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Versatile American actress Kirstie Alley has an estimated net worth of $30 million. Kristie has found success in feature films, but is still best known for her portrayal of neurotic Rebecca Howe during the latter years of the television series Cheers. Noted for her unusual beauty, thick, chestnut-colored hair, and whiskey voice, Alley studied drama in her native Kansas and then became an interior decorator. For a while, she went through a wild and crazy phase in which she abused cocaine and hung out with bikers, but when the lifestyle got old, Alley moved to California, underwent drug rehabilitation, and became a devout Scientologist.

She made her feature-film debut playing Savic, a Vulcan student of Mr. Spock in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and then played a major role in the television miniseries North and South, but she did not become a real star until she was selected to replace Shelly Long in Chieers in the late '80s. Though the role of Rebecca marked Alley as a comedienne, she is also a talented dramatic actress as she demonstrated in the 1988 outdoor thriller Shoot to Kill. In 1989, Alley had her first box-office hit with Look Who's Talking; that coupled with Cheers made her one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood and the winner of Emmys, a People's Choice award, and a Golden Globe for Look Who's Talking. With the demise of Cheers, Alley's career became more sporadic and the quality of her films uneven. In the fall of 1997, Alley starred in the NBC prime time sitcom Veronica's Closet.


Earnings & Financial Data

Date

Category

Description

Amount

2010

Asset

Asking price for her Isleboro Island home, which is currently listed in the market.

$2,350,000

2009

Asset

Value of her home in Encino, California, which is listed in the market.

$6,500,000

1999

Asset

Value of the former home of Lisa Marie Presley, a 5,200-sq-ft. waterfront mansion in Clearwater, Florida she purchased.

$1,500,000

1978

Misc.

Amount she won a contestant on Password Plus.

$800,000

1974

Misc.

Amount she earned when she appeared as a contestant on Match Game PM.

$6,000