<Li> Frasier Crane (ex-fiancé, 1984--1985) </Li> <Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <P> Diane Chambers is a fictional character in the American television situation comedy show Cheers, portrayed by Shelley Long and created by Glen and Les Charles . After her fiancé Sumner Sloan abandons her in the Cheers bar in the pilot episode, Diane works as a bar waitress . She has an on - off relationship with the womanizing bartender Sam Malone (Ted Danson) and a one - year relationship with Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who later becomes a main character of the series and Frasier . When Long left the series during the fifth season, the producers wrote her character out . Since then, they added her permanent replacement Rebecca Howe, a businesswoman played by Kirstie Alley, in the sixth season . Shelley Long made a special guest appearance in the series finale as Diane in the eleventh and final season . Long also appeared in Frasier as Diane's fantasy counterpart in Frasier's dreams and the actual Diane in a crossover episode "The Show Where Diane Comes Back". </P> <P> Other actresses auditioned for the role of Diane Chambers . Producers decided to give Long the role primarily for her scenes with Ted Danson as Sam . Critical reception for the character has been mostly positive . For her performance as Diane, Long won an Emmy Award in 1983 for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and two Golden Globe Awards in respectively 1983 and 1985 for a Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series . </P>

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