Shannen Doherty Free Screensaver. Photos slideshow. Shannen Maria Doherty (born April 12, 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee) is an American film actress.Charmed.Doherty's first major motion picture role was in Heathers, released in 1989. She went on to star in the Aaron Spelling-produced TV series Beverly Hills 90210 for four years, from 1990 to 1994. Her departure from the series was reportedly acrimonious, however, and her career afterward was somewhat spotty, marked for the most part by made-for-TV movies. She was reunited with Aaron Spelling when in 1998, she was offered the part of Prue Halliwell on Charmed (1998), a show about three witches who protect the innocent. She starred alongside Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs. After just 3 seasons, she left to work on other projects, such as movies. She had directed three of the last episodes she had starred in. She has already been in 3 movies since leaving Charmed (1998). She also hosted season one of Scare Tactics (2003) and eight episodes of season two but left to pursue other endeavors. In the fall of 2004, Shannen later returned to television on Fox's drama series North Shore (2004) where she starred as Alexandra Hudson, the long lost sister of Brooke Burns. Eventually the show was canceled after one season. Then in 2005, she got the role of Denise Johnson on the UPN series Love, Inc. (2005), however she was dropped from the sitcom. From there she has ventured on into new projects and is looking to produce her own series.