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.
88 acting credits
Acting · 88
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Modern Family
2009
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Frasier
1993
Cheers
1982
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
M*A*S*H
1972
Boston Legal
2004
Strong Medicine
2000
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Switched at Birth
2011
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Joan of Arcadia
2003
8 Simple Rules
2002
Family
1976
A.N.T. Farm
2011
Boston Common
1996
Complete Savages
2004
Good Advice
1993
Life with Louie
1994
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
The Money Pit
1986
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Night Shift
1982
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Retired at 35
2011
The Cleaner
2021
The Brady Bunch Movie
1995
Caveman
1981
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988
Dr. T & the Women
2000
Troop Beverly Hills
1989
Kelly Kelly
1998
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
The Brady Bunch in the White House
2002
Christmas in the Heartland
2017
Hello Again
1987
A Very Brady Sequel
1996
Best Man Down
2012
Losin' It
1983
Freaky Friday
1995
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic
1991
Irreconcilable Differences
1984
Outrageous Fortune
1987
Zombie Hamlet
2012
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
1990
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
1993
Pizza Man
2011
The Frasier Story
1999
A Different Kind of Christmas
1996
The Cracker Factory
1979
The Santa Trap
2002
Frozen Assets
1992
Holiday Engagement
2011
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
The Dog Who Saved the Holidays
2012
Susie Q
1996
Jingle Bells
1999
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
2006
A Small Circle of Friends
1980
The Adventures of Ragtime
1998
Holiday Road Trip
2013
The Wedding Chapel
2013
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
2007
Fatal Memories
1992
Trust Me
2007
Honeymoon with Mom
2006
Strawberry Summer
2012
Different Flowers
2017
The Promise of Love
1980
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981
Ice Dreams
2009
Memories of M*A*S*H
1991
Love Again
2014
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
Welcome to Paradise
1995
Merry In-Laws
2012
A Message from Holly
1992
The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep
1991
Vanished Without a Trace
1999
Ghost of a Chance
1980
Young Guy Christian
1979
TV's All-Time #1s
1997