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Occupation
  
Actress, comedian

Name
  
Kirstie Alley

Website
  
www.kirstiealley.com


Religion
  
Height
  
1.71 m

Kirstie Alley

Full Name
  
Kirstie Louise Alley

Born
  
January 12, 1951 (
1951-01-12
)
Wichita, Kansas, United States

Role
  
Actress · kirstiealley.com

Spouse
  
Parker Stevenson (m. 1983–1997), Bob Alley (m. 1970–1977)

Children
  
Lillie Price Stevenson, William True Stevenson

Books
  
The Art of Men (I Prefer Mine al Dente)

Movies and TV shows
  
Cheers, Look Who's Talking, Dancing with the Stars, Look Who's Talking Too, Look Who's Talking Now

Similar People
  
Parker Stevenson, John Travolta, Leah Remini, Shelley Long, Kelsey Grammer


Years active
  
1979–2022


Died
  
December 5, 2022 (aged 71) Tampa, Florida, U.S.


Zodiac sign
  
Capricorn


Ethnicity
  
White



Eye Color
  
Brown Color


Hair Color
  
Brown Color


Religion
  
Christianity


Nationality
  
American


Nationality
  
American

Profiles

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Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress, comedian and spokesmodel. Her big break came in 1982 playing Lieutenant JG Saavik in the science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

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Alley was best known for her role as Rebecca Howe on the NBC sitcom Cheers, in which she starred from 1987 to 1993, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1991. She also starred in number of movies, include Summer School (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Look Who's Talking (1989) and its two sequels, Sibling Rivalry (1990), It Takes Two (1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Drop-Dead Gorgeous (1999). She received her second Emmy for David's Mother for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

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From 1997 to 2000, Alley starred as leading character on the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet, for which she received additional Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2000s, Alley appeared in reality shows revolving around her life. In 2013, she returned to acting with title role on the short-lived TV Land sitcom Kirstie, and in 2016 joined the second season of the Fox horror-comedy Scream Queens playing Ingrid Hoffel.

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Early life

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Kirstie Alley was born in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Lillian Mickie (née Heaton), a homemaker, and Robert Deal Alley, who owned a lumber company. She had two siblings, Colette and Craig. Alley attended Wichita Southeast High School, graduating in 1969. She attended college at Kansas State University in 1969. After moving to Los Angeles to pursue Scientology and work as an interior designer, Alley appeared as a contestant on the popular game show Match Game in 1979 (not during the "Match Game '79" season). She won both rounds winning $500 in the first round and winning $5500 in the second round. She also appeared on the game show Password Plus in 1980. In 1981, a car accident caused by a drunk driver killed her mother and left her father seriously injured. Her father eventually recovered.

Career

Before becoming an actress, Alley was an interior designer, as she announced during her appearance as a contestant on the game show Match Game and Password Plus. She made her movie debut in 1982 in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing the Vulcan Starfleet officer Lieutenant Saavik, but chose not to reprise that role in the next two sequels, saying later she was offered less money than for II. The following years, she starred in a number of smaller films, include One More Chance, Blind Date and Runaway. In 1985 she played Virgilia Hazard in the ABC miniseries North and South, books I and II.

In 1987, Alley starred alongside Mark Harmon in comedy film Summer School. The film was a box office success, grossing over $35 million in the United States. Later that year she joined the cast of NBC sitcom Cheers, replacing Shelley Long and remaining on the show until its eleventh and final season. In 1989, Alley starred with John Travolta in Look Who's Talking, the film grossed over $295,000,000 worldwide. They then went on to make two other films centered around the same theme, Look Who's Talking Too and Look Who's Talking Now!

Alley had won two Emmy Awards during her career. Her first two nominations for her work on Cheers did not earn her the award, but her third, in 1991, garnered her the statuette for that series. In her speech, she thanked then-husband Parker Stevenson, calling him "the man who has given me the big one for the last eight years". She won her second Emmy for 1994 television film David's Mother. For contributions to the motion picture industry, Alley was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard in 1995.

From 1997 to 2000, Alley played the title character in the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet, as well as serving as executive producers on the show. She served as the spokesperson for Pier One from 2000–04 and for Jenny Craig from 2005–08.

TV Land aired a sitcom that centered on Alley as a Broadway star and a new parent. It was titled Kirstie, and reunited her with former Cheers co-star Rhea Perlman and Seinfeld star Michael Richards. The series premiered on December 4, 2013, and ran for one season before it was canceled, five months after ending its freshman run.

Dancing with the Stars

In February 2011, Alley was announced as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Their first dance, a cha-cha-cha, earned them the second-highest score, 23 points of a possible 30. On May 2011, Alley and Chmerkovskiy performed their final dance, also a cha-cha-cha, which earned them a perfect score of 30 out of 30. Alley finished the competition in second place, behind NFL Super Bowl champion Hines Ward. She also took part in the 15th season of Dancing with the Stars for a second chance to win the mirrorball trophy again with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. They were the seventh couple eliminated from the competition.

Personal life

Alley met and dated a distant cousin, Bob Alley, in high school. They married in 1970. Her husband had the same name as her father. They divorced seven years later as their career paths diverged. Alley was married to her second husband, Parker Stevenson, on December 22, 1983. They divorced in 1997. Alley and Stevenson shared custody of their two children, William True and Lillie Price. On June 21, 2016, Alley announced she was a grandmother after her son William welcomed a son of his own, Waylon Tripp Parker.

Alley had a house in Islesboro, Maine.

Weight gain and loss

On September 17, 2012, Alley appeared on The Dr. Oz Show where she admitted that she started gaining weight in late 2003. Alley claimed she spent her whole life eating obsessively without gaining weight, and only noticed a change in her body after she went into early menopause in 1992.

While working as a Jenny Craig spokesperson from 2004 to 2007, Alley lost 75 pounds (34 kg), bringing her weight down to 145 pounds (66 kg).

In May, 2009, Alley told People magazine that, after parting ways with Jenny Craig, she gained 83 pounds (38 kg), and weighed as much as 228 pounds (103 kg).

In September, 2011, Alley announced that she had lost 100 pounds (45 kg) using weight loss products from Organic Liaison, a company she had founded in 2010. In 2012, Alley faced a class-action lawsuit alleging false advertising; the suit claimed that her weight loss was the result of exercise, including training for the TV show Dancing With the Stars, not Organic Liaison products. In 2013, Alley settled the suit, agreeing to remove the term “Proven Products” from packaging, issue a disclaimer on the brand’s website that it is a “calorie-based weight-loss product,” and pay a $130,000 settlement.

In April, 2014, Alley reunited with Jenny Craig, as spokesperson, and the Organic Liaison product line was acquired by Jenny Craig's parent company, and subsequently integrated into Jenny Craig's product line. In January, 2015, Alley claimed that, since starting the Jenny Craig weight-loss program again, she had lost 50 pounds (23 kg).

Scientology

Alley was raised as a Methodist but became a member of the Church of Scientology in 1979. At the time she became a Scientologist, Alley admitted to having had a cocaine addiction and went through Narconon, a Scientology-affiliated drug treatment program, to end her dependency. She continued her Scientology training and, as of 2007, had attained the level of OT VII (Operating Thetan Level 7).

In May 2000, she purchased a 5,200 sq ft (480 m2) waterfront mansion from former Scientologist Lisa Marie Presley for $1.5 million. The house is in Clearwater, Florida, the spiritual headquarters of the Church of Scientology. In 2007 Alley donated $5 million to the Church.

After fellow actress Leah Remini left the Church of Scientology in 2013, Alley publicly denounced Remini as "a repulsive bigot" and declared her former friend was now "my enemy".

Politics

In August 2015 Alley tweeted that she would not be supporting the Democratic nominee during the 2016 presidential elections, and on April 8, 2016, she tweeted her support for Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani. On October 8, 2016, Alley retracted her endorsement of Trump, tweeting, "I hate this election and I'm officially no longer endorsing either candidate." She later tweeted her excitement over his win, unofficially re-endorsing him.

Filmography

2020 You Can't Take My Daughter (TV Movie)
Suzanne
2019 The Goldbergs (TV Series)
Janice Bartlett
2016 Scream Queens (TV Series)
Ingrid Hoffel
2016 Flaked (TV Series)
Jackie
2015 Accidental Love
Aunt Rita
2015 The Middle (TV Series)
Pam Staggs
2015 Hot in Cleveland (TV Series)
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2013 Kirstie(2013-14 TV Series)
Maddie Banks
2013 Baby Sellers(TV Movie)
Carla Huxley
2013 Syrup
Kirstie Alley
2012 The Manzanis (TV Movie)
Angela
2007 The Minister of Divine (TV Movie)
Sydney Hudson
2007 Write & Wrong (TV Movie)
Byrdie Langdon
2006 The King of Queens (TV Series)
Kirstie Alley
2005 Fat Actress (TV Series)
Kirstie Alley
2004 Untitled Dan Staley/Rob Long Project
TV Movie
2004 While I Was Gone (TV Movie)
Jo Beckett
2004 Back by Midnight
Gloria Beaumont
2004 Family Sins (TV Movie)
Brenda Geck
2004 Without a Trace (TV Series)
Noreen Raab
2003 Profoundly Normal (TV Movie)
Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
2002 Salem Witch Trials (TV Movie)
Ann Putnam
2002 Demontown (TV Series)
Mike's Agent
2001 Dharma & Greg (TV Series)
Dr. Trish (uncredited)
2001 Blonde(TV Mini Series)
Elsie
1997 Veronica's Closet (1997-2000 TV Series)
Veronica Chase
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous
Gladys Leeman
1999 The Mao Game
Diane Highland
1998 The Last Don II (TV Mini Series)
Rose Marie Clericuzio
1997 For Richer or Poorer
Caroline Sexton
1997 The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series)
Dr. Katherine Lewis
1997 Deconstructing Harry
Joan
1997 The Last Don (TV Mini Series)
Rose Marie Clericuzio
1997 Nevada
McGill
1997 Ink (TV Series)
Dahlia
1996 Suddenly (TV Movie)
Marty Doyle
1996 Sticks & Stones
Joey's Mom
1996 Radiant City (TV Movie)
Gloria Goodman
1995 Peter and the Wolf (TV Movie)
AnnieBirdDuck (voice) ...
1995 It Takes Two
Diane Barrows
1995 Village of the Damned
Dr. Susan Verner
1994 3 Chains o' Gold
Vanessa Bartholomew
Video
1994 David's Mother (TV Movie)
Sally Goodson
1993 Look Who's Talking Now
Mollie Ubriacco
1987 Cheers(1987-1993 TV Series)
Rebecca Howe
1993 Wings (TV Series)
Rebecca Howe
1992 Prince: My Name Is Prince
Vanessa Bartholomew
Music Video
1991 Flesh 'n' Blood (TV Series)
Starr Baxter
1990 Look Who's Talking Too
Mollie
1990 Sibling Rivalry
Marjorie Turner
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV Special)
Rebecca Howe
1990 Madhouse
Jessie Bannister
1989 Look Who's Talking
Mollie
1989 Loverboy
Dr. Joyce Palmer
1989 Mickey's 60th Birthday (TV Movie)
Rebecca Howe
1988 Deadly Pursuit
Sarah Rennell
1988 She's Having a Baby
Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
1987 Summer School
Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
1987 Infidelity (TV Movie)
Ellie Denato
1985 Deadly Nightmares (1985-97 TV Series)
AngelicaJane L.
1986 Stark: Mirror Image (TV Movie)
Maggie Carter
1986 North and South, Book II (TV Mini Series)
Virgilia Hazard
1986 Prince of Bel Air (TV Movie)
Jamie Harrison
1985 North and South (TV Mini Series)
Virgilia HazardVirgilia Hazard Grady
1985 A Bunny's Tale (TV Movie)
Gloria Steinem
1983 Masquerade (1983-84 TV Series)
Casey Collins
1984 Runaway
Jackie Rogers
1984 Sins of the Past (TV Movie)
Patrice Cantwell
1984 Blind Date
Claire Simpson
1984 Champions
Barbara
1983 The Love Boat (TV Series)
Marion Stevens
1983 Highway Honeys (TV Movie)
Draggin' Lady
182 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Saavik
1981 One More Chance
Sheila
1978 Quark (TV Series)
Handmaiden (uncredited)

Death

Alley died from colon cancer on December 5, 2022, at the age of 71. Per a statement released by her children, the cancer had only been recently discovered. She had been undergoing treatment in Tampa, Florida.

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, and Rhea Perlman also released statements memorializing her.

References

Kirstie Alley Wikipedia


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