Tori Spelling Biography

Summary

"Victoria Davey 'Tori' Spelling" (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. She is known for being Aaron Spelling's daughter and 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 (née Carole Gene Marer) and famed TV producer Aaron Spelling. Both of Spelling's parents were Jewish, though her family celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah while she was growing up. She attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California but graduated from Harvard-Westlake School. Her brother, Randy Spelling, is an actor as well.

Career

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, Darren Star and Spelling Television.

Since "90210" went off the air, Spelling has worked primarily on independent films including "Trick" and "The House of Yes". She also has appeared in small roles in big budget films, including "Scream 2" and "Scary Movie 2", and in TV shows, including "Smallville".

More recently, Spelling has been the star of two reality-based shows. In 2006, she starred in the VH1 celebreality sitcom "So NoTORIous", which parodied her public image. In January 2007, she and her second husband, the actor Dean McDermott, leased a bed & breakfast in Fallbrook, California (a rural community about 100 miles from Los Angeles, 50 miles from San Diego and just south of Temecula wine country). This became the basis of a new reality show, "Tori & Dean: Inn Love", which premiered on the Oxygen network on March 20, 2007.

The Village News of Fallbrook, California, has reported that Spelling did not actually purchase the inn.

Personal life

On July 3, 2004, Spelling married Charlie Shanian. They separated in December 2005 and were legally divorced on April 20, 2006. Spelling married her second husband, McDermott a month later, on May 7, 2006, in a barefoot ceremony in Fiji. The two met when they co-starred in the TV movie "Mind Over Murder". McDermott was married at the time to Mary Jo Eustace, whom he divorced to marry Spelling. Eustace has since written about the experience as part of the anthology "The Other Woman." McDermott and Eustace have two children: Jack Montgomery (b. October 10, 1998) and Lola (b. July 27, 2005).

During an appearance at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on June 18th, Spelling was asked if she found it better dating a Canadian. Spelling replied '...they are much nicer and have nasty ex-wives who write tell-all books'. In December 2006, Spelling stated that she wanted to write her memoir, to be published by Simon & Schuster in the spring of 2008.

After her father's death on June 23, 2006, Spelling was anticipated to inherit a sizable portion of her father's $300 million estate. The estate was to be divided primarily between Spelling, her brother and her mother (Candy) . Spelling's mother was the estate executor. At the time, Spelling and her mother were estranged and it was reported that Spelling inherited just $800,000. Her brother, who was not estranged from his mother, also received $800,000.

Spelling gave birth to her first child, Liam Aaron McDermott (Aaron, for her deceased father) on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 in Los Angeles. Spelling said she and her mother had recently reconciled. Reportedly, her mother was in the delivery room when Spelling gave birth. It has been reported that Candy Spelling has established a $10 million trust fund for her first grandchild.

Spelling has recently been ordained as a minister over the internet. She has, by her own account, presided over five same-sex marriages..