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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

You Can't Take My Daughter
2020
as Suzanne
A young woman fights to keep her rapist from gaining custody of her daughter.

Accidental Love
2015
as Aunt Rita
A small town waitress gets a nail accidentally lodged in her head causing unpredictable behavior that leads her to Washington, DC. Sparks fly when sh...

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015
as Self (archive footage)
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things t...

Baby Sellers
2013
as Carla Huxley
Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Star...

Syrup
2013
as Herself
A slacker hatches a million-dollar idea. But, in order to see it through, he has to learn to trust his attractive corporate counterpart. Based on Max ...

Write & Wrong
2007
as Byrdie Langdon
Quickly approaching her fiftieth birthday, talented and once-famous screenwriter Byrdie has lately had a hard time finding work in the movie biz. As s...

Write & Wrong
2007
Executive Producer
Quickly approaching her fiftieth birthday, talented and once-famous screenwriter Byrdie has lately had a hard time finding work in the movie biz. As s...

Family Sins
2005
as Benda Geck
Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matr...

Back By Midnight
2005
as Gloria Beaumont
The warden of a small, rundown, minimum-security prison plots revenge against the the prison's dishonest owner by having four inmates break out and pl...

While I Was Gone
2004
as Jo Beckett
Jo Beckett leads a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a lovely small town outside of B...

Profoundly Normal
2003
as Donna Lee Shelby Thornton
Donna Lee Shelby, a mentally challenged girl who lives in Forest Haven, an institution for the developmentally disabled, meets Ricardo Thornton, a fel...

Profoundly Normal
2003
Executive Producer
Donna Lee Shelby, a mentally challenged girl who lives in Forest Haven, an institution for the developmentally disabled, meets Ricardo Thornton, a fel...

Salem Witch Trials
2002
as Ann Putnam
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in Am...

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Before he was Happy Gilmore, Little Nicky, The Waterboy, or Billy Madison, Adam Sandler was doing Saturday Night Live playing hilarious characters and...

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Gladys Leeman
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follow...
The Mao Game
1999
Growing up neurotic in a Hollywood family

Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Joan
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated fr...

For Richer or Poorer
1997
as Caroline
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when ...

Toothless
1997
as Katherine Lewis
A female dentist is cast into limbo after her death in an accident and is given the assignment to act as the Tooth Fairy as her action to be admitted ...

Nevada
1997
as McGill
Chrysty walks through the desert carrying nothing and heading nowhere. She enters a very small town called Silver City. The local community of women i...

Suddenly
1996
as Marty Doyle
Just as Mary is about to take a romantic vacation with her boyfriend, a terrible accident leaves her paralyzed. Bitter and devastated by her condition...

Sticks & Stones
1996
as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)
For three high school friends, growing up takes a dangerous turn when the local bully targets them with his aggression. With no one to turn to but eac...

Radiant City
1996
as Gloria Goodman
Driven to the brink by her overworked and insensitive husband and horrendously selfish children, Brooklyn-based housewife Gloria Goodman seeks a meani...

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film
1996
as Self
An introduction and overview to Scientology.

Peter and the Wolf
1995
as Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (voice)
Sergei Prokofiev's symphonic masterpiece, first performed in Russia in 1936, has been lauded not only for the spectacular musical score, but also for ...

It Takes Two
1995
as Diane Barrows
Identical 9-year-olds from very different backgrounds: orphaned Amanda and wealthy Alyssa meet at summer camp and decide to switch places -- and play ...

Village of the Damned
1995
as Dr. Susan Verner
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and t...

3 Chains o' Gold
1994
In Egypt, princess Maytes father is assassinated by seven men, leaving her with the sacred three chains of gold. She decides to seek out the help of P...

David's Mother
1994
as Sally Goodson
Sally Goodson has been raising her autistic son David alone since her husband left many years ago. Now a social worker discovers that Sally has been d...

Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Mollie Ubriacco
When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James –...

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You
1992
as Self
Join stars Paula Abdul, Luke Perry, Sinbad, Pauly Shore, Jaleel White and many, many more as they take an entertaining, music-filled and honest look a...

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
1991
as Self
A retrospective documentary on the life and career of Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day.

Look Who's Talking Too
1990
as Mollie
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings aris...

Sibling Rivalry
1990
as Marjorie Turner
Marjorie Turner is suffocating in her marriage and day to day life. An extramarital affair with a stranger seems to be the answer until her paramour h...

The Earth Day Special
1990
as Rebecca Howe
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour s...

MadHouse
1990
as Jessie Bannister
The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.

Look Who's Talking
1989
as Mollie
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter w...

Loverboy
1989
as Dr. Joyce Palmer
Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza ...

Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Rebecca Howe
This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic hat from a Sorcerer and is put under a spell by the ang...

Shoot to Kill
1988
as Sarah Renell
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city str...

She's Having a Baby
1988
as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Summer School
1987
as Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students....

Infidelity
1987
as Ellie Denato
A man comes home to see his wife window washing and he is surprised to find out that she is a latin scholar. She has been dropping hints that she has ...

Stark: Mirror Image
1986
as Maggie Carter
Sequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a colleague's killer to Las Vegas.

Prince of Bel Air
1986
as Jamie Harrison
A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.

A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Gloria Steinem
A dramatization of Gloria Steinem's undercover investigation of the working conditions Bunnies faced at the Playboy Clubs.

Runaway
1984
as Jackie Rogers
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncove...

Champions
1984
as Barbara
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

Sins of the Past
1984
as Patrice Cantwell
A ring of call girls leaves the "business" when one of them is murdered. The survivors change their names and leave town. However, they are reunited 1...

Blind Date
1984
as Claire Simpson
A man goes blind when remembering his lost girlfriend, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with his eyes. They fit him with an experimental devi...

One More Chance
1983
as Shiela
An ex-convict, after spending six years in prison, tries to re-establish a relationship with the son he hasn't seen in all that time.
Highway Honeys
1982
as Draggin' Lady
Daytona Shepherd (Will Bledsoe) and his sister, Carole Lee (Mary Davis), operators of Good Shepherd Tow Service, are pitted against a band of dishone...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Lt. Saavik
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.