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Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills 90210.

Biography

Early life

Spelling was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Candy Marer (born Carole Gene Marer) and the late Aaron Spelling, a famed television producer with the ABC network in the 1970s. Spelling comes from a liberal Jewish family, for example the family celebrated Christmas while growing up. She is a graduate of Harvard-Westlake School. Her brother Randy Spelling is an actor as well.

Career

Spelling appeared in a number of guest roles (mostly in her father's shows) such as The Love Boat, T.J. Hooker, Hotel, Fantasy Island, Vega$, and Saved by the Bell before landing a regular part in Beverly Hills 90210, a series co-produced by her father and Darren Star. Often described as having a limited acting range, there was much speculation that she landed the 90210 role through her father's influence. Many detractors have emphasized the rumor by pointing out how much more attractive the other female cast members were by comparison (Tori has her father's very prominent eyes). She claimed to have undergone an audition for the role under an assumed name - Toria Mitchell.

Since 90210 went off the air, Spelling has worked primarily on independent films including Trick and The House of Yes, although she has appeared in small roles in mainstream films, including Scream 2 and Scary Movie 2.

Currently, Spelling is the star of the VH1 celebreality sitcom-based reality show called So NoTORIous.

After her father's death in 2006, she is set to inherit a proportion of her father's $500 million estate. The estate is to be divided primarily between her, her brother and her father's second wife. However, Candy Spelling is the executor, and recent reports have Tori inheriting just $800,000 . Her brother also gets $800,000 but is not estranged from his mother. She was also excluded from a tribute at the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2006, to her father. Reports claim that Tori has been estranged from her mother for quite some time, and has used her show "So NoTORIous" to criticize her mother.

Personal life

In November 2003, she became engaged to writer/actor Charlie Shanian. They married on July 3, 2004, at her parents' mansion in California. She wore a $50,000 crystal-beaded gown by Badgley Mischka. In December 2005, she became engaged to actor Dean McDermott. McDermott had also filed for divorce from his spouse, Mary Jo Eustace, with whom he has children, Jack Montgomery (born October 1998) and Lola (born July 2005). Spelling and McDermott met on the set of the TV movie Mind Over Murder. She filed for divorce and it was finalized on April 20, 2006. Spelling married Dean McDermott in Fiji on May 6, 2006, less than a month later. The wedding was held on the beach, and they were barefoot.

During an appearance at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on June 18, 2006, Spelling addressed Eustace's recently published tell-all book. While onstage with Matte Babel Spelling was asked if she found it better dating a Canadian. Spelling replied by saying "they are much nicer and have nasty ex-wives who write tell-all books." Spelling and Eustace apparently had a catfight in the gift lounge. Numerous sources have claimed that Spelling has peculiar sexual preferences including urinating and defecating.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight about her prospects for children, Spelling said it was good that Dean had a younger wife (an allusion to the fact that his first wife was older) as she (Tori) could give him lots of children. Dean has stated that he wants a hockey squad.

Her looks have been a constant source of comments, especially the way that she dresses from time to time. Some credit this with her lack of maturity and her constant coddling by certain family members.

Tori Spelling has recently sought out the help of a psychic to put her in contact with her father, Aaron, who died June 23. Tori is battling with her mom Candy, and can't believe that her TV mogul dad left her less than $1 million dollars of his $300 million fortune. "Tori felt better after the seance," a pal reveals. "She said that her father assured her from beyond the grave that everything will work out just fine."

Criticism

Many people feel that Tori Spelling got her big break on Beverly Hills 90210 because her father was the creator of the show. She has not been considered to be attractive in comparison to the other actresses on the show. Many websites, including AmIAnnoying.com have described her as a butterface (meaning, everything looks good "but her" face). In addition, her acting career has not been successful since Beverly Hills 90210 had ended. She mainly makes a number of made-for-TV movies because she could not gain success in Hollywood. Essentially, many people consider her to be an actress who gained an acting career due to nepotism but never had the talent to truly succeed in the business.

Television work

Filmography

References

Footnotes

  1. Birth name according to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
  2. "Tori Spelling". MORE TORi Cosmo Q&A. Retrieved June 25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. "Tori Spelling". Tori Won't Inherit the Earth. Retrieved August 2. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

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