Once Alley decided to abandon her reckless lifestyle, she underwent drug rehabilitation and embraced Scientology, a religious belief created by the writer L.
Kirstie Alley's acting career really took off in the '80s, and after that, she landed a ton of great roles.
Her original name is Kirstie Louise Alley.
She drew backlash once again last week after firing off a series of tweets railing against the 'perverse' content being normalized on the internet and on television.
And in 2020, that meant criticizing news channels for how they covered the global coronavirus pandemic.
She struggled to get acting parts, first appearing on such television game shows as Match Game and Password Plus.