Kristie Alley 1951-2022

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I really was fond of her in Cheers, especially in het interactions with Sam Malone (played by Ted Danson). I have seen nearly every episode of Cheers. Loved the characters of Diane Chambers (Shelly Long), Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane (Beatrice 'Bebe' Neuwirth), Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto), and the guys who visited the bar and were there always sitting in the bar Norm Peterson (George Robert Wendt), and Postman Cliff Clavin (John Deszo Ratzenberger). I watched nearly every episode of Cheers and later Frasier.

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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.

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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.

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Alley died on December 5, 2022, following a short battle with cancer at age 71. Per a statement released by her children, the cancer had only been recently discovered. Her ex-husband Parker Stevenson, her two children, Look Who's Talking co-star John Travolta, and other celebrities posted their condolences on social media. Her Cheers co-stars Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer & Rhea Perlman also mourned her and released statements saying how much she meant to them.

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Pieter

Such shame for the known world to lose such a fine person as Ms. Alley. My self only remember her from her role in the series star Trek. She was impressive then, other than this short narrow glimpse from myself is all I may attribute. Yours was very impressive and very complete of the life and career of this fine person, the world has lost a valuable member to the angel of death.

Karl

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[Jaga]

Pieter, thanks for bringing info about Alley.

Alley was an interesting and strong woman, a good actress and she was not afraid of saying what she thinks. This is really unusual for instance in Idaho where women are usually very soft-spoken.

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Kristie Alley



Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Robert Deal Alley, who owned a lumber company, and Lillian Alley. She had two siblings, Colette and Craig. Alley attended Wichita Southeast High School, graduating in 1969. She attended college at Kansas State University, dropping out after her sophomore year. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue Scientology and work as an interior designer, Alley appeared as a contestant on the game show Match Game in 1979. She won both rounds, winning $500 in the first round and $5500 in the second round. She also appeared on the game show Password Plus in 1980. On both shows she described her profession as interior designer. In 1981, an automobile accident involving a drunk driver killed her mother and left her father seriously injured.

Personal life

Alley was married from 1970 to 1977 to high-school sweetheart Bob Alley, who coincidentally had the same name as her father. Alley married actor Parker Stevenson on December 22, 1983. Following a miscarriage, the couple adopted son William “True” one week after his October 5, 1992, birth, and in 1995 adopted daughter Lillie. The marriage ended in 1997. In 2016, Alley became a grandmother after her son William had a son of his own.

From 2000 until her death in 2022, Alley was a resident of Clearwater, Florida. From 1991 to 2020, Alley also lived on Islesboro Island, Maine. She once owned the Mitchell Cottage, formerly the Islesboro Inn, with her then husband. Alley later purchased another home on Islesboro.