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Molly Shannon

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Recent Role:
Janet on The Middle
Gender:
Female
Born:
9-16-1964
Birthplace:
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Birth Name:
Molly Helen Shannon
Molly Shannon was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She was in a car crash at age 4 that killed her 34 year old mother, her 3 year old sister, and a 25 year old cousin.

Her mother, Peg Shannon, was a teacher, and her father, James F. Shannon, was a sales manager.

She graduated from St. Dominics School in Shaker Heights, Ohio and also graduated from NYU with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Molly struggled at the beginning of her career, appearing in small roles in films and TV shows, her major break came in February 1995, when she was



More hired as a player on Saturday Night Live to replace Janeane Garofalo. She was one of the few cast members that were kept on in Seasons 20-21.

She also played Emily Sanderson in A Night at the Roxbury in 1998 and Mary Katherine Gallagher in Superstar in 1999. She later appeared in the FOX series, Cracking Up, Marie Antoinette and guest-starred on Pushing Daisies and Scrubs. She left SNL in 2001.

She was recently cast as Brenda Castle as a recurring role on Glee.

Molly married artist, Fritz Chesnut, on May 29, 2004. They have two children: Stella, born in 2003 and Nolan, born in 2005.

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    7.5 Good
    Superstar! hide show

    Molly Shannon, - One of the funniest people to grace the screen of SNL, or almost one of the funniest. Molly joined the cast in 1995 and stayed with the show for almost 7 years. Leaving to do, well nothing. Her most famous character would have to be Mary Katherine Gallagher. She found some success with the film Superstar and following projects, but not a break out star like Ferrell. With the failed show Kath and Kim, i still have high hopes for Molly as she is really funny but yet has not found her way after leaving SNL. I wish the best of luck to her

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    One of the more funny female actresses. hide show

    Molly Shannon is by far one of the most comical and kind hearted actresses of our time. She has played many humorous roles in several different movies. In which, she has excelled to a high level of personal achievement. There are not to many other actresses who can me or anyone else with a good sense of humor nearly die from so much laughter. The time she spent on Saturday Night live was definetely worth watching. She was very funny to watch and you could tell through her acting how sincere and kind hearted she actually is, not too many actors or actresses possess this quality.

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    Beautiful and talented hide show

    We all remember her from the golden days on SNL, but now she's hardly used for anything. We remember her as Mary Katherine, the shy schoolgirl and the movie that came from that script, but where is she now? Please Bring her back and give her a show! She is a very talented woman.

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