Shelley Long
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1949-08-23 (75 years old)
Place of Birth Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Also Known As Shelley Lee Long
Shelley Long
Biography
Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the hit sitcom Cheers, she received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. She reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off Frasier, for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. She has starred in several films including Night Shift (1982), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Hello Again (1987), Troop Beverly Hills (1989), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), A Very Brady Sequel (1996), and Dr. T & the Women (2000). While working on Cheers, she continued to appear in motion pictures. In 1984, she was nominated for a Best Leading Actress Golden Globe for her performance in Irreconcilable Differences. She also starred in the comedies The Money Pit and Outrageous Fortune. She was offered lead roles in Working Girl, Jumpin' Jack Flash, and My Stepmother Is an Alien but did not accept them. She was also offered the role of Mary, the mother in Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, but turned it down because she had already signed on to appear in Night Shift. She left the series Cheers in 1987, but returned for the 200th Anniversary Special in 1990. She then returned as Diane in the last season (1992-1993), for which she picked up another Emmy nomination. She later reprise her role as Diane in several episodes of the Kelsey Grammer spinoff series Frasier, for which she was nominated for another Emmy Award. She appeared as Carol Brady in the 1995 hit film The Brady Bunch Movie which is a campy take of the popular television show. In 1996, she reprised the role in A Very Brady Sequel which had modest success, and again in the 2002 television film sequel—The Brady Bunch in the White House. She had a recurring role on the popular ABC sitcom Modern Family as DeDe Pritchett, the ex-wife of Jay Pritchett.
Known For
Actor
as Sharon Enderly
as Judy Wilkins
as Grandma Mildred
as Nona
as Cynthia
as Jeanie Robertson
as Mrs. Claus
as Aunt Barbara
as Gail
as Eileen Landon
as Shine Reynolds
as Meredith Burns
as Mrs. Burns
as Rya Bellows
as Mrs. Busby
as Harriet Clayton
as Self
as DeDe Pritchett
as Barbara
as Mitzi Robinson
as Marla (Mom)
as Betsy Lucas
as Miriam Watson
as Judy
as Molly Emerson
as Carol Brady
as Self
as Mary Ellen
as Carolyn
as Lauren Chase
as Elizabeth Porterson
as Mom (voice)
as Carol Brady (voice)
as Sam
as Kelly Novack
as Self/Host
as Elizabeth Gates
as Penny Sands
as Carol Brady
as Wicked Witch
as Louise Holmes
as Ellen Andrews
as Carol Brady
as Anne
as Sally Tubbs (voice)
as Fay Sommerfield
as Kay Ludlow
as Diane Chambers
as Lucille Newtrich
as Susan DeRuzza
as Kate
as Eileen Franklin Lipsker
as Dr. Grace Murdock
as Narrator (Voice)
as Self / Host
as Dame (voice)
as Lizzie Potts
as Truddi Chase
as Phyllis Nefler
as Lucy Chadman
as Lauren Ames
as Anna Crowley
as Self
as Lucy Van Patten Brodsky
as Kathy
as Belinda Keaton
as Diane Chambers
as Carol
as Tala
as Lorraine
as Jenny Clifford
as Alice
as Clara
as Heather McKenzie
as Joan "Harpo"
as Self - Presenter
Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer