January 12: Happy Birthday Kirstie Alley

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Kirstie Alley turns 66 today. She worked for several years as an interior designer before being cast in her first acting role, as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. As the eighties went on she had several successful film roles, starring in Summer School, Shoot to Kill, and especially Look Who’s Talking. In 1987, she joined the cast of the hit sitcom Cheers as Rebecca Howe, and was nominated five straight years for the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy, winning in 1991.

Alley had mixed success in the 1990s. The Look Who’s Talking sequels did not match the box office of the first, and many of her other films were box office failures. However, she had good roles in Deconstructing Harry and Drop Dead Gorgeous. On television, she won a second Emmy for starring in the TV movie David’s Mother, and received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for starring in Veronica’s Closet. Her career since 2000 has largely been the stuff that WTHH articles are made of, although she has recently become part of the cast of Fox’s Scream Queens.