Kelly Gaines

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Kelly Gaines
Gender Female
Hair color Blond
Eye color Blue
Role in Cheers Rich girlfriend/wife
Portrayed by Jackie Swanson

Kelly Gaines was a character on the American television show Cheers, portrayed by Jackie Swanson. Kelly joined Cheers in the middle of the seventh season as Woody Boyd’s love interest. She appeared in 24 episodes.

Kelly is the daughter of Walter Gaines (Richard Doyle), a Vice-President at Lillian Corporation and Rebecca Howe's boss. The Gaines are a rich Lutheran, Boston-based family. Kelly has a collection of over 1,000 Barbie dolls.

Kelly and Woody first meet in the 13th episode of the 7th season (first aired on February 9, 1989). Woody and Sam are bartending at a private party to celebrate Kelly’s return from Europe. Kelly is a rich and sheltered girl, but Woody is able to open her eyes to new experiences, the first being a monster truck pull. Again in Kelly’s third appearance in the 19th episode of the 7th season ("The Gift of the Woodi", first aired April 6, 1989), Woody teaches her a lesson from his world. Instead of buying her an expensive gift for her birthday, he writes her a memorable song.

Kelly and Woody marry in the 10th season’s finale episode. The marriage, at the Gaines' mansion, was a truly memorable fiasco: The minister died; a flirtatious European woman teased Sam until her fanatically-jealous husband brandished a sword; Rebecca's petulance caused the French chef to quit, leaving Miss Howe in charge of the food; Carla kept getting pushed down the shaft in the dumbwaiter; Woody could not keep his hands (and other things) off Kelly before the ceremony; and two attack dogs (cf. "The Lads" on Magnum, P. I.) menaced everyone who dared exit the kitchen to the patio, until the super-infuriated Carla chased them inside, at which time they whimpered like puppies and scampered away. To top it off, the dead body of the minister tipped over and toppled the wedding cake to the floor.

Kelly and Woody were expecting their first child when Cheers ended.

On the second season of Frasier, Sam visits and it is revealed that Kelly and Woody's first child was a baby boy. In the sixth season, Woody visits Seattle and reveals that he and Kelly have had another child, a girl.

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