Shelley Lee Long was born on August 23,1949 and is an American actress, singer, and comedian.
25 Facts About Shelley Long
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Shelley Long won two Golden Globe Awards for the role.
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Shelley 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.
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Shelley Long was born on August 23,1949, in Indian Village, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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Shelley Long is the daughter and only child of Ivadine, a school teacher, and Leland Long who worked in the rubber industry before becoming a teacher.
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Shelley Long was active on her high school speech team, competing in the Indiana High School Forensic Association.
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Shelley Long got her initial break as an actress when she began doing local commercials for Homemakers furniture store in the Chicago area.
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Shelley Long appeared in the 1970s in VO5 shampoo print advertisements and in commercials for Camay soap as well as more Homemakers furniture commercials.
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In 1979, Shelley Long appeared in the television film The Cracker Factory as a psychiatric inmate.
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Amid some controversy, Shelley Long left Cheers after season five in 1987.
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Shelley Long starred in a series of comedies, such as The Money Pit, Outrageous Fortune, and Hello Again.
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Shelley Long was offered lead roles in Working Girl, Jumpin' Jack Flash, and My Stepmother Is an Alien but did not accept those roles.
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In 1990, Shelley Long returned to television for the fact-based miniseries Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase.
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Shelley Long received critical praise for the role, which required her to portray nearly 20 personalities.
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Shelley Long starred in the 1992 film A Message from Holly with Lindsay Wagner.
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Shelley Long plays a workaholic who finds out that her best friend has cancer and only six months to live, then stays with her in her last months.
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Shelley Long starred in the sitcom Good Advice with Treat Williams and Teri Garr, a show that lasted two seasons.
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Shelley Long later resurfaced as Diane in several episodes of the Kelsey Grammer spinoff series Frasier, for which she was nominated for another Emmy Award.
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Shelley Long appeared as Carol Brady in the 1995 hit film The Brady Bunch Movie which is a campy take of the popular television show.
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Shelley Long played the Wicked Witch of the Beanstalk in a 1998 episode of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
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Shelley Long later returned for a third go-around playing Carol Brady in the television film The Brady Bunch in the White House.
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Shelley Long guest-starred in several TV shows such as 8 Simple Rules, Yes Dear, Strong Medicine, and Boston Legal.
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Shelley Long had a recurring role on the popular ABC sitcom Modern Family as DeDe Pritchett, the ex-wife of Jay Pritchett.
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Shelley Long starred in television films, including Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door and Holiday Engagement.
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In 2016, Shelley Long produced and acted in the feature film Different Flowers.