Title: Kelly Taylor
Content:  In 2008, Kelly Taylor returned in the spin-off 90210, now working as a guidance counselor at her alma mater West Beverly Hills High School. It was revealed that in the intervening years, she attained a master's degree and had a son named Sammy with Dylan. She and Dylan ended their relationship soon after. It was also revealed that West Beverly principal Harry Wilson was Kelly's neighbor growing up. Kelly's tenuous relationship with her mother Jackie (Ann Gillespie) continued in the series' first season, with tension arising due to Jackie's drunken negligence of Erin, a recurring character in the original series 
Title: Kelly Taylor
Content:  Kelly Marlene Taylor, portrayed by Jennie Garth, is the lead female character of Beverly Hills, 90210 for the majority of the show's duration. Initially presented as a "spoiled teen vixen", the role was gradually expanded by producers. Subsequently, Kelly became instrumental in launching the first spin-off, was written with a more compassionate demeanor, overcame several perils and personal challenges, and attracted many romantic suitors and triangles. Appearing for the entirety of the series' run, the character is noted for her development from youth to adulthood. Kelly appears prominently in a majority of the shows that compose the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. In addition to her role in launching the spin-off Melrose Place, Garth was the first performer from the original 
Title: List of 90210 characters
Content:  Jackie Taylor is portrayed by Ann Gillespie during the first and second season. She was the mother of Kelly Taylor and Erin Silver. She was separated from Erin Silver and had relapsed into drinking again. Early on in the first season, Kelly Taylor comes and takes Silver into her care instead. In the second season, she makes a return. She had become sober, revealing to her daughters that she was suffering from breast cancer. After receiving the news, Silver decided to move back in with her to look after her in her final three months she had to live. Kelly however refused to 'fall back into her traps' and would not see her again. In episode nine, Jackie throws a 
Title: List of Beverly Hills, 90210 characters
Content:  Jennie Garth portrays Kelly Marlene Taylor, the gradual main character who appears throughout the entirety of the series (and the premiere episodes of spin-offs Melrose Place and 90210), maturing from "spoiled teen vixen to grounded 25-year-old." Kelly endured several personal battles, including a drug-addicted mom, and an absent father who was later sent to jail for embezzlement. She lost her virginity to Ross Weber and was almost raped. She was almost burned alive at a rave, and later developed a coke habit from her boyfriend, which she went to rehab for, then was stalked and almost killed by her roommate. Kelly became unexpectedly pregnant before having a miscarriage and told she may never carry a child to term. 
Title: Ann Gillespie
Content:  Ann Gillespie is a retired American actress who currently works as an Episcopal priest. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Jackie Taylor, mother to Kelly Taylor on the original Beverly Hills, 90210. She reprised the role during the first 2 seasons of 90210 as mother to both Kelly [Taylor] and Erin [Silver]. Gillespie also appeared in one episode of the first season of Gilmore Girls, playing Paris Geller's mother. Gillespie made her acting debut in 1981 when she became the second actress to portray Siobhan Ryan Novak on Ryan's Hope, replacing actress Sarah Felder, who originated the role. Gillespie played the role for one year before she was replaced by Marg Helgenberger. In 1984, she appeared in a pilot, "The Sheriff and the Astronaut," opposite Alec Baldwin. Gillespie is a graduate of Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey. In 2003 she earned her B.A. at Goddard College in Vermont. She has two children.
Title: 90210 (season 2)
Content: Jennie Garth as Kelly Taylor (5 episodes) ; Ann Gillespie as Jackie Taylor (4 episodes) 
Title: List of 90210 characters
Content:   Portrayed by Jennie Garth for most of season one and five episodes in season two. Kelly became a guidance counselor at West Beverly Hills High after earning a master's degree in Psychology. Along with Dylan McKay, she is the parent of a four-year-old son named Sammy, and has a romantic interest in Ryan Matthews. She falls out with Brenda after finding out she slept with Ryan but the two later make peace. She raises Sammy alone and feels it's her duty to look after her half-sister Erin Silver after their mother died of breast cancer.
Title: Kelly Taylor
Content:  to be cast in the third spin-off, 90210. Having appeared in the most series premieres, as well as the most episodes of any figure throughout the continuity, she is the de facto central character of the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise. Garth's portrayal has earned recognition from critics and co-stars. In a 1995 article on the actress, TV Guide s Mary Murphy stated that, "Her signature role—the sensitive, seductive, and tortured Kelly Taylor—tapped into the very essence of teenage angst and brought her a huge cult following." Actors Jason Priestley, Grant Show, and Sara Foster have expressed admiration for Garth's work. In a 2009 article, Nellie Andreeva of The Hollywood Reporter called the character of Kelly "organic to 90210 s setting."
Title: Jennie Garth
Content:  for the series Desperate Housewives) each won a Prism Award for their performances. In 2007, Garth appeared on Dancing with the Stars: season five and was paired with Derek Hough. They reached the semi-finals in the competition. In September 2008, Garth returned to the role of Kelly Taylor on the series premiere of The CW's spin-off series 90210. In the series, Garth's character, Kelly Taylor, is a Guidance Counselor at the fictional West Beverly High, where her half-sister Erin Silver attends. Kelly was reintroduced with a four-year-old son, whose father is ex-boyfriend Dylan McKay. The writers were eager to have her share scenes with former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty, 
Title: Kelly Taylor
Content:  With regard to Garth's long-running portrayal, Nellie Andreeva of The Hollywood Reporter acknowledged the character of Kelly as being "organic to 90210 s setting" in a 2009 article. On November 24, 2008, SOAPnet aired a Beverly Hills, 90210 marathon titled "Kelly's Leftovers", dedicated to the character's love life. While discussing the Melrose Place spin-off in a 2009 interview, Grant Show, who played Jake Hanson in the original, stated that he would be open to appearing if Jennie Garth did so as Kelly Taylor. After being confirmed to direct a season 1 episode of the spin-off 90210, Jason Priestley commented that he hoped Jennie Garth would be among the actors present. Sara Foster, who was cast as Jen Clark in the 

Question: who played kelly taylor's mom on 90210?
Answer: Ann Gillespie.