Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 12, 1951
Died
Dec 05, 2022
Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Credits
93 titles
Kirstie Alley
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Tucker Carlson Today
Self - Guest
You Can't Take My Daughter
Suzanne
The Masked Singer
Baby Mammoth
Match Game
Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
Self - Panelist
Flaked
Jackie
Scream Queens
Ingrid Marie Hoffel
Accidental Love
Aunt Rita
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Self (archive footage)
Kirstie
Maddie Banks
The Goldbergs
Janice Bartlett
Baby Sellers
Carla Huxley
Syrup
Herself
The Fran Drescher Show
Hot in Cleveland
Maddie Banks
Kirstie Alley's Big Life
The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
The Middle
Pam Staggs
Write & Wrong
Byrdie Langdon
The Hills
Self
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
Fat Actress
Kirstie Alley
Family Sins
Benda Geck
Back By Midnight
Gloria Beaumont
While I Was Gone
Jo Beckett
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self - Guest
Salem Witch Trials
Ann Putnam
Profoundly Normal
Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - "Mean Tweets"
Without a Trace
Noreen Raab
Blonde
Elsie
Celebrity Big Brother
Self
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Gladys Leeman
The Mao Game
The King of Queens
Kirstie Alley
The Last Don II
Rose Marie Clericuzio
Deconstructing Harry
Joan
For Richer or Poorer
Caroline Sexton
Toothless
Katherine Lewis
The Wonderful World of Disney
Katherine Lewis
Veronica's Closet
Veronica Chase
Dharma & Greg
Dr. Trish (uncredited)
The Last Don
Rose Marie Clericuzio
Nevada
McGill
Suddenly
Marty Doyle
Sticks & Stones
Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self - Guest
Radiant City
Gloria Goodman
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
Self