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== Early life ==
Shannon was born in [[Cleveland, Ohio]], on September 16, 1964, to an Irish-American Catholic family,<ref>[http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/mollyshannon.html Cranky Critic StarTalk: Movie Star Interview with Molly Shannon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526232630/http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/mollyshannon.html |date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.thelantern.com/2.1389/shannon-talks-about-snl-and-being-a-superstar-1.104904 The Lantern – Shannon talks about SNL and being a "Superstar"<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607052208/http://www.thelantern.com/2.1389/shannon-talks-about-snl-and-being-a-superstar-1.104904 |date=June 7, 2011 }}</ref> and grew up in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio]]. Her mother, Mary Margaret "Peg" (née Keating), was a teacher, and her father, James Francis Shannon, was a sales manager.{{Citation needed |date=October 2021}} Her maternal grandparents were born in Ireland, with her grandfather being from Cloghmore, [[Achill]], Mayo.<ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', June 11, 2018</ref> When Molly was four years old, her mother, younger sister, Katie, and cousin Fran (25) died in a car crash while her father was [[drunk driving|driving under the influence]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCMvCKSAEk|title = Molly Shannon - Life Insurance Awareness Month 2007 - YouTube|date = May 10, 2012|access-date = January 14, 2015|website = Molly Shannon - Life Insurance Awareness Month 2007|archive-date = February 2, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202220517/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCMvCKSAEk|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=August 28, 2007|title=Actress Molly Shannon Encourages Americans to Get Serious About Assessing Their Life Insurance Needs|url=http://www.lifehappens.org/press-releases/actress-molly-shannon-encourages-americans-to-get-serious-about-assessing-their-life-insurance-needs/|website=<nowiki>Actress Molly Shannon Encourages Americans To Get Serious About Assessing their Life Insurance Needs | Life Happens</nowiki>|publisher=Life Happens|access-date=January 12, 2015|location=Arlington, Virginia, USA|archive-date=June 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234242/https://www.lifehappens.org/press-releases/actress-molly-shannon-encourages-americans-to-get-serious-about-assessing-their-life-insurance-needs/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Molly Shannon's tragic childhood inspired her iconic SNL character|url=https://www.avclub.com/molly-shannon-details-how-her-tragic-childhood-inspired-1847539648|access-date=August 24, 2021|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=August 23, 2021|language=en-us|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823213812/https://www.avclub.com/molly-shannon-details-how-her-tragic-childhood-inspired-1847539648|url-status=live}}</ref>
Shannon attended St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights for grade school, and [[Hawken School]] in [[Gates Mills, Ohio]]. She attended [[New York University]], where she studied drama and graduated from NYU's [[Tisch School of the Arts]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue10/10_culture_snl.html |title=NYU Alumni Magazine: Live from New York, It's… |publisher=Nyu.edu |date=October 11, 1975 |access-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-date=May 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530061407/http://www.nyu.edu/alumni.magazine/issue10/10_culture_snl.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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