• Name: Molly Shannon
  
• Height: 5' 5"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: September 16, 1964
  
• Birth Place: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Parochial school in Shaker Heights, Ohio
  
•   : New York University, Tisch School of the Arts in New York, New York (majored in Drama)
  
•   : Circle Square Professional Theater School in New York
  
• Relationship: Jimmy Whalen (musician), Neal Brennan (screenwriter; broke up)
  
• Father: Jim F. Shannon (sales manager; born in 1929)
  
• Mother: Peg Shannon (teacher; born in 1935; died in 1969 car crash)
  
• Sister: Katie Shannon (younger; died in 1969 car crash), Mary Shannon Beatty (accountant; born in 1963)
  
• Claim to fame: as Mary Katherine Gallagher in Superstar (1999)
  

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• "I used to get painful crushes on really unavailable guys."
• "My dad was a real fun guy and, despite his personal problems, he was a great father. It wasn't easy, but he did a good job of raising my sister Mary and I all by himself."

• National Board of Review: Best Ensemble Performance, HAPPINESS (1998)

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