
When Brenda Walsh left for London to study acting after high school, viewers speculated her eventual return. However, Doherty was reportedly left with a bitter taste from the show and had hope that her film career, beginning with Kevin Smith's "Mallrats" in 1995, would take off. Doherty's short-lived off-screen marriages to Ashley Hamilton (son of George) and Rick Salomon (co-star in the Paris Hilton sex tape) and a 2003 Playboy spread seemed to trump her professional endeavors, which included a run on "Charmed," and most recently, "Breaking Up With Shannon Doherty."
Brenda, who went on to have a successful career in drama, will return to Beverly Hills High School to direct a play in the anticipated spin-off of "90210" beginning this fall.
(SIPA/FilmMagic.com)