Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Alley

1951-01-12 Wichita, Kansas, USA 53 Credits

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...

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You Can't Take My Daughter

You Can't Take My Daughter

2020

as Suzanne

7.2
Acting

A young woman fights to keep her rapist from gaining custody of her daughter.

Accidental Love

Accidental Love

2015

as Aunt Rita

4.3
Acting

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

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015

as Self (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

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

Baby Sellers

2013

as Carla Huxley

6.6
Acting

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

Syrup

Syrup

2013

as Herself

5.5
Acting

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

Write & Wrong

2007

as Byrdie Langdon

3.7
Acting

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

Write & Wrong

2007

Executive Producer

3.7
Producing

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

Family Sins

2005

as Benda Geck

6.1
Acting

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

Back By Midnight

2005

as Gloria Beaumont

4.8
Acting

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

While I Was Gone

2004

as Jo Beckett

4.8
Acting

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

Profoundly Normal

2003

as Donna Lee Shelby Thornton

4.0
Acting

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

Profoundly Normal

2003

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

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

Salem Witch Trials

2002

as Ann Putnam

6.2
Acting

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

SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler

1999

as Newlywed (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

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

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999

as Gladys Leeman

6.4
Acting

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

Acting

Growing up neurotic in a Hollywood family

Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997

as Joan

7.3
Acting

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

For Richer or Poorer

1997

as Caroline

6.0
Acting

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

Toothless

1997

as Katherine Lewis

5.3
Acting

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

Nevada

1997

as McGill

4.8
Acting

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

Suddenly

1996

as Marty Doyle

4.0
Acting

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

Sticks & Stones

1996

as Joey's Mom (Mrs. Finley)

5.7
Acting

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

Radiant City

1996

as Gloria Goodman

Acting

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

Orientation: A Scientology Information Film

1996

as Self

1.0
Acting

An introduction and overview to Scientology.

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

1995

as Annie / Narrator (voice) / Duck (voice) / Cat (voice)

5.5
Acting

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

It Takes Two

1995

as Diane Barrows

6.5
Acting

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

Village of the Damned

1995

as Dr. Susan Verner

6.1
Acting

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

3 Chains o' Gold

1994

4.0
Acting

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

David's Mother

1994

as Sally Goodson

8.3
Acting

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!

Look Who's Talking Now!

1993

as Mollie Ubriacco

5.3
Acting

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

Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You

1992

as Self

3.9
Acting

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

Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey

1991

as Self

Acting

A retrospective documentary on the life and career of Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day.

Look Who's Talking Too

Look Who's Talking Too

1990

as Mollie

5.5
Acting

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

Sibling Rivalry

1990

as Marjorie Turner

5.1
Acting

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

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Rebecca Howe

6.9
Acting

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

MadHouse

1990

as Jessie Bannister

5.3
Acting

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

Look Who's Talking

1989

as Mollie

6.3
Acting

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

Loverboy

1989

as Dr. Joyce Palmer

6.1
Acting

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

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Rebecca Howe

6.8
Acting

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

Shoot to Kill

1988

as Sarah Renell

6.6
Acting

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

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Kirstie Alley (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

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

Summer School

1987

as Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop

6.4
Acting

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

Infidelity

1987

as Ellie Denato

5.8
Acting

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

Stark: Mirror Image

1986

as Maggie Carter

Acting

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

Prince of Bel Air

1986

as Jamie Harrison

4.7
Acting

A free-spirited, womanizing L.A. pool cleaner finds his lifestyle challenged by a new love interest.

A Bunny's Tale

A Bunny's Tale

1985

as Gloria Steinem

4.5
Acting

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

Runaway

Runaway

1984

as Jackie Rogers

5.5
Acting

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

Champions

1984

as Barbara

6.8
Acting

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

Sins of the Past

Sins of the Past

1984

as Patrice Cantwell

5.0
Acting

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

Blind Date

1984

as Claire Simpson

4.2
Acting

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

One More Chance

1983

as Shiela

Acting

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

Acting

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

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

as Lt. Saavik

7.5
Acting

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.