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    Birthday: August 23, 1949

    Northwestern University drama student Shelley Long began picking up work in Chicago TV commercials in the mid-1970s. She went on to host the WMAQ-TV "magazine" program Sorting it Out, and honed her comic timing with the Second City troupe. While her actual film debut was in 1980's A Small Circle of Friends, Long prefers to list the 1981 spoof Caveman as her first film. After a ...more
    • 1984
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
    • Cheers (TV Series)
    • win
    • 1984
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
    • Irreconcilable Differences
    • nom
    • 1983
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical o
    • Cheers (TV Series)
    • nom
    • 1982
    • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture
    • Cheers (TV Series)
    • win


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