Actress Shelley Long has been spotted in Los Angeles for a stroll with her pet Chihuahua. Paparazzi captured the Cheers star taking a break from her walk and relaxing on a park bench while she watched her dog roam around.
She kept it casual in a gray jacket, light blue top, cuffed jeans, and Nike sneakers, appearing almost unrecognizable from her heyday in the 80s.
The reclusive 1980s TV icon keeps a shallow profile these days. And was last photographed in public in April 2019.
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The actress found fame playing intellectual barmaid Diane Chambers in the 1980s sitcom. But it has also appeared in many other hit shows and movies, including The Money Pit, Troop Beverly Hills, Hello Again, and The Brady Bunch.
She reprised her Cheers role to appear as a guest character on Frasier opposite on-screen love interest Kelsey Grammer.
In his 1995 biography ‘So Far,’ Kelsey claimed Shelley was unpopular with producers on Cheers. Whom he alleged grew tired of her constant complaints about his character and plotlines.
Her character’s on-again, off-again romance with former Red Sox relief pitcher Sam Malone (played by fellow Emmy winner Ted Danson). Kept the show on the top of the rating chart year after year.
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She quit at the end of Season 5 in 1986, believing her character had run its course.
She has been divorced twice and is a mother of one. Has lived in a $1.3 million condo in the upscale West Los Angeles enclave of Pacific Palisades, California. Since divorcing her second husband, Bruce Tyson, in 2004.
But according to locals, she is rarely seen out and about. Shelley long 2022 mostly consists of keeping to herself.
Other celebrities who live in the family-friendly Pacific Palisades include Kate Hudson, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Larry David, and Tom Hanks.
Despite starring in several iconic films. Her role as Diane on Cheers won her an Emmy and endeared her to the public.