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