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Kirstie Alley
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Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Summer School (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Look Who's Talking (1989) and its two sequels (1990–1993), Madhouse (1990), Sibling Rivalry (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), It Takes Two (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), For Richer or Poo…
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Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom Veronica's Closet, earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Summer School (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Look Who's Talking (1989) and its two sequels (1990–1993), Madhouse (1990), Sibling Rivalry (1990), Village of the Damned (1995), It Takes Two (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), For Richer or Poorer (1997), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film David's Mother. In 1997, Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series The Last Don. In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime's Fat Actress. She later appeared on Kirstie Alley's Big Life (2010), and was a contestant on the 12th season of Dancing with the Stars (2011–2012), finishing in second place. In 2013, Alley returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom Kirstie. In 2016, she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series Scream Queens. In 2018, she was a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother, in which she finished as runner-up.
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You Can't Take My Daughter
as Suzanne
Accidental Love
as Aunt Rita
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Self (archive footage)
Baby Sellers
as Carla Huxley
Syrup
as Herself
Write & Wrong
as Byrdie Langdon
Back By Midnight
as Gloria Beaumont
While I Was Gone
as Jo Beckett
Family Sins
as Benda Geck
Profoundly Normal
as Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Gladys Leeman
No Poster
The Mao Game
Deconstructing Harry
as Joan
For Richer or Poorer
as Caroline Sexton
Toothless
as Katherine Lewis
Nevada
as McGill
Suddenly
as Marty Doyle
Sticks & Stones
as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
Radiant City
as Gloria Goodman
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
as Self
Peter and the Wolf
as Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (voice)
It Takes Two
as Diane Barrows
Village of the Damned
as Susan Verner
3 Chains o' Gold
David's Mother
as Sally Goodson
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Mollie Ubriacco
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
as Self
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self
Look Who's Talking Too
as Mollie
Sibling Rivalry
as Marjorie Turner
The Earth Day Special
as Rebecca Howe
MadHouse
as Jessie Bannister
Look Who's Talking
as Mollie
Loverboy
as Dr. Joyce Palmer
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Rebecca Howe
Shoot to Kill
as Sarah Renell
She's Having a Baby
as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
Summer School
as Robin Bishop
Infidelity
as Ellie Denato
Stark: Mirror Image
as Maggie Carter
Prince of Bel Air
as Jamie Harrison
A Bunny's Tale
as Gloria Steinem
Runaway
as Jackie Rogers
Champions
as Barbara
Sins of the Past
as Patrice Cantwell
Blind Date
as Claire Simpson
One More Chance
as Shiela
No Poster
Highway Honeys
as Draggin' Lady
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Lt. Saavik