Kirstie Alley, star of 'Cheers and 'Look Who's Talking,' dies at 71
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Kirstie Alley, who received an Emmy nomination for her work on "Cheers" and appeared in movies including "Look Who's Talking," passed away on Monday. She was 71.
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Alley's children True and Lillie Parker wrote on Twitter that she passed away from cancer that had only recently been identified. The death was verified by Alley's manager Donovan Daughtry in an email to The Associated Press.
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"As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother," her children's statement said
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For the part in 1991, Alley would receive an Emmy for best lead actress in a comedy series. For portraying the title character in the CBS TV film "David's Mother," she would win a second Emmy in 1993 for best lead actress in a miniseries or television movie.
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She portrayed the mother of a baby whose inner thoughts were narrated by Bruce Willis in the 1989 comedy "Look Who's Talking," which provided her a significant career boost. Additionally, she would show up in the 1990 follow-up, "Look Who's Talking Too."
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Alley played cocktail waitress and bar manager Rebecca Howe on the popular NBC sitcom Cheers. She quickly won over viewers by thwarting approaches from Ted Danson's womanising bar owner Sam Malone.
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She joined the show in 1987, during the height of its success, and continued to appear until its cancellation in 1993, appearing in 147 episodes.
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Her first television appearances were as a game show contestant, on "The Match Game" in 1979 and Password" in 1980.
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She made her film debut in 1982's "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan."