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The bar where everybody knows your name was also a remarkable launchpad for Hollywood stardom. Several cast members successfully transitioned from the beloved sitcom to the big screen, with some achieving massive box office success and critical acclaim. Shelley Long, who played the intellectual waitress Diane Chambers, was the first to make a major leap. She left the series in 1987 near its peak to focus on film, starring in popular 80s comedies like The Money Pit and Outrageous Fortune, and later gained new fans as Carol Brady in the hit Brady Bunch movies.
Ted Danson, the show's anchor as bartender Sam Malone, became a certified movie star with Three Men and a Baby, which was the highest-grossing film of 1987. Perhaps the most prolific and varied film career, however, belongs to Woody Harrelson. After joining the cast as the sweet but dim-witted Woody Boyd, Harrelson transformed into one of Hollywood's most respected actors, earning multiple Academy Award nominations and starring in everything from controversial dramas like Natural Born Killers to blockbuster franchises like The Hunger Games and Zombieland.
The cast's incredible post-Cheers success wasn't limited to just these three. While Kelsey Grammer's fame grew on television with the iconic spin-off Frasier, John Ratzenberger, who played
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