
Shelley Long
ActressBorn 1949Active 2006–2012
Career at a glance
4Hallmark films
1 at Christmas
Audience rating5.9 / 10
across 4 rated films
Weirdness3.3 / 10
Mostly standard issue
Best reviewed
Most recent
Everything Shelley has done for Hallmark, from Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (2006) right through to Strawberry Summer (2012).
Follow & about Shelley
- From
- Fort Wayne
- Married to
- Bruce Tyson
Awards & honours
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 1983
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 1983
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 1985
Shelley Lee Long is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, Long 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. 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. From 2009 to 2018, she played the recurring role of DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series Modern Family.
All 4 movies
Newest first2010s
2 filmsShelley’s standouts
In pictures
A quick look at Shelley’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.




