She also played Carol Brady in both The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel. She did return for a one-off appearance in the 1993 finale “One For The Road.” After Cheers, she made appearances in other celebrated shows like Frasier, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, and 8 Simple Rules. Shelley starred as Diane Chambers, until 1987, when she left the show. Her big break came in 1982, when she began starring in the iconic show Cheers, along with other greats like Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson. While she’s mostly kept private over the past few years, Shelley has had a prolific and impressive acting career, where she has made appearances in numerous sitcoms throughout her career.

Shelley Long at the NBC 75th anniversary in 2002. More recently, she starred in the mystery drama The Cleaner, alongside Lynda Carter and Luke Wilson. The death occurred on the annual Halloween show. After she finished her tenure on Modern Family in 2018 (making her final appearance in the episode “Good Grief”), she did a bit more voice acting work as Grandma Murphy in the TV short Milo Murphy’s Law. 'Modern Family' creator Steve Levitan spoke about why the show decided to have a recurring character played by Shelley Long die on the show. While Shelley hasn’t been been photographed out and about in some time, she has still kept up at work.