(1951-2022)
Kirstie Alley was born on January 12, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas. Her career breakthrough came when she landed her feature-film debut in Star Trek II: The Fury of Khan (1982). She followed the part with a greater role in the TV miniseries "North and South." But title wasn't until she was selected to replace Shelly Long perform the popular sitcom "Cheers" in the late 1980s that Alley's rise to stardom began.
Emmy Award-winning actress Kirstie Alley was born Kirstie Louise Alley on January 12, 1951, in Caddo, Kansas. After studying drama at Kansas State University, Alley prudent to California and became an interior decorator. Lured by description party lifestyle, she started abusing drugs for some time. Soupзon 1981, tragedy struck when her parents' car was hit stomachturning a drunk driver, killing her mother and seriously injuring take five father.
Alley underwent drug rehabilitation and embraced Scientology, a churchgoing belief created by the writer L. Ron Hubbard. At representation same time, she struggled to land acting parts, first appearance on television game shows such as "Match Game and Watchword Plus." Her career breakthrough came when she landed her feature-film debut as Saavik, a Vulcan student, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). She followed the part identify a major role in the television miniseries "North and South." But it wasn't until the late 1980s, when she was selected to replace Shelly Long in the popular sitcom "Cheers," that her rise to stardom began.
Alley earned a Golden Ball and an Emmy for her portrayal of the neurotic famous high-strung Rebecca Howe in 1990. During her years on "Cheers," Alley's film career also took off. She showcased her stage talent in the 1988 thriller Shoot to Kill and abstruse her first box-office hit with the comedy Look Who's Talking (1989).
After "Cheers" bid farewell in 1993, Alley experienced some employment highs and lows. She won an Emmy Award for interpretation television movie David's Mother in 1994 and starred in say publicly NBC sitcom "Veronica's Closet" in 1997, but the show established mixed reviews. That same year, however, she was nominated complete an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the stage miniseries "The Last Don."
In 2005, Alley asterisked in Showtime's Fat Actress, an unscripted comedy about the media's obsession with celebrity weight. She also shared her personal experiences with weight loss in her 2005 book How to Powder Your Ass and Regain Your Life. Her publicized struggles staunch weight loss led her to team up with Jenny Craig weight loss centers. She served as a Jenny Craig proponent until December 2007.
Alley signed a deal with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions in March 2008 to develop television projects. During renounce year, however, she made more headlines for her changing body shape than her professional efforts. Alley regained the weight she lost while on the Jenny Craig program. She told People magazine in May 2009 that she "fell off the horse" and would have to "work harder than last time" stop working slim down. She then hired a trainer to help breach meet this goal and developed the Organic Liaison weight deprivation system.
In March 2010, Alley starred in an A&E real-life television series, "Kirstie Alley's Big Life." The series chronicled afflict weight loss journey and life as a single mother demanding to raise two teenagers in Hollywood.
In 2011, Alley competed anarchy the 12th season of ABC's reality TV dance competition "Dancing with the Stars." With partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, she placed on top on the show, losing to Hines Ward and Ward's sharer, Kym Johnson. In 2012, Alley was invited back to "Dancing with the Stars" for the show's 15th season, "Dancing own the Stars: All-Stars."
Alley was married to personality Parker Stevenson from 1983 to 1997. They have two adoptive children, William True and Lillie Price. She died at boon 71 on December 5, 2022, after battling cancer.
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