Molly Shannon Add to My Celebs Age 47 Birthday Sep. 16th, 1964 Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA Height 5' 5"

Molly Shannon's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Kath & Kim Kath Day Neighbors From Hell Tina Hellman VH1 Divas Molly Shannon Cracking Up Lesley Shac…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - What Goes Up 2008 - Igor 2007 - Evan Almighty 2006 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 - Scary Movie 4 2006 - Marie Antoinette 2003 - My Boss's Daughter 2003 - American Splendor 2003 - Good Boy! 2001 - Wet Hot American Summer 2001 - Osmosis Jones 2001 - Shallow Hal 2001 - Serendipity 2000 - The Grinch 2000 - My 5 Wives 1999 - Superstar 1999 - Analyze This 1999 - Never Been Kissed 1998 - Happiness 1998 - A Night at the Roxbury 1996 - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace 1989 - The Phantom of the Opera

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Before "Saturday Night Live" (1975), Molly Shannon had a struggling career in films. She gained notice as Meg in the present day sequences in the horror film remake of The Phantom of the Opera (1989) with Robert Englund and Jill Schoelen, which was a major hit in 1989. Her big break came in 1995 when she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1975), where she played various characters, the best known of which was Mary Katharine Gallagher. After her departure from SNL she refocused on a film career. She again played Mary Katharine Gallagher in Superstar (1999) and had a supporting role in Never Been Kissed (1999). Her more recent films include How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), The Santa Clause 2 (2002), Serendipity (2001) and Osmosis Jones (2001).


TRIVIA:

• (March 2003) Became engaged to Fritz Chesnut - an artist.
• Wore an off-white "garden dress" designed by SNL wardrobe department head Dale Richards in her May 2004 wedding to Fritz Chesnut.
• BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1987)
• Graduated from NYU in 1987.
• Appeared in 'Sheryl Crow' (qv)'s 1997 video "A Change Would Do You Good"
• Graduated from Hawken School in Chesterland, Ohio, June 1983, where she was a classmate of actress Greer Goodman.
• (1998) Broke up with longtime boyfriend screenwriter 'Neal Brennan' (qv).
• (15 March 2005) Had a second baby, a boy, named Nolan Shannon Chesnut

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