Charles Shaughnessy's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Nanny Maxwell She… Living with Fran Ted Reeves Stanley Dennis Young Blades Charles De … Four Kings Paul Saints & Sinners August Martin

Main Movie Roles 2008 - The Tale of Despereaux 2005 - Kids in America 2002 - The Wild Thornberrys Movie

BIOGRAPHY:

Charles was born into a show business family. His father, Alfred Shaughnessy, was the principal writer for the popular PBS series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971) and his mother, Jean Lodge, was an actress. He started appearing in plays during grade school. He graduated from Eton College and was accepted into the law school at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, he joined a comedy group called "Footlights Revue." After graduating, he decided to return to acting and enrolled in a London drama school, which led to him to touring in a repertory company. Eventually moving to America to follow the actress he later married, he got his break on "The Nanny" (1993).


TRIVIA:

• Son of writer/director 'Alfred Shaughnessy' (qv).
• Currently starring on Broadway as Caldwell B. Cladwell in the Tony award winning "Urinetown, The Musical" through February 8, 2004.
• Daughters, Maddy, 13, and Jenny, 18.
• Brother-in-law of 'Deborah Fallender' (qv).