Kirstie Alley
Born: 1951-01-12 in Wichita, Kansas, USA
Died: 2022-12-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Tucker Carlson Today as Self - Guest
2020
- You Can't Take My Daughter as Suzanne
2019
- The Masked Singer as Baby Mammoth
2016
- Match Game as Self - Panelist
- To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- Flaked as Jackie
2015
- Scream Queens as Ingrid Marie Hoffel
- Accidental Love as Aunt Rita
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Self (archive footage)
2013
- The Goldbergs as Janice Bartlett
- Kirstie as Maddie Banks
- Syrup as Herself
- Baby Sellers as Carla Huxley
2010
- Hot in Cleveland as Maddie Banks
- The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- The Fran Drescher Show
- Kirstie Alley's Big Life
2009
- The Middle as Pam Staggs
2007
- Write & Wrong as Byrdie Langdon
2006
- The Hills as Self
2005
- Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
- Fat Actress as Kirstie Alley
- Back By Midnight as Gloria Beaumont
- Family Sins as Benda Geck
2004
- While I Was Gone as Jo Beckett
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self - Guest
- Salem Witch Trials as Ann Putnam
- Profoundly Normal as Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
2002
- Without a Trace as Noreen Raab
- Salem Witch Trials as Ann Putnam
2001
- Celebrity Big Brother as Self
- Blonde as Elsie
1999
- Drop Dead Gorgeous as Gladys Leeman
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Mao Game
1998
- The King of Queens as Kirstie Alley
- The Last Don II as Rose Marie Clericuzio
1997
- Dharma & Greg as Dr. Trish (uncredited)
- Veronica's Closet as Veronica Chase
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Katherine Lewis
- The Last Don as Rose Marie Clericuzio
- Deconstructing Harry as Joan
- For Richer or Poorer as Caroline
- Toothless as Katherine Lewis
- Nevada as McGill
1996
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Sticks & Stones as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
- Radiant City as Gloria Goodman
- Orientation: A Scientology Information Film as Self
- Suddenly as Marty Doyle
1995
- It Takes Two as Diane Barrows
- Village of the Damned as Susan Verner
- Peter and the Wolf as Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (voice)
1994
- 3 Chains o' Gold
- David's Mother as Sally Goodson
1993
- Look Who's Talking Now! as Mollie Ubriacco
1992
1991
- Flesh 'n' Blood as Starr Baxter
- Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey as Self
1990
- Wings as Rebecca Howe
- Look Who's Talking Too as Mollie
- The Earth Day Special as Rebecca Howe
- Sibling Rivalry as Marjorie Turner
- MadHouse as Jessie Bannister
1989
- Look Who's Talking as Mollie
- Loverboy as Dr. Joyce Palmer
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
1988
- Shoot to Kill as Sarah Renell
- She's Having a Baby as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Rebecca Howe
1987
- Summer School as Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
- Infidelity as Ellie Denato
1986
- Prince of Bel Air as Jamie Harrison
- Stark: Mirror Image as Maggie Carter
1985
- North and South as Virgilia Hazard
- A Bunny's Tale as Gloria Steinem
1984
- Runaway as Jackie Rogers
- Champions as Barbara
- Blind Date as Claire Simpson
- Sins of the Past as Patrice Cantwell
1983
- The Hitchhiker as Angelica
- Masquerade as Casey Collins
- One More Chance as Shiela
1982
- Cheers as Rebecca Howe
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Lt. Saavik
- Highway Honeys as Draggin' Lady
1977
- The Love Boat as Marion Stevens
- Quark as Handmaiden (uncredited)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1962
1953
- Panorama as Herself (archive footage)
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee