Actor Shannen Doherty Was Married Three Times Total

Those of us who grew up watching Beverly Hills 90210 will always have a soft spot in our hearts for Brenda Walsh. She was brought to life by actor Shannen Doherty, who could vacillate between sweet and sassy at the drop of a hat.

After she left the show, Shannen took a deep dive into her magical side on The WB show Charmed and remained on the large and small screens in various parts. In her personal life, Shannen was a bit less chaotic than Brenda, but that's to be expected with age and reality. Was Shannen Doherty married? Here's what we know.

In April of 2023, Shannen filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Kurt Iswarienko. The divorce filing stated they had been separated since January 2023 due to irreconcilable differences. "Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted. Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option," her rep Leslie Sloane told TMZ. Leslie added that Kurt's agent, Collier Grimm, would have more information as "she is intimately involved."

Prior to Shannen's marriage to Kurt, she was briefly married to Ashley Hamilton whom she wed in September 1993. Entertainment Weekly broke the news a year later, stating that then-18-year-old Ashley and 22-year-old Shannen tied the knot one month after they began dating. Ashley is the son of actor George Hamilton. The duo separated in February 1994 and were officially divorced that April. Once again the reason was irreconcilable differences.

Shannen waited eight years for her next marriage which happened in 2002 to Rick Salomon. If that name sounds familiar, it's because Rick was the man in the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape that was leaked to the press in 2003. He also married Pamela Anderson three times. As far as Shannen goes, her marriage to Rick was annulled after nine months.

Shannen Doherty fought a very public battle with cancer, in various forms, since 2015. That's when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. By April 2017 she was in remission, but her treatment threw her body into early menopause thus making it impossible to have children.

In February 2020, Shannen revealed to Good Morning America that she had stage 4 breast cancer. Sadly in November 2023, she shared with People that it had moved to her bones. Despite this, she remained hopeful about finding love again. "I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better," she told the outlet.

Tragically, Shannen died in July of 2024. "It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of actress Shannen Doherty," her publicist Leslie Sloane told People. "On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after many years of fighting the disease. The devoted daughter, sister, aunt, and friend was surrounded by her loved ones as well as her dog, Bowie. The family asks for their privacy at this time so they can grieve in peace."