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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 12, 1951
Died
December 5, 2022
Place of Birth
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
- Kirstie Louise Alley
- Kristie Alley
- کرستی آلی
Kirstie Alley
2.2 Popularity
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
6.9
Self
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
6.5
Self
Tucker Carlson Today
2021
7.2
Suzanne
You Can't Take My Daughter
2020
7.7
Baby Mammoth
The Masked Singer
2019
7.7
Baby Mammoth (archive footage)
The Masked Singer
2019
6.4
Self - Panelist
Match Game
2016
6.2
Self - Panelist
To Tell the Truth
2016
6.8
Jackie
Flaked
2016
7.9
Ingrid Marie Hoffel
Scream Queens
2015
4.3
Aunt Rita
Accidental Love
2015
Credits
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2021
6.9
Tucker Carlson Today
as Self
2021
6.5
You Can't Take My Daughter
as Suzanne
2020
7.2
The Masked Singer
as Baby Mammoth
2019
7.7
The Masked Singer
as Baby Mammoth (archive footage)
2019
7.7
Match Game
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.4
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Panelist
2016
6.2
Flaked
as Jackie
2016
6.8
Scream Queens
as Ingrid Marie Hoffel
2015
7.9
Accidental Love
as Aunt Rita
2015
4.3
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
as Self (archive footage)
2015
7.6
Kirstie
as Maddie Banks
2013
4.6
The Goldbergs
as Janice Bartlett
2013
7.5
Baby Sellers
as Carla Huxley
2013
6.6
Syrup
as Herself
2013
5.5
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
7.5
Hot in Cleveland
as Maddie Banks
2010
7.3
Hot in Cleveland
as Kirstie Alley
2010
7.3
Kirstie Alley's Big Life
2010
0.0
🎬
The Marriage Ref
as Self - Panelist
2010
3.8
The Middle
as Pam Staggs
2009
7.6
Write & Wrong
as Byrdie Langdon
2007
3.7
The Hills
as Self
2006
4.8
Dancing with the Stars
as Self - Contestant
2005
6.1
Fat Actress
as Kirstie Alley
2005
5.2
Family Sins
as Benda Geck
2005
6.1
Back By Midnight
as Gloria Beaumont
2005
5.0
While I Was Gone
as Jo Beckett
2004
4.8
Profoundly Normal
as Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
2003
4.0
Salem Witch Trials
as Ann Putnam
2002
6.1
Without a Trace
as Noreen Raab
2002
7.2
Blonde
as Elsie
2001
5.5
Celebrity Big Brother
as Self
2001
4.9
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
6.8
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Gladys Leeman
1999
6.4
🎬
The Mao Game
1999
0.0
The King of Queens
as Kirstie Alley
1998
7.1
The Last Don II
as Rose Marie Clericuzio
1998
6.9
Deconstructing Harry
as Joan
1997
7.2
For Richer or Poorer
as Caroline
1997
6.0
Toothless
as Katherine Lewis
1997
5.3
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Katherine Lewis
1997
6.7
Veronica's Closet
as Veronica Chase
1997
5.2
Dharma & Greg
as Dr. Trish (uncredited)
1997
6.4
The Last Don
as Rose Marie Clericuzio
1997
7.1
Nevada
as McGill
1997
5.0
Suddenly
as Marty Doyle
1996
4.0
Sticks & Stones
as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
1996
5.7
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Radiant City
as Gloria Goodman
1996
0.0
Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
as Self
1996
1.0
Peter and the Wolf
as Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (voice)
1995
5.5
It Takes Two
as Diane Barrows
1995
6.5
Village of the Damned
as Susan Verner
1995
6.1
3 Chains o' Gold
1994
4.0
David's Mother
as Sally Goodson
1994
8.1
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Mollie Ubriacco
1993
5.3
Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
as Self
1992
3.9
Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
as Self
1991
0.0
🎬
Flesh 'n' Blood
as Starr Baxter
1991
6.0
Look Who's Talking Too
as Mollie
1990
5.5
Sibling Rivalry
as Marjorie Turner
1990
5.1
The Earth Day Special
as Rebecca Howe
1990
6.3
Wings
as Rebecca Howe
1990
6.9
MadHouse
as Jessie Bannister
1990
5.3
Look Who's Talking
as Mollie
1989
6.3
Loverboy
as Dr. Joyce Palmer
1989
6.1
Clive James' Postcard from
as Self
1989
7.0
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Rebecca Howe
1988
6.7
Shoot to Kill
as Sarah Renell
1988
6.6
She's Having a Baby
as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
1988
5.9
Summer School
as Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
1987
6.4
Infidelity
as Ellie Denato
1987
5.8
Stark: Mirror Image
as Maggie Carter
1986
0.0
Prince of Bel Air
as Jamie Harrison
1986
4.7
North and South
as Virgilia Hazard
1985
7.4
North and South
as Virgilia Hazard Grady
1985
7.4
A Bunny's Tale
as Gloria Steinem
1985
4.0
Runaway
as Jackie Rogers
1984
5.5
Champions
as Barbara
1984
6.6
Sins of the Past
as Patrice Cantwell
1984
4.0
Blind Date
as Claire Simpson
1984
4.1
Masquerade
as Casey Collins
1983
5.0
The Hitchhiker
as Angelica
1983
6.1
The Hitchhiker
as Jane L.
1983
6.1
One More Chance
as Shiela
1983
0.0
Cheers
as Rebecca Howe
1982
7.6
🎬
Highway Honeys
as Draggin' Lady
1982
0.0
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Lt. Saavik
1982
7.4
The Love Boat
as Marion Stevens
1977
6.3
Quark
as Handmaiden (uncredited)
1977
6.6
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Panorama
as Herself (archive footage)
1953
6.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2