Who is Kirstie Louise Alley?

Who is Kirstie Louise Alley?  The entertainment and acting world knows her as Krstie Alley, she is an American actress known for her role in the TV show Cheers, in which she played Rebecca Howe from 1987–1993, winning an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991. She is also known for her role in the thriller Shoot to Kill and the Look Who's Talking film series as Mollie Ubriacco. More recently, Alley has appeared in reality shows revolving around her life.

Early life

Kirstie Alley was born January 12, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Lillian Mickie (née Heaton), a homemaker, and Robert Deal Alley, who owned a lumber company.^[1] Alley is of Irish descent.^[2] She has two siblings, Colette and Craig. Alley attended Wichita Southeast High School, graduating in 1969.^[3] She attended college at Kansas State University in 1969.^[3] In 1981, a car accident caused by a drunk driver killed her mother and left her father seriously injured. Her father eventually recovered.^[3] Kirstie came to Los Angeles to work as an interior designer and appeared as a contestant on the popular game show Match Game, where she won multiple games. She also appeared on the game show Password Plus in 1980.

Career

Alley in Star Trek

Alley made her movie debut in 1982 in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing the half-Vulcan/half-Romulan Starfleet officer Lieutenant Saavik. In 1989, Alley starred in Look Who's Talking alongside John Travolta, which 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!^[4]
Alley has won two Emmy Awards^[5] 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."^[6]

Alley on the show Cheers

For contributions to the motion picture industry, Alley was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard.^[7]
Alley played the title character in the NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet, as one of whose executive producers she also served. She served as the spokesperson for Pier One from 2000–04 and for Jenny Craig from 2005–08.

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 24, 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.

Personal life

Alley's adopted children William Truce and Lillie Price

Kirstie met and dated a distant cousin, Bob Alley, in high school. They married in 1970, but divorced seven years later as their career paths diverged.^[8] Alley was married to her second husband, Parker Stevenson (Richard Stevenson Parker, Jr.) on December 22, 1983. They divorced in 1997. Alley and Stevenson share custody of their two children, William True and Lillie Price, whom they adopted.^[9]
In 2010, Alley put her Encino, CA, house on the market for $6.5 million.^[10]
Alley is a well-documented animal lover, and owns 14 pets including a family of lemurs.^[11]

Weight loss

In March 2010 Alley launched Organic Liaison, which includes Rescue Me, the first USDA-certified organic weight loss product. She announced that she lost 100 lbs using the program in September 2011.^[12]

Scientology

Alley was raised Methodist but is now a member of the Church of Scientology. 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,^[13] to end her dependency.^[14] She has continued her Scientology training and, as of 2007, had attained the level of OT VII (Operating Thetan level 7).^[15]
In May 2000, she purchased, for $1.5 million, the former home of fellow Scientologist Lisa Marie Presley, a 5,200 sq ft (480 m²) waterfront mansion in Clearwater, Florida, the spiritual headquarters of the Church of Scientology. In 2007, Alley gave $5 million to the Church of Scientology.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan	Lt. Saavik	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1983	One More Chance	Sheila
1984	Champions	Barbara
1984	Blind Date[17]	Claire Simpson
1984	Runaway	Jackie Rogers	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1987	Summer School	Ms. Robin Bishop
1988	Shoot To Kill	Sarah Renell
1989	Look Who's Talking	Mollie Jensen
1989	Loverboy	Dr. Joyce Palmer
1990	Madhouse	Jessie Bannister
1990	Look Who's Talking Too	Mollie Ubriacco
1990	Sibling Rivalry	Marjorie Turner
1993	Look Who's Talking Now!	Mollie Ubriacco
1994	3 Chains o' Gold	Vanessa Bartholomew
1995	Village Of The Damned	Dr. Susan Verner
1995	It Takes Two	Diane Barrows
1997	Deconstructing Harry	Joan
1997	For Richer Or Poorer	Caroline Sexton
1997	Toothless	Dr. Katherine Lewis, D.D.S., and the Tooth Fairy
1999	Drop-Dead Gorgeous	Gladys Leeman
2002	Back By Midnight	Gloria Beaumont
2010	Nailed	Aunt Rita

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Match Game	Herself-Contestant
1983	Masquerade	Casey Collins	(2 episodes)
1984	Sins of the Past	Patrice Cantwell
1985	A Bunny's Tale	Gloria Steinem
1985	The Hitchhiker	Angelica	Episode "Out of the Night" Nominated—CableACE Award for Actress in a Dramatic Series
1985	North and South	Virgilia Hazard	(miniseries)
1986	North and South II	Virgilia Hazard	(miniseries)
1986	Stark: Mirror Image	Maggie Carter
1987	The Hitchhiker	Jane L.	Episode "The Legendary Billy B."
1987	Infidelity	Eliot 'Ellie' Denato
1987–1993	Cheers	Rebecca Howe	Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series (1991) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1991) Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series (1988, 1990, 1992, 1993) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1990, 1992, 1993)
1994	David's Mother	Sally Goodson	Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
1996	Peter And The Wolf	Annie / Bird / Duck / Cat
1996	Radiant City	Gloria Goodman
1997	The Last Don	Rose Marie Clericuzio	(miniseries) Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie
1997	Toothless	Dr. Katherine Lewis	(TV movie)
1997–2000	Veronica's Closet	Veronica Chase	(also producer) Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy Series (1997) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (1998) Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
1998	The Last Don II	Rose Marie Clericuzio	(miniseries)
2001	Blonde	Elsie	(miniseries)
2002	Salem Witch Trials	Ann Putnam	(miniseries)
2003	Profoundly Normal	Donna Lee Shelby Thornton	(also executive producer)
2004	Family Sins	Brenda Geck
2004	While I Was Gone	Jo Beckett
2004	Without A Trace	Noreen Raab	Episode "Risen"
2005	Fat Actress	Self	(also joint creator and co-writer w/Brenda Hampton) (7 episodes)
2006	The King Of Queens	Self	Episode "Apartment Complex"
2007	Write & Wrong	Byrdie Langdon
2007	The Minister Of Divine	Sydney Hudson
2010	The Marriage Ref	Self (guest judge)
2010	Kirstie Alley's Big Life	Self (documentee)	Reality Television
2011	Dancing With The Stars	Herself-Contestant	Season 12 Reality Television

 

 

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