Shannon Claire Spruill (born July 17, 1975) is an American retired
professional wrestler and valet, and actress, better known by her ring
name, Daffney. She is best known for her appearances with World
Championship Wrestling between 1999 and 2001 and with Total Nonstop
Action Wrestling from 2008 to 2011.As a "military brat", Shannon
Claire Spruill was born on July 17, 1975, at the Wiesbaden Army
Airfield, a United States Air Force base in Wiesbaden, West Germany,
where her father was stationed. In 1976, her family returned to the
United States, residing first in Salt Lake City, Utah, then in
Savannah, Georgia and finally on the Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair
County, Illinois. They relocated to Oxford in the United Kingdom for
three years, before moving to the Ramstein Air Base in Germany until
1987, when her father, by then a Lieutenant Colonel, retired.In 1985,
she had a small, uncredited part in the film Santa Claus: The Movie.
In March 1998, Spruill graduated from Georgia State University, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Film and Video production, with minors in
Acting and Music. She went on to work in Media Production, before
pursuing full time acting.In November 1999, she responded to a World
Championship Wrestling (WCW) contest looking to acquire new talent and
was hired. In WCW, Spruill played Daffney, the mentally deranged,
besotted girlfriend of David Flair, managing him and Crowbar. One of
Daffney's hallmarks was a piercing scream when she was lurking at
ringside. The gimmick was based in part on Mallory Knox, the character
played by Juliette Lewis in the film Natural Born Killers. Spruill has
cited Batman supervillainess Harley Quinn as the original inspiration
for the character. Spruill's first appearance was on the December 6
episode of Nitro, when she was shown sitting on her bed and chanting
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