Long, Shelley

1949 – She was born on the 23rd day of August this year in Fort Wayne, United States. After graduating from South Side High School in Fort Wayne, she studied drama at Northwestern University, but left before graduating to pursue a career in acting and modelling.

1975 - In Chicago, she joined The Second City comedy troupe and in this year, she began writing, producing, and co-hosting the television program Sorting It Out.

1979 - While pursuing her acting career, Shelley Long met securities broker Bruce Tyson, whom she married in October 1981.

1980 - Her first notable role came in this year with A Small Circle of Friends, opposite Brad Davis and Karen Allen. The film about social unrest at Harvard University during the 1960s was a critical success.

1981 - She played the role of Tala in the Ringo Starr film Caveman, starring opposite Dennis Quaid.

1984 – She was nominated for a Best Leading Actress Golden Globe for her performance in Irreconcilable Differences.

1985 – She gave birth to her only child, her daughter Juliana on March 27 of this year.

1986 – She then appeared in a series of comedies, such as : The Money Pit, starring Tom Hanks in this year, Outrageous Fortune with Bette Midler and Peter Coyote, 1987 and Hello Again with Corbin Bernsen, 1987.

1993 – She returned to Cheers for its series finale and starred in the short lived sitcom Good Advice with Treat Williams and Teri Garr, but the show was cancelled after two seasons.

1995 – She re-appeared as Diane Chambers in an episode of Frasier and appeared in the campy big screen re-make of The Brady Bunch Movie, which was a surprise hit and revived her career as a comedienne.

1996 – She reprised her role as Carol Brady in A Very Brady Sequel, which had success that is more modest.

2000 – She took a supporting role in the Richard Gere film, Dr. T and the Women.

2002 - She reprised her role as Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch in the White House.

2003 – In one of her interviews in this year on 'THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW', she said that she left for a number of reasons, but the one big reason was that she wanted to spend more time with her newborn daughter.

2004 – After 23 years of marriage, Bruce Tyson filed for divorce.