Award-winning actress Kirstie Alley was born on January 12, 1951 in Wichita, Kansas. She has won Emmy Awards for her work in different television productions, such as Cheers and David’s Mother, as well as a Golden Globe for her performance in Cheers. A cheerleader during high school, she studied briefly at the Kansas State University, but dropped out to pursue a career in acting. She also worked briefly as an interior designer before appearing in a number of films. Among these are Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Look Who’s Talking, and Woody Allen’s Deconstructing Harry. Alley also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is a believer of Scientology.
Rebecca Howe is played by Kirstie Alley in the award-winning television comedy series Cheers. She starts out as the new manager picked by the bar’s corporate owner, and while eager to please her bosses, she has a difficult time adjusting to the bar’s more down-to-earth inhabitants. She hides behind her no-nonsense and tough demeanor a clumsy and neurotic woman, especially prone to annoying Sam. At one point, because of her heavy smoking, a fire nearly burns down the Cheers bar from one of her stray cigarettes, and she’s forced to use both her life savings and to work as a waitress to get the place back in shape.
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