Biography

This is the life story of Charles Shaughnessy. I summarized it though, so you won't have to read a very long novel.

Charles Shaughnessy was born on February 9, 1955 to a British showbiz family. His father was the writer of "Upstairs, Downstairs" and his mother was a stage actress. He started acting when he was still in his grade school years. His first performance was in a grade school production, "Peter Rabbit". When he graduated form Eton College, he decided to study law at Cambridge. "It was about time someone in my family did something sensible," he said. While studying law, he joined a group called "Footlights Revue". After graduation, he entered drama school, and he was cast in Agatha Christie's "Partners in Crime", and won the lead role in "Jury".

After all those success, he went to Hollywood in 1983 to wed Susan Fallender, a woman he met in drama school. In America, he was first seen in Mark Taper Forum for his performance in "The Genius". He was given the role of Shane Donovan in Days of Our Lives in 1984, and he won three Soap Opera Digest Awards for that. After leaving days in 1992, he was given the role of Maxwell Sheffield in the CBS sitcom "The Nanny"in 1993. He also appeared in several TV shows such as "Murphy Brown" and "Mad About You", and he also appeared in the CBS mini series "Till We Meet Again".

At present, he and his wife Susan live in Santa Monica, California, with their two daughters Jenny and Madelyn.

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