Shelley Long
Born August 23, 1949 (Age: 76)
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Biography
Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American retired 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.
Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American retired 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.
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Filmography
Best Man Down
2012
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as Gail
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Age: 63
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
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as Barbara
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Age: 58
Trust Me
2007
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as Mitzi Robinson
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Age: 57
The Santa Trap
2002
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as Molly Emerson
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Age: 53
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
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as Carol Brady
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Age: 53
Dr. T & the Women
2000
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as Carolyn
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Age: 51
The Frasier Story
1999
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
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as Sam
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Age: 48
No Image
TV's All-Time #1s
1997
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as Self/Host
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Age: 47
A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
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as Elizabeth Gates
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Age: 47
Susie Q
1996
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as Penny Sands
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Age: 47
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
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as Carol Brady
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Age: 47
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
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as Carol Brady
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Age: 45
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
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as Fay Sommerfield
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Age: 44
A Message from Holly
1992
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as Kate
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Age: 43
Fatal Memories
1992
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as Eileen Franklin Lipsker
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Age: 43
Frozen Assets
1992
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as Dr. Grace Murdock
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Age: 43
Memories of M*A*S*H
1991
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as Self / Host
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Age: 42
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
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as Self
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Age: 41
No Image
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
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as Dame (voice)
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Age: 41
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
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as Lizzie Potts
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Age: 41
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
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as Phyllis Nefler
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Age: 39
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
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as Self
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Age: 38
Hello Again
1987
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as Lucy Chadman
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Age: 38
Outrageous Fortune
1987
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as Lauren Ames
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Age: 37
The Money Pit
1986
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as Anna Crowley
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Age: 36
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
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as
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Age: 36
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
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as Lucy Van Patten Brodsky
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Age: 35
Losin' It
1983
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as Kathy
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Age: 33
Night Shift
1982
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as Belinda Keaton
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Age: 32
No Image
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981
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as Carol
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Age: 32
Caveman
1981
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as Tala
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Age: 31
The Promise of Love
1980
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as Lorraine
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Age: 31
Ghost of a Chance
1980
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as Jenny Clifford
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Age: 30
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
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as Alice
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Age: 30
No Image
Young Guy Christian
1979
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as Mia Mishugi
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Age: 29