Acting credits
83
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Shelley Long
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
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Movies: 54Series: 29Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 56881
IMDb ID: nm0001480
Known for: Acting
Born: August 23, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2021
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.49
Wikidata: Q232951
Also known as
Shelley Lee Long • شلی لانگ
Other jobs
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Biography
Shelley Long (born August 23, 1949) is an American 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Shelley Long.
5.5
The Cleaner
as Sharon Enderly
2021 Movie
6.1
Christmas in the Heartland
as Judy Wilkins
2017 Movie
5.5
Different Flowers
as Grandma Mildred
2017 Movie
4.1
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016 Movie
5.8
Love Again
as Nona
2014 Movie
5.2
Holiday Road Trip
as Cynthia
2013 Movie
5.3
The Wedding Chapel
as Jeanie Robertson
2013 Movie
5.4
Merry In-Laws
as Mrs. Claus
2012 Movie
4.6
The Dog Who Saved the Holidays
as Aunt Barbara
2012 Movie
6.7
Best Man Down
as Gail
2012 Movie
6.2
Strawberry Summer
as Eileen Landon
2012 Movie
5.5
Zombie Hamlet
as Shine Reynolds
2012 Movie
5.8
Holiday Engagement
as Meredith Burns
2011 Movie
4.0
Pizza Man
as Mrs. Burns
2011 Movie
6.4
Ice Dreams
as Harriet Clayton
2009 Movie
A Couple of White Chicks at the Hairdresser
as Barbara
2007 Movie
5.0
Trust Me
as Mitzi Robinson
2007 Movie
2.3
Honeymoon with Mom
as Marla (Mom)
2006 Movie
5.9
Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door
as Betsy Lucas
2006 Movie
5.5
The Santa Trap
as Molly Emerson
2002 Movie
4.1
The Brady Bunch in the White House
as Carol Brady
2002 Movie
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002 Movie
4.9
Dr. T & the Women
as Carolyn
2000 Movie
4.9
Vanished Without a Trace
as Elizabeth Porterson
1999 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Shelley Long.
7.5
Switched at Birth
as Rya Bellows • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.2
A.N.T. Farm
as Mrs. Busby • 1 eps
2011 Series
3.7
Retired at 35
1 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Modern Family
as DeDe Pritchett • 8 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Boston Legal
as Miriam Watson • 1 eps
2004 Series
6.2
Complete Savages
as Judy • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.3
Joan of Arcadia
as Miss Candy • 1 eps
2003 Series
6.8
8 Simple Rules
as Mary Ellen • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Strong Medicine
as Lauren Chase • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.4
Family Guy
as Carol Brady (voice) • 1 eps
1999 Series
Kelly Kelly
as Kelly Novack • 7 eps
1998 Series
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Wicked Witch • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
6.9
Boston Common
as Louise Holmes • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.8
Life with Louie
as Sally Tubbs (voice) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
as Kay Ludlow • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Diane Chambers • 4 eps
1993 Series
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Lucille Newtrich • 1 eps
1993 Series
6.0
Good Advice
as Susan DeRuzza • 19 eps
1993 Series
10.0
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase
as Truddi Chase • 2 eps
1990 Series
7.5
Cheers
as Diane Chambers • 122 eps
1982 Series
6.5
Trapper John, M.D.
1 eps
1979 Series