Shelley Long
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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Films (60)
Rastros de un Crimen
2021 · Sharon Enderly
On a échangé nos Noëls
2017 · Judy Wilkins
Different Flowers
2017 · Grandma Mildred, Producer
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016 · Self
Love Again
2014 · Nona
Un Noël qui a du chien !
2013 · Cynthia
Les Cœurs patients
2013 · Jeanie Robertson
Beau-Père Noël
2012 · Mrs. Claus
Le Chien qui a sauvé Noël
2012 · Aunt Barbara, Co-Producer
Best Man Down
2012 · Gail
La saison des amours
2012 · Eileen Landon
Zombie Hamlet
2012 · Shine Reynolds
Un mari à louer
2011 · Meredith Burns
Pizza Man
2011 · Mrs. Burns
L'Étoile de la glace
2009 · Harriet Clayton
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007 · Barbara
Trust Me
2007 · Mitzi Robinson
Vacances de rêve
2006 · Marla (Mom)
Mariage contrarié
2006 · Betsy Lucas
The Santa Trap
2002 · Molly Emerson
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002 · Carol Brady
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002 · Self
Docteur T & Les Femmes
2000 · Carolyn
Vanished Without a Trace
1999 · Elizabeth Porterson
Jingle Bells
1999 · Mom (voice)
The Frasier Story
1999 · Self
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998 · Sam
TV's All-Time #1s
1997 · Self/Host
A Different Kind of Christmas
1996 · Elizabeth Gates
Susie Q
1996 · Penny Sands
A Very Brady Sequel
1996 · Carol Brady
Freaky Friday
1995 · Ellen Andrews
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995 · Carol Brady
Welcome to Paradise
1995 · Anne
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993 · Fay Sommerfield
A Message from Holly
1992 · Kate
Fatal Memories
1992 · Eileen Franklin Lipsker
Frozen Assets
1992 · Dr. Grace Murdock
Memories of M*A*S*H
1991 · Self / Host
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991 · Self
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991 · Dame (voice)
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990 · Lizzie Potts
Troop Beverly Hills
1989 · Phyllis Nefler
Bob Hope's Super Bowl Party!
1989 · Self
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988 · Self
Hello Again
1987 · Lucy Chadman
Outrageous Fortune
1987 · Lauren Ames
The Money Pit
1986 · Anna Crowley
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984 · Self
Irreconcilable Differences
1984 · Lucy Van Patten Brodsky
Losin' It
1983 · Kathy
Night Shift
1982 · Belinda Keaton
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981 · Carol
Caveman
1981 · Tala
The Promise of Love
1980 · Lorraine
Ghost of a Chance
1980 · Jenny Clifford
A Small Circle of Friends
1980 · Alice
Young Guy Christian
1979 · Mia Mishugi
The Cracker Factory
1979 · Clara
Séries (29)
Switched
2011 · Rya Bellows
Section Genius
2011 · Mrs. Busby
Retired at 35
2011
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Famille moderne
2009 · DeDe Pritchett
Boston Justice
2004 · Miriam Watson
Les Sauvages
2004 · Judy
Le monde de Joan
2003 · Miss Candy
Touche pas à mes filles
2002 · Mary Ellen
Strong Medicine
2000 · Lauren Chase
Les Griffin
1999 · Carol Brady (voice)
Kelly Kelly
1998 · Kelly Novack
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Wicked Witch
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Boston Common
1996 · Louise Holmes
Life with Louie
1995 · Sally Tubbs (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Kay Ludlow
Frasier
1993 · Diane Chambers
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Lucille Newtrich
Good Advice
1993 · Susan DeRuzza
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · Narrator (voice)
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990 · Truddi Chase
Cheers
1982 · Diane Chambers
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
La croisière s'amuse
1977 · Heather McKenzie
Family
1976 · Joan "Harpo"
M*A*S*H
1972
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter, Self - Nominee