Shannen Doherty died Saturday, at 53, after a long battle with cancer. Doherty appeared as Jenny, a pigtail-wearing girl whose father dies, throughout the ninth and final season of the show, and in subsequent “Little House” TV movies. ‘Heathers’The first sign of Doherty’s star power came with the release of “Heathers,” the pitch-black comedy directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Daniel Waters. When the lead Heather, Heather Chandler (Kim Walker), is murdered by a new kid in school, J.D. (Christian Slater) — a death that is passed off as a suicide with help from Veronica —Doherty’s Heather sees a path to power.

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Persons: Shannen Doherty, Brenda Walsh, —, ”, Doherty, ” Doherty, Jenny Wilder, Melissa Gilbert’s Laura Ingalls Wilder, Almanzo Wilder, Dean Butler, Jenny, Peacock, ‘, “, Michael Lehmann, Daniel Waters, Heather Duke, Veronica Sawyer, Winona Ryder, Heather, Heather Chandler, Kim Walker, Christian Slater, Veronica — Doherty’s Heather Organizations: West Beverly Hills High School Locations: “ Beverly Hills, “, ”, Beverly Hills