Cheers: Where The Liquor Flowed…And So Did The Drama!

No Love for Long

The show Cheers is known for the close-knit characters on screen. This closeness was continued on in real life when the cameras were not rolling as the cast of Cheers were all close friends. This included all the regular actors in the show except for Shelley Long. Shelley Long was liked by none of the other actors in the show. Long was known to spend her time by herself when there were breaks in filming on set while the rest of the cast and crew hung out and had fun. Shelley Long said that she felt that she was better than the other cast members and refused to associate with them.

Shelley Long Now

Since her role as Diane Chambers on Cheers and Frasier, Shelley Long, now 67 years old, has continued to act. In 1990, Long starred in the ABC miniseries Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase; in this show, Long portrayed nearly 20 different personalities and received critical praise. She starred in a number of television movies and romantic comedies and played Carol Brady in the 1995 film The Brady Bunch Movie. Long eventually returned to television, with roles on Strong Medicine, Boston Legal, 8 Simple Rules, and more. Younger viewers might recognize her for her recurring role as DeDe Pritchett, the ex-wife of Jay Pritchett, on the ABC sitcom Modern Family.