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Shelley Long and Matt Dillion Guest Star on Modern Family: How old is Shelley Long Anyway?

We saw some familiar faces as guest stars on Modern Family tonight: Shelley Long was back as Jay’s ex-wife. Matt Dillon played Claire’s ex-boyfriend.

Did you watch Modern Family “Princess Party” episode? What did you think? ( Read Shelley Long more... )

Shelley Long and Matt Dillon on 'Modern Family': What did you think?

Eighties icon Shelley Long, 61, is choosing her TV and movie appearances carefully these days, so it's always a treat to see her on our screens -- especially when she appears on "Modern Family" as the inevitable pot-stirrer DeDe Pritchett, Mitchell and Claire's mother.

This time, she arrives (backed by ominous music) with Matt Dillon, who plays Robbie Sullivan, Claire's high school sweetheart. Apparently, when DeDe bumped into Robbie -- a limo driver -- she forgot to mention Claire's husband. ( Read Shelley Long more... )

Matt Dillion and Shelley Long may just be the new it couple of 'Modern Family'

Modern Family is celebrating a birthday tonight! Well, one of the characters is, anyway, and we are just glad to be invited...especially because the rest of the “Princess Party” guest list seems to go off the rails a bit.

Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) takes the reigns once again, much like he tried to when building Lily’s princess playhouse in the backyard, and he decides to invite his mom (guest star Shelley Long) to the party, which upsets Claire (Julie Bowen) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) for very different reasons. He also decides to invite a new form of entertainment, in an actress dressed up as a Princess, instead of allowing Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) to don his Fizbo makeup once again. ( Read Shelley Long more... )

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