Kirstie Alley
- Acting
- January 12, 1951 · Wichita, Kansas, USA
- December 5, 2022
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
- You Can't Take My Daughter · Suzanne
- The Masked Singer · Baby Mammoth, Baby Mammoth (archive footage)
- Match Game · Self
- To Tell the Truth · Self
- Flaked · Jackie
- Scream Queens · Ingrid Marie Hoffel
- Accidental Love · Aunt Rita
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief · Self
- Kirstie · Maddie Banks, Executive producer
- The Goldbergs · Janice Bartlett
- Baby Sellers · Carla Huxley
- Syrup · Self
- The Fran Drescher Show
- Hot in Cleveland · Maddie Banks, Kirstie Alley
- Kirstie Alley's Big Life
- The Marriage Ref · Self
- The Middle · Pam Staggs
- Write & Wrong · Byrdie Langdon, Executive producer
- The Hills · Self
- Dancing with the Stars · Self
- Fat Actress · Kirstie Alley, Producer
- Back By Midnight · Gloria Beaumont
- While I Was Gone · Jo Beckett
- Family Sins · Benda Geck
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- Salem Witch Trials · Ann Putnam
- Profoundly Normal · Donna Lee Shelby Thornton, Executive producer
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- 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
- Radiant City · Gloria Goodman
- Orientation: A Scientology Information Film · Self
- Peter and the Wolf · Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (Voice)
- It Takes Two · Diane Barrows
- Village of the Damned · Susan Verner
- 3 Chains o' Gold
- David's Mother · Sally Goodson
- Look Who's Talking Now! · Mollie Ubriacco
- Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You · Self
- Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey · Self
- Flesh 'n' Blood · Starr Baxter
- Look Who's Talking Too · Mollie
- Sibling Rivalry · Marjorie Turner
- The Earth Day Special · Rebecca Howe
- Wings · Rebecca Howe
- MadHouse · Jessie Bannister
- Look Who's Talking · Mollie
- Loverboy · Dr. Joyce Palmer
- Clive James' Postcard from · Self
- Mickey's 60th Birthday · Rebecca Howe
- Shoot to Kill · Sarah Renell
- She's Having a Baby · Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
- Summer School · Robin Bishop
- Infidelity · Ellie Denato
- Stark: Mirror Image · Maggie Carter
- Prince of Bel Air · Jamie Harrison
- North and South · Virgilia Hazard, Virgilia Hazard Grady
- A Bunny's Tale · Gloria Steinem
- Runaway · Jackie Rogers
- Champions · Barbara
- Sins of the Past · Patrice Cantwell
- Blind Date · Claire Simpson