88]
	The Spin Crowd	Herself	Episode: "Should I Stay or Should I Go?"	[89]
2011	Les Anges de la téléréalité		Season 3: I Love New York	[90]
2012	Witchslayer Gretl	Gretl	Television film	[91]
	Shannen Says	Herself	Main role; also Executive producer	[92]
	The New Normal	Brenda Walsh/herself	Episode: "The XY Factor"	[93]
2014	All I Want for Christmas	Brenda Patterson	Television film	[94]
	Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys	Cate Parker		[95]
2015	Off the Map with Shannen & Holly	Herself	Main role; also Executive producer	[96]
2016	Rock in a Hard Place	Janice	Cable pilot (Indiegogo campaign)	[97]
2018	No One Would Tell	Laura Collins	Television film	[24]
	Heathers	Mrs. Dean/Dr. Destiny	4 episodes	[98]
2019	BH90210	Herself/Brenda Walsh	Co-producer 6 episodes	[25][99]
	Riverdale	Stranded Motorist	Episode: "Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam"	[26]
2021	Dying to Belong	Katherine	Television film	[29]
	List of a Lifetime	Diana Carroll		[30]

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Mari-Kari	Mari/Kari (voice)		[19]
2011	Suite 7	Adrienne	Episode: "Company" Director ("Captive Audience") Producer ("Captive Audience" and "Company")	[100] [101]
2012	"Naked in Venice"	Director Producer	Music video for Radical Something	[21]
2014	"Pure"			[22]
	Borgore & Sikdope: Unicorn Zombie Apocalypse	News Anchor	Short film	[102]
2023–2024	Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty	Podcaster	Podcast	[103]
2024	House of Halliwell			[104]

Music video appearances

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
1992	"Real Love"	Slaughter	[105]