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Kirstie Louise Alley was born on January 12, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. In 1974 she entered Kansas State University, but she dropped out the following year to try her hand at drama.
His first television appearances were as a contestant on Match Game (1979), in which he won $5,000, and on the Password Plus contest (1980).
However, her first acting role came in 1987 when she was cast as Rebecca Howe on the NBC hit “Cheers,” replacing the outgoing Shelley Long. Alley would win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the role in 1991.
“I just thank God I didn’t have to wait as long as Ted,” Alley said in her acceptance, poking fun at her co-star Ted Danson, who ultimately won an Emmy for his role as Sam Malone in his eighth nomination the previous year.
Kirstie won a second Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie in 1993 for playing the title role in the CBS TV movie “David’s Mother.”
Other films and the success of “Look who’s talking”
Alley appeared in several films during the 1980s and 1990s, including the “Look Who’s Talking” film series, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), which was his film debut, Summer School (1987), Sibling Rivalry (1990), It Takes Two (1995), For Richer or Poorer (1997). ), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999).
However, it was the 1989 comedy “Look Who’s Talking” that gave her career a big boost, as she played the mother of a baby whose inner thoughts were voiced by Bruce Willis. She also appeared in the 1990 sequel “Look Who’s Talking Now.”
Kirstie also played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime’s 2005 series “Fat Actress,” a show that comically dealt with her public and media exposure on her weight gain and loss.
The actress addressed the same issue in the 2010 A&E series “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life,” which chronicles her quest to lose weight and launch a program to do so.
Alley said that she agreed to do the show because of misinformation about her that had become a staple of magazine covers.
Reality Show Appearances
Alley also made several appearances on reality television, first as a contestant on season 12 of “Dancing with the Stars,” where she finished in second place.
Later in the series of “The Masked Singer” in April of this year where he appeared in a baby mammoth costume. During his stint on “Big Brother,” he shared the house with other famous faces, including Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas and The Only Way Is Essex’s Dan Osbourne, who finished first and third respectively.
Additionally, she appeared on Ryan Murphy’s comedy series “Scream Queens” in 2015 and 2016. One of her co-stars on the show, Jamie Lee Curtis, said on Instagram Monday that Alley was “a great comedic foil” on the show. and “a beautiful mama bear in real life.”
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