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Date of Birth

16 May 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Victoria Davey Spelling

Nickname

T
The TV Movie Queen

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

The daughter of Candy Spelling and Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling. With her father as the producer of many popular television shows in the 1970's, Tori had a taste for fame. She appeared on many of her father's shows including, "The Love Boat" (1977), "T.J. Hooker" (1982), "Hotel" (1983), "Fantasy Island" (1978), "Vega$" (1978), and "Saved by the Bell" (1989). In 1990 she landed a role playing Donna Martin on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990), a series co-produced by her father and Darren Star. In the late 1990s she had a small role in Scream 2 (1997) and starred in The House of Yes (1997). When "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) ended, she appeared in more films like Scary Movie 2 (2001) and 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004) which gained her more praise for acting in comedies.

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Spouse

Dean McDermott	(7 May 2006 - present) 2 children
Charlie Shanian	(3 July 2004 - 20 April 2006) (divorced)

Trivia

Has a small tattoo of a rose on her left ankle.

Daughter of Aaron Spelling who produced many of the popular TV shows on the ABC television network during the 1970s. Sister of Randy Spelling.

Had small plastic surgery on her nose after a parrot bit her [November 1994].

Dated Brian Austin Green, Nick Savalas (son of actor Telly Savalas) and Vincent Young.

Measurements: 34C-21 1/2-32 (post-implant surgery), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

Announced engagement to writer/actor Charlie Shanian whom she met during the Los Angeles production of his play "Maybe, Baby It's You". [25 November 2003]

Was one of the very first celebrity Yoga Booty Ballet students in Santa Monica, California

Introduced "7th Heaven" (1996) star Barry Watson to his future wife Laura Payne-Gabriel.

Graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, a high school in Los Angeles.

Engaged to her Mind Over Murder (2006) (TV) co-star, Dean McDermott. [December 27, 2005]

Her name Tori means 'Bird' in Japanese.

Ranked #23 in VH1 "100 Greatest Teen Stars" (2006).

Tori wore a $50,000 Badgley Mischka crystal-beaded gown in her July 2004 wedding to Charlie Shanian.

Was among the guests at the weddings of former "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) co-stars Jason Priestley to Naomi Lowde-Priestley and Tiffani Thiessen to Brady Smith. [2005]

Farrah Fawcett was a neighbor for ten years when they lived in the same apartment building.

Eloped with Dean McDermott to a private island in Fiji on 7 May 2006.

Tori has a son named Liam Aaron, born March 13, 2007, weighing 6lbs 6 oz and a daughter named Stella Doreen, born June 9, 2008, weighing 6lbs, 8 oz, both by C-section (Liam was an emergency C-section) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, with husband Dean McDermott.

Reconciled with her mother Candy just days before her first child was born. The two had troubles with each other after criticizing each other in public.

Mentioned in the rap-rock song Mope by Bloodhound Gang, along with personalities like Luciano Pavarotti, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Falco, Bo Jackson and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Said she took a course on-line to become an ordained minister [July 10, 2007].

Goddaughter of Barbara Stanwyck and Dean Martin.

Just as Tori chose Liam's middle name of Aaron to honor her late father, husband Dean chose Stella's middle name of Doreen to honor his late mother, Doreen McDermott.

Her dog, Mimi La Rue, died on June 17, 2008 of natural causes at age 11.

Participated in the 3rd Munchkin's Project Pink annual breast cancer awareness campaign to raise money for breast cancer research. The project consists of the donation of celebrity-decorated and autographed bath ducks, put up for auction. [October 2008]

Tori Spelling recently wrote two books. She wrote "sTORI telling" in 2008 and "Mommywood" in 2009. Both New York Times Bestsellers.

Personal Quotes

I do have odd habits. I check under my bed every night for the boogeyman. That's just a little thing, though.

Clothes make me feel like a true princess!

I'm not afraid of a new look.

If I wasn't acting, I would be a stylist definitely.

I always come back to blonde. Blondes, really sorry, do have more fun.

I remember begging my mother when she would come to school with the limo, I would ask her to drop me off a block away from school.

I felt a little insecure about my nose, I asked my mother if I could get it done, and she was very supportive and that was that.

Babies, a lot of babies. I wanna be a hands on mother completely. I don't wanna be at work every day and have nanny take care of them, that is not my idea of motherhood, so I would like to have that happy balance.

Dean has a great thing saying about me, he says I'm a truck driver in a girl's suit, which I think is very telling like I am the little girl, sweet, vulnerable and all that. And then you know I can swear like a truck driver, just be dirty and raunchy.

Comedy is what I do best, the crying, you know dramatic things, that is not my thing. I do physical comedy so I felt right at home.

Salary

A Friend to Die For (1994) (TV)

$100,000

Where Are They Now

(September 2006) Is expecting her first child in March 2007.

(January 2008) Expecting her second child, a girl, with her husband Dean McDermott.

(March 2008) Release of her autobiography, "sTORI Telling" by Tori with Hilary Liftin.

(July 2008) Working on her second book, tentatively called "Mommywood".

(February 2009) Release of her book, "Mommywood" by Tori with Hilary Liftin.

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