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
2021
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
- Tucker Carlson Today as Self
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
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief as Self (archive footage)
- Scream Queens as Ingrid Marie Hoffel
- Accidental Love as Aunt Rita
2013
- The Goldbergs as Janice Bartlett
- Syrup as Herself
- Kirstie as Maddie Banks
- 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
- Family Sins as Benda Geck
- Back By Midnight as Gloria Beaumont
2004
- While I Was Gone as Jo Beckett
2003
- 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
- The Mao Game
- SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
- The King of Queens as Kirstie Alley
- The Last Don II as Rose Marie Clericuzio
1997
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Katherine Lewis
- Dharma & Greg as Dr. Trish (uncredited)
- Veronica's Closet as Veronica Chase
- Deconstructing Harry as Joan
- Toothless as Katherine Lewis
- The Last Don as Rose Marie Clericuzio
- Nevada as McGill
- For Richer or Poorer as Caroline
1996
- Suddenly as Marty Doyle
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest
- Orientation: A Scientology Information Film as Self
- Radiant City as Gloria Goodman
- Sticks & Stones as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
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
- Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey as Self
- Flesh 'n' Blood as Starr Baxter
1990
- Wings as Rebecca Howe
- MadHouse as Jessie Bannister
- Look Who's Talking Too as Mollie
- Sibling Rivalry as Marjorie Turner
- The Earth Day Special as Rebecca Howe
1989
- Look Who's Talking as Mollie
- Loverboy as Dr. Joyce Palmer
- Clive James' Postcard from as Self
1988
- She's Having a Baby as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
- Shoot to Kill as Sarah Renell
- Mickey's 60th Birthday as Rebecca Howe
1987
- Infidelity as Ellie Denato
- Summer School as Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
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
- Blind Date as Claire Simpson
- Champions as Barbara
- Runaway as Jackie Rogers
- 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
- 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