Shelley Long

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 ...

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A Small Circle of Friends (1980)

In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by romantic feelings both men develop for Jessica.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Cohen
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Karen Allen  •  Jameson Parker  •  Shelley Long

In the late 1960s, three Harvard students Jessica, Leo and Nick grow close as they undergo personal changes, but their friendship is jeopardized by romantic feelings both men develop for Jessica.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Cohen
CAST:  Brad Davis  •  Karen Allen  •  Jameson Parker  •  Shelley Long

Irreconcilable Differences (1984)

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Shyer
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Shelley Long  •  Drew Barrymore  •  Sam Wanamaker

Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Shyer
CAST:  Ryan O'Neal  •  Shelley Long  •  Drew Barrymore  •  Sam Wanamaker

Night Shift (1982)

A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Michael Keaton  •  Shelley Long  •  Gina Hecht

A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Henry Winkler  •  Michael Keaton  •  Shelley Long  •  Gina Hecht

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Betty Thomas
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Christine Taylor  •  Christopher Daniel Barnes  •  Gary Cole

The original '70s TV family is now placed in the 1990s, where they're even more square and out of place than ever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Betty Thomas
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Christine Taylor  •  Christopher Daniel Barnes  •  Gary Cole

The Money Pit (1986)

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Benjamin
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Shelley Long  •  Alexander Godunov  •  Maureen Stapleton

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Benjamin
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Shelley Long  •  Alexander Godunov  •  Maureen Stapleton

Dr. T & the Women (2000)

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A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Helen Hunt  •  Farrah Fawcett  •  Laura Dern

A successful Texas gynecologist finds himself amid a bevy of women and their problems – his wife’s breakdown, his daughter's fake marriage, his other daughter’s conspiracy theories, and his secretary’s crush. Craving time for himself, he finds solace in a kind outsider.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Altman
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Helen Hunt  •  Farrah Fawcett  •  Laura Dern

Caveman (1981)

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Ringo Starr  •  Dennis Quaid  •  Shelley Long  •  Jack Gilford

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Gottlieb
CAST:  Ringo Starr  •  Dennis Quaid  •  Shelley Long  •  Jack Gilford

Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Bette Midler  •  Peter Coyote  •  Robert Prosky

Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up dating the same man (who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Bette Midler  •  Peter Coyote  •  Robert Prosky

Troop Beverly Hills (1989)

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Betty Thomas  •  Mary Gross

A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeff Kanew
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Betty Thomas  •  Mary Gross

Losin' It (1982)

Set in 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Hanson
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Jackie Earle Haley  •  John Stockwell  •  John P. Navin, Jr.

Set in 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Hanson
CAST:  Tom Cruise  •  Jackie Earle Haley  •  John Stockwell  •  John P. Navin, Jr.

A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arlene Sanford
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Gary Cole  •  Tim Matheson  •  Christine Taylor

A man claiming to be Carol Brady's long-lost first husband, Roy Martin, shows up at the suburban Brady residence one evening. An impostor, the man is actually determined to steal the Bradys' familiar horse statue, a $20-million ancient Asian artifact.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arlene Sanford
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Gary Cole  •  Tim Matheson  •  Christine Taylor

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990)

A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Tom Conti  •  John Rubinstein  •  Alan Fudge

A woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder is found during therapy to have suffered child abuse in this fact-based story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lamont Johnson
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Tom Conti  •  John Rubinstein  •  Alan Fudge

Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Jami Gertz  •  Shelley Long  •  Kyle MacLachlan

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tries to set him up with suitable woman. But to do so, she must turn him into an irresistible man. When he falls in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm Mowbray
CAST:  Steve Guttenberg  •  Jami Gertz  •  Shelley Long  •  Kyle MacLachlan

The Santa Trap (2002)

It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Shepphird
CAST:  Sonny Carl Davis  •  Shelley Long  •  Robert Hays  •  Stacy Keach

It's Christmas Eve and Judy Emerson is told there's no such thing as Santa. Determined to prove her family wrong, she sets an elaborate trap and successfully captures Santa Claus himself. But her parents think the jolly old elf is a burglar and have Santa arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Shepphird
CAST:  Sonny Carl Davis  •  Shelley Long  •  Robert Hays  •  Stacy Keach

Ice Dreams (2009)

Fourteen years after a tragic accident, former Olympian figure skater Amy Clayton agrees to coach a young student. In doing so, she must face the demons of her past and embark upon a journey of healing her shattered life and broken relationships. Being on the ice ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burton Morris
CAST:  Jessica Cauffiel  •  Shelley Long  •  Brady Smith  •  Kathleen Wilhoite

Fourteen years after a tragic accident, former Olympian figure skater Amy Clayton agrees to coach a young student. In doing so, she must face the demons of her past and embark upon a journey of healing her shattered life and broken relationships. Being on the ice ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Burton Morris
CAST:  Jessica Cauffiel  •  Shelley Long  •  Brady Smith  •  Kathleen Wilhoite

Holiday Road Trip (2013)

Ashley Scott plays an executive for a company that produces pet supplies. Just after getting into a fight with her boyfriend about their relationship status, she takes up with the company's mascot and the company president's son on a road trip across America at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Olen Ray
CAST:  Ashley Scott  •  Patrick Muldoon  •  Kip Pardue  •  George Hamilton

Ashley Scott plays an executive for a company that produces pet supplies. Just after getting into a fight with her boyfriend about their relationship status, she takes up with the company's mascot and the company president's son on a road trip across America at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Olen Ray
CAST:  Ashley Scott  •  Patrick Muldoon  •  Kip Pardue  •  George Hamilton

Best Man Down (2012)

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Koland
CAST:  Justin Long  •  Jess Weixler  •  Tyler Labine  •  Addison Timlin

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Koland
CAST:  Justin Long  •  Jess Weixler  •  Tyler Labine  •  Addison Timlin

Zombie Hamlet (2012)

Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil war Hamlet but when production funding dries up, he agrees to take southern matron Hester Beauchamps offer to fund the film if he throws some zombies in it to make their money back. But when Hester dies in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Murlowski
CAST:  John Amos  •  A.J. Buckley  •  K. C. Clyde  •  Kim Collins

Desperate filmmaker Osric Taylor dreams of making his civil war Hamlet but when production funding dries up, he agrees to take southern matron Hester Beauchamps offer to fund the film if he throws some zombies in it to make their money back. But when Hester dies in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Murlowski
CAST:  John Amos  •  A.J. Buckley  •  K. C. Clyde  •  Kim Collins

Holiday Engagement (2011)

Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's why Hillary is so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Fall
CAST:  Bonnie Somerville  •  Shelley Long  •  Jordan Bridges  •  Sam McMurray

Thirty-something Hillary Burns has spent her life trying to get the approval of her parents, most specifically her judgmental mother, Meredith Burns, thus far without success. Part of that approval for Hillary is to marry the right man. That's why Hillary is so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Fall
CAST:  Bonnie Somerville  •  Shelley Long  •  Jordan Bridges  •  Sam McMurray

Honeymoon with Mom (2006)

When Shannon is dumped at the altar, her single mother, Marla, suggests they take the planned honeymoon to a remote island resort together. Marla, a publisher of a top magazine, tells Shannon that the trip to paradise will make their relationship stronger, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul A. Kaufman
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Jack Scalia  •  Virginia Williams  •  Eric Johnson

When Shannon is dumped at the altar, her single mother, Marla, suggests they take the planned honeymoon to a remote island resort together. Marla, a publisher of a top magazine, tells Shannon that the trip to paradise will make their relationship stronger, but she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul A. Kaufman
CAST:  Shelley Long  •  Jack Scalia  •  Virginia Williams  •  Eric Johnson
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