Who are Shannen Doherty’s parents, and does she have kids? As she fights cancer, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum is selling her antiques and ‘downsizing’ assets to fund more quality time with her mum

Apr 4 , 2024

Shannon Doherty with her mother. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

Shannen Doherty, known for starring in 90210 and Charmed, said her years-long cancer battle prompted her to ‘take stock’ of her life – and her multiple storage units of unused antique furniture

Doherty said cutting back on her assets will also help ‘make things clean’, just in case she precedes her mother, Rose Elizabeth Doherty, in death – here’s everything we know about her family

Shannen Doherty said her years-long cancer battle prompted her to “take stock” of her life – and her multiple storage units of unused antique furniture.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 and Charmed alum, who is battling stage-four breast cancer, revealed she is letting go of some of her finds to help fund more memory-making trips with her mother and loved ones. Doherty said cutting back on her assets will also help “make things clean”, just in case she precedes her mother, Rose Elizabeth Doherty, in death.

“I’ve accumulated too much [junk],” Doherty admitted Monday on her Let’s Be Clear podcast.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 cast poses for a portrait on set, back in September 1991. Shannen Doherty is second from left in the front row. Photo: Getty Images

She added: “Do I need to have three dining room tables? The answer is no, none of us really need all the stuff that we have, and we could all do with a little bit of downsizing and not be a hoarder, which I was becoming with all my furniture.”

TV star Shannen Doherty; “Tomorrow my podcast comes out!!!” she wrote in the caption four months ago. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

Doherty, 52, said the revelations about downsizing came as she began cleaning up a property she had in Tennessee. In case of her death, the actor said doesn’t want leave her mother puzzling about what to do with “four storage units filled with furniture”.

When deciding to get rid of the excess furniture and letting go of her Tennessee home, Doherty said she felt she was “giving up” her dream of building an animal rescue and “throwing in the towel” on her cancer journey.

Shannen Doherty talking about Cancer Screen Week at Los Angeles channel KTLA 5. Photo: @theshando/Instagram

After the initial grief of letting go, Doherty said she took comfort in knowing she could carry out her animal-rescue aspirations by working with other rescues, and that selling her unneeded furniture could go toward her “bucket fund”.

“I get to take my mum on vacations because I’ll have all this extra money lying around, and I’m not digging into the money in my savings that’s going to make sure everybody in my life is taken care of once I’m dead,” Doherty said. During the podcast, she recalled her mother’s teary reaction to a mother-daughter trip to Italy.

Shannen Doherty is downsizing to give herself a better quality of life. Photo: AP

Doherty’s mother won’t be the only one benefiting from the 90210 star’s downsizing. She said she will also spread the love to her friends and loved ones – people who will care for her mother if she dies.