‘Cheers’ Star Shelley Long, 73, Seen In Very Rare Sighting Walking Dog: Photos

Shelley Long made a uncommon quality arsenic she stepped retired with her adorable canine successful Los Angeles. The Cheers icon, present 73, was spotted walking her saccharine chihuahua connected Wednesday, Oct. 19 dressed casually successful a cozy pinkish turtleneck. She wore a achromatic vest implicit top, paired with a comfy brace of grey sweatpants. Shelley finished her look with a debased cardinal shot chapeau and astute sneakers, arsenic good arsenic a brace of ligament framework glasses successful the images obtained by the New York Post. Almost precisely a twelvemonth ago, she was seen connected a similar stroll with the pup.

Shelley is champion known for her relation arsenic the lovable but dimwitted waitress Diane Chambers on Cheers, which she starred connected from 1982 – 1987. Long notably departed the bid aft 5 seasons, however, the iconic amusement went connected to tally for 11 years — yet wrapping up successful 1993. She earned an Emmy successful 1983 for the relation in Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series, and earned 5 further nominations for playing the memorable Diane. She went connected to reprise the relation successful the spinoff Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer, in 1995 (which nabbed her 1 of the 5 Emmy nods). Beyond designation for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Shelley has besides 1 2 Golden Globe Awards for Cheers.

Shelley Long starred connected ‘Cheers’ from 1982 – 1987. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

The show, which besides starred Kelsey, Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, precocious celebrated its 40th anniversary. While fans would emotion a reboot, Shelley has antecedently shared she doesn’t deliberation it would beryllium successful the cards. “I don’t deliberation anybody connected the ‘Cheers’ formed would privation to bash that again,” she said to ABC News. “We were blessed capable to person each different and to person those writers, and Jimmy Burrows, who produced and directed…[the creators] each were geniuses. It was conscionable an astonishing postulation of ace talented people. I don’t cognize however that happens oregon wherefore it happens, but it truly was thing special.”

Outside of the agelong moving NBC sitcom, Shelley besides appeared successful 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie and follow-up A Very Brady Sequel as Carol Brady. She’s besides known to younger audiences from Modern Family, arsenic Jay’s ex-wife and parent of Claire Dunphy and Mitchell Pritchett, DeDe.