{"id":54818,"date":"2024-07-15T17:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T15:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2072197"},"modified":"2024-07-16T08:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T06:04:20","slug":"shannen-doherty-raised-a-generation-in-charmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/shannen-doherty-raised-a-generation-in-charmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannen Doherty raised a generation in Charmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans are grieving the loss of the Prue Halliwell actress. <\/p>

By Melissa Parker\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 July 2024 at 15:37 PM<\/p>

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Fans have been grieving the loss of Shannen Doherty, star of witchcraft fantasy Charmed<\/a>, who has passed away at the age of 53.<\/p>\n

There is grief for the big sister, the soft-hearted badass and the woman and actor who sold no one fairytales.<\/p>\n

Growing up with the Charmed Ones was like growing up with sisters from a slightly mystical world; they were diamond-encrusted but cosy, messy and well-meaning.<\/p>\n

Charmed was always about the humanity behind the magic, the sisterhood of it all.<\/p>\n

Prue Halliwell, played by Shannen Doherty, was the anchor that grounded the series. As the eldest of the Charmed Ones, Prue\u2019s practicality, responsibility, and no-nonsense attitude balanced her sisters\u2019 more free-spirited nature. She made it all so real.<\/p>\n

Her power as an actor was that she was this iconic, era-defining presence who still felt like the put-upon big sister ready to tell you off \u2013 she was just always there.<\/p>\n

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Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell, Shannen Doherty as Prue Halliwell and Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell in Charmed.<\/span><\/figcaption> Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

I say the Charmed Ones raised me, and I mean it. This show wasn\u2019t just about entertainment; it was a guide that taught me about the ups and downs of life, helping me grow and learn. It offered advice on everything from fashion to dating. So much entertainment, then and now, is telling women how they should be. Charmed didn\u2019t dictate what I should want or how I should be.<\/p>\n

For all its whimsical, homespun charm, the show\u2019s power lay in its unflinching honesty about relationships and the complexities of being human. Wrapped in a cosy, nostalgic package, it tackled feminist themes and said, \u2018Here are these women, flaws and all \u2013 because being a woman is hard and being a sister is hard too.\u2019<\/p>\n

As Prue Halliwell once said: \u201cDon\u2019t worry. We\u2019ll be safe here.\u201d<\/p>\n