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  • Birth Name: Molly Helen Shannon
  • Birth Place: Shaker Heights, OH
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/16/1964, Virgo
  • Profession: Actor; writer
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VIDEO: Molly -- Pitcher for Loo Paper

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Molly -- Pitcher for Loo Paper
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Posted: 1/29/2009

Molly Shannon shilled for Charmin's public toilets in Times Square. watch

Kath & Kim: Girl Talk with Selma Blair and Molly Shannon

Joining NBC's successful Thursday-night comedy block isn't easy for any new show, but Kath & Kim (8:30 pm/ET) has had a particularly tough go at it in a year when all of NBC's comedies (including 30 Rock, The Office and My Name Is Earl) have posted decreased ratings. But with a full-season vote of confidence from the network, Kath & Kim is forging ahead with, among other storylines, wedding plans. Join us for a little girl talk with executive producer Michelle Nader and stars Molly Shannon and Selma Blair, who tell us how they interpreted the Australian original, their own celebrity crushes and what it takes to be considered a "good eater" on camera.

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The Women of SNL Bring the Funny

In their oral history of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York, Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller revealed an unfortunate legacy of sexism. Many of the show's female writers and cast members, chief among them Nora Dunn, told of difficulty in getting skits on the air and of generally being taken seriously by their male counterparts. That was then… and now six prominent alumnae will back on the tube this fall in five successful returning shows and one promising newcomer. (Also, a series of six special all-politics Thursday episodes of SNL begin October 9 at 9:30 pm/ET on NBC.) In the meantime, let's check in with these smart, talented women.

After the jump, see who made our list of today's most successful female Saturday Night Live veterans...read more

Most moms run and hide when TMZ tracks them down, but yesterday Molly Shannon put her kids in the line of fire.
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Posted: 3/17/2008
Synopsis: Molly Hartley attends a posh boarding school. But as her 18th birthday approaches, hellish psychic skeletons from the family closet begin to appear - voices of evil that propel this stylish suspense tale.
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Posted: 9/30/2009
The first 6 minutes from The Haunting of Molly Hartley which will hit theaters today (October 31, 2008).
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Length: 05:53
Posted: 7/23/2009
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The trailer for The Haunting of Molly Hartley where Molly (Haley Bennett) is a seventeen-year-old girl who recently moved to a new town for a fresh start after her mother's terrifying psychotic break. While struggling to find her place amongst the cliques at her new private school, she becomes haunted by disturbing visions and voices that expose a dark secret from her past. Can she separate fact from fiction before it's too late?
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Length: 02:31
Posted: 7/23/2009
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Igor (Actor - Eva) 2008 Movie
Kath & Kim (Actor - Kath Day) 2008 TV Show Series
Evan Almighty (Actor - Eve Adams) 2007 Movie
Gray Matters (Actor - Carrie) 2007 Movie
More of Me (Actor - Alice) 2007 TV Show Series

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Zachary Levi to Host NBC Sneak Peek Showcase

Coming to your local NBC station and online outlets soon: Adorable Chuck star Zachary Levi hosting a sneak peek at the network's new and returning series for fall.The 30-minute special, The NBC Primetime Preview, will include an exclusive backstage look at a full spectrum of NBC Universal shows (including titles from USA, Sci Fi, Bravo, UniHD, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen and Sleuth). It will also draw viewers in by the boatloads (they hope) with appearances by Christian Slater of My Own Worst Enemy; Molly Shannon and Selma Blair from Kath & Kim; and stars from Heroes and The Office. The special is set to blow your minds beginning Aug. 30 and running through Sept. 28. Are you excited for some sneek peakage, or do you think this is just a transparent ploy for early buzz? — Erin FoxRelated• Christian Slater Talks about His New Jekyl and Hyde Show• What Would Dwight Schrute Watch?• The Office's Phyllis and Stanley Dish about Next Season read more

Season 4 — Episode 4

Further proof that Kathy's big mouth (you know, the one that I love so much) does indeed get her into trouble: we got to learn this week that Kathy has been re-banned from The View. Kathy’s been banned from a lot of shows, but, per Kathy: "This is my first re-banning." Seems executive producer Bill Geddie wasn't quite ready...to forgive Kathy for something she included in her recent Bravo special Kathy Griffin: Straight To Hell. For those who missed it, Kathy hilariously recalled her conversation inside the View hair & makeup room before her last appearance where the discussion was K-Y Jelly and other lubricants. Babs Walters allegedly said: "I prefer Astroglide." Apparently, sharing makeup room conversations with TV viewers is a no-no, so Kathy was re-banned from appearing on The View. As Stockard Channing so eloquently put it as Rizzo in Grease, "Some people are so touchy."So, even though her gig at Madison Square Garden was sold out, Kathy still wanted to do some press w... read more

NBC's Kath & Kim Cleared for Takeoff, Minus a Pilot

NBC has ordered six episodes of Kath & Kim, its U.S. version of the hit Aussie sitcom about a fortysomething divorcée (played stateside by Molly Shannon) and her self-absorbed daughter (pout queen Selma Blair). What's significant here is that a pilot for K&K hasn't even been shot; instead, NBC Entertainment/Universal Media Studios cochair Ben Silverman made the call based on the original series' success. Citing NBC's new plan to produce far fewer pilots, Silverman tells Variety the K&K sitch "exemplifies how we are changing the process by ordering shows that we believe in and greenlighting them straight to series. We are confident that this proven international hit will effortlessly translate to American audiences."Worst case, he says, "Watch 30 Rock." (The preceding joke was stolen from Ausiello.) read more

"Bitter Sweets"

Some things we know:• Ned is Chuck’s boyfriend• Emerson’s ok with lying by omission (well, and outright lying)• Ned cleans when he’s upset• Dilly really does stutter when she’s upsetThere was a lot going on in tonight’s episode. We had the arrival of rival small business Balsam’s Bittersweets Taffy & Sweet Emporium and not one but two murder cases. And, of course, Ned’s confession to Chuck at the end of the episode. Let’s start with the highly anticipated (at least by me) arrival of Molly Shannon’s Dilly Balsam. Well, I guess I should really start with the arrival of Mike White’s Some Guy. I loved how he came into what would shortly be known as The Pie Ho to talk about the arrival of the new candy shop. Ned, Olive, and Chuck do the neighborly thing and offer a welcome gift in the form of one of Ned’s delicious and pungent pies. The only problem is that all the customers love the smell of the pie so much t... read more

Preview: Molly Shannon Does More TV!

The very funny Molly Shannon pulls off comedy and romance, playing an overwhelmed career mom in the fanciful Lifetime movie More of Me (Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 pm/ET). We recently chatted with the actress, who's in the midst of an incredibly busy year of her own. TV Guide: Tell us about the film.Molly Shannon: It's about a [working] mother. She has two children, she is married — she's really busy and wishes that there was more of her to go around. She starts to lose it with the pressure to be everything [and] ends up literally splitting into three versions of herself. TV Guide: Is this a character you can relate to? Shannon: Oh my god, yes. You think you can do it all... easier said than done. I'm an actress and also a mother of two toddlers. It's a real balancing act. TV Guide read more

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Kath Kim, Molly Shannon, Wynonna Judd, Jonh Michael Higgins, Selma Blair courtesy Byron Cohne/NBC Photo
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Kath Kim, John Michael Higgins, David Koechner, Molly Shannon, Wendi McLendon Covey courtesy Adam Taylor/NBC Photo
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