The Iconic Primetime Drama That Gave Shannen Doherty Her Show Business Start
But before all that, Doherty already had a full acting resume by the time she was 17. “My first job with the amazing Michael Landon producing. … We worked in Tucson, Arizona in 100-degree plus weather wearing buckskins and I loved every minute. It remains one of my fondest memories.” Shannen Doherty was hired to play Jenny Wilder, the niece of Almanzo Wilder, Laura’s husband. She came to live with the Wilders in Walnut Grove after the death of her father....