Australian Politics Forum - Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71

Brian Ross Gold Member Online Representative of me Posts: 40709	Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71 Dec 6^th, 2022 at 11:58am Kirstie Alley, actor who starred in Cheers, dies aged 71
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greggerypeccary Moderator Online Australian Politics Posts: 136054 Gender:	Re: Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71 Reply #1 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 12:03pm Oh, no I'm currently working my way through the series again.
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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9245 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71 Reply #2 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 12:47pm Sad news. First time I remember seeing her was when she played Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) which was her feature film debut. RIP Kirstie Alley.
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Reply #3 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 5:40pm

Sad news. I've always been a fan.

My first encounter with her was playing a plantation owner's daughter turned fanatical abolitionist in North and South ... a miniseries set during the Civil War ... in the '80s..Ii watched with my mum as a kid and we loved it. It's a very fond memory. It also introduced us to Patrick Swayze, who played her love interest.

She was excellent.

Then of course went on to show she had real comedy talent too.

And throughout all of the poo she was put through, she remained humane, thoughtful and absolutely full of integrity.

Vale. Hope she passed peacefully.

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Reply #4 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 6:08pm

Carl D wrote on Dec 6^th, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Sad news.

First time I remember seeing her was when she played Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) which was her feature film debut.

RIP Kirstie Alley.

The first I was aware of was Look who's talking. I did see her play Savvik first but didn't know who she was then.

She was in so many shows.

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Reply #5 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 7:12pm

Dnarever wrote on Dec 6^th, 2022 at 6:08pm:

The first I was aware of was Look who's talking. I did see her play Savvik first but didn't know who she was then.

She was in so many shows.

Saavik also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) but she was played by Robin Curtis in both of those films.

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Reply #6 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 7:19pm

Carl D wrote on Dec 6^th, 2022 at 7:12pm:

Dnarever wrote on Dec 6^th, 2022 at 6:08pm:

The first I was aware of was Look who's talking. I did see her play Savvik first but didn't know who she was then.

She was in so many shows.

Saavik also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) but she was played by Robin Curtis in both of those films.

Who said that big pointy ears were not hot ?

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74183 Gender:	Re: Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71 Reply #7 - Dec 6^th, 2022 at 7:23pm Great actress. May she rest in peace
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Re: Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71
Reply #8 - Dec 7^th, 2022 at 1:40am

Carl D wrote on Dec 6^th, 2022 at 12:47pm:

Sad news.

First time I remember seeing her was when she played Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) which was her feature film debut.

RIP Kirstie Alley.

She had this recognisable face in that movie, I recall thinking. This was when the television networks went through the Star Trek feature movies (just prior to Star Trek 5 being released in theatre). And there was the soon-to-be-released "Look Who's Talking". I think this was 1989. I cannot recall watching a whole episode of "Cheers". So, I would not have known that Alley was in the show.

I think the fascination with Alley finished in the 1990s. Alley had an issue with her weight that got her to begin a weight loss program. After that, I heard about her here and then. RIP Kirstie.

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Carl D Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9245 Rivervale, Perth Gender:	Re: Kirstie Alley, dies aged 71 Reply #9 - Dec 7^th, 2022 at 8:21am Apparently Kirstie Alley didn't want to return to play Saavik in the third and fourth Star Trek movies because she was concerned about being "typecast" in much the same way as Leonard Nimoy would always be known as Spock by most people.
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