Comic Molly Shannon Welcomes Baby Boy
By Stephen M. Silverman
03/17/2005 at 03:45 PM EST
Molly Shannon and Fritz Chesnut
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Former
Saturday Night Live star Molly Shannon and her husband of nearly a year, artist Fritz Chesnut, have welcomed their second child, a boy, born Tuesday in New York, her publicist tells
Entertainment Tonight.The baby, who weighted 8 lbs. 1 oz. at birth, is named Nolan Shannon Chesnut. The couple also have an 18-month-old, Stella.
Shannon, 40, known for her
SNL characters Mary Katherine Gallagher and Helen Madden (the nerdy parochial-school student and licensed joyologist, respectively), is set to appear as Anne Victoire, the aunt of Marie Antoinette, in Sofia Coppola's upcoming period piece,
Marie Antoinette.
Kirsten Dunst has been cast as the French queen who loses her head. Shooting starts next month in Paris.
