Kirstie Alley
Known for: Acting
Born: January 12, 1951
Died: December 5, 2022
Place of birth: Wichita, Kansas, USA
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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Filmography
50 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
6.7
Tucker Carlson Today
2021
7.3
You Can't Take My Daughter
2020
7.5
The Masked Singer
2019
6.4
Match Game
2016
5.8
To Tell the Truth
2016
6.8
Flaked
2016
7.8
Scream Queens
2015
4.3
Accidental Love
2015
7.6
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
5.0
Kirstie
2013
7.4
The Goldbergs
2013
6.6
Baby Sellers
2013
5.5
Syrup
2013
7.5
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
7.2
Hot in Cleveland
2010
NR
Kirstie Alley's Big Life
20103.8
The Marriage Ref
2010
7.6
The Middle
2009
3.7
Write & Wrong
2007
4.8
The Hills
2006
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
5.0
Fat Actress
2005
5.8
Family Sins
2005
5.1
Back By Midnight
2005
5.8
While I Was Gone
2004
5.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
3.0
Salem Witch Trials
2003
5.3
Profoundly Normal
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
7.2
Without a Trace
2002
5.9
Blonde
2001
5.0
Celebrity Big Brother
2001
6.9
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
6.5
Drop Dead Gorgeous
19997.0
The Mao Game
1999
7.1
The King of Queens
1998
6.8
The Last Don II
1998
7.2
Deconstructing Harry
1997
6.0
For Richer or Poorer
1997
5.5
Toothless
1997
6.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1997
5.4
Veronica's Closet
1997
6.4
Dharma & Greg
1997
7.1
The Last Don
1997
5.4
Nevada
1997
5.3
Suddenly
1996
5.9
Sticks & Stones
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
9.0
Radiant City
1996
3.0
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
5.6
Peter and the Wolf
1995
6.5
It Takes Two
1995
6.1
Village of the Damned
1995
4.8
3 Chains o' Gold
1994
8.3
David's Mother
1994
5.4
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
4.9
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
1992
7.0
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
19917.0
Flesh 'n' Blood
1991
5.5
Look Who's Talking Too
1990
5.2
Sibling Rivalry
1990
6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990
6.8
Wings
1990
5.3
MadHouse
1990
6.3
Look Who's Talking
1989
6.1
Loverboy
1989
7.0
Clive James' Postcard from
1989
6.8
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
6.6
Shoot to Kill
1988
5.9
She's Having a Baby
1988
6.4
Summer School
1987
7.2
Infidelity
1987
9.0
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
5.0
Prince of Bel Air
1986
7.5
North and South
1985
5.3
A Bunny's Tale
1985
5.6
Runaway
1984
6.6
Champions
1984
5.2
Sins of the Past
1984
4.3
Blind Date
1984
7.5
Masquerade
1983
6.3
The Hitchhiker
1983
7.0
One More Chance
1983
7.6
Cheers
1982NR
Highway Honeys
1982
7.4
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
6.1
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.8
Quark
1977
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
6.3
Panorama
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944