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Shelley Long
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Shelley Lee Long is an American actress, model, and television and film actor. Born on August 23, 1949, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she began her professional career in 1975. Long is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. She has one child and was a student of Del Close.
Her accolades include the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She has also received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.
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Film & TV
Acting · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
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…
Known for
- The Cleaner — Sharon Enderly2021
- Different Flowers — Grandma Mildred2017
- Christmas in the Heartland — Judy Wilkins2017
- Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows — Self2016
- Love Again — Nona2014
- The Wedding Chapel — Jeanie Robertson2013
- Holiday Road Trip — Cynthia2013
- Zombie Hamlet — Shine Reynolds2012
- Merry In-Laws — Mrs. Claus2012
- The Dog Who Saved the Holidays — Aunt Barbara2012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Netherlands
- Active from
- 1943-10-22
- Active to
- 2006-12-13
Discography
- Vroeger of later1974
- Levenslang1977
- Homo Sapiens1979
- Über Kurz oder Lang1979
- Homo sapiens1981
- Dag kleine jongen1983
- Tag kleiner Junge1984
- Achter de horizon1986
- Hinter dem Horizont1986
- Hartstocht1987
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 15
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fully convolutional networks for semantic segmentation
· 2015 · cited 28,130x
- The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis
· 1998 · cited 19,805x
- Robust enumeration of cell subsets from tissue expression profiles
· 2015 · cited 11,559x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,996x
- Biological identifications through DNA barcodes
· 2003 · cited 10,511x
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Quotes
- “I'm not as klutzy as I used to be... I've had visual therapy and all kinds of things to help, but I still wrap my purse around chair legs when I stand up to leave. I do ridiculous things on camera because I do them in my life all the time.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-08-23 ) August 23, 1949 (age 76) , Fort Wayne, Indiana , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Northwestern University
- Occupations
- Actress singer comedian
- Years active
- 1971–2022
- Known for
- Cheers Irreconcilable Differences Night Shift Outrageous Fortune Hello Again The Brady Bunch Movie A Very Brady Sequel The Brady Bunch in the White House
- Spouses
- Ken Solomon, ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970s) Bruce Tyson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Long
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fort Wayne
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Student of
- Del Close
- Image
- Shelley Long with Terrie Frankel 1996 Cable Ace Awards (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1949-08-23
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- Commons category
- Shelley Long
- birth name
- Shelley Lee Long
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Shelley Lee Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, Long 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. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off Frasier, for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. From 2009 to 2018, she played the recurring role of DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series Modern Family.
Long has also 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).
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