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{{short description|Fictional character in the series Cheers}}
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{{Infobox character
| name             = Rebecca Howe
| series           = [[Cheers]]
| image            = Rebecca Howe in Cheers episode Don't Paint Your Chickens.png
| caption          = Rebecca exclaiming, "I'm Doin' It, Babe!", in "Don't Paint Your Chickens" (season 7, episode 15)
| alt              = A brunette woman in a blue dress using both of her index fingers to point toward her view and wide away from each other.
| first            = "[[Home Is the Sailor (Cheers)|Home is the Sailor]]" <br>(season 6, episode 1)
| last             = "[[One for the Road (Cheers)|One for the Road]]" <br>(season 11, episode 25)
| creator          = [[Glen and Les Charles]]
| portrayer        = [[Kirstie Alley]]
| gender           = Female
| occupation       = Bar manager and [[waitress]]
| spouse           = [[List of Cheers characters#Don Santry|Don Santry]] (ex-husband)
| family           = [[List of Cheers characters#Captain Franklin Howe|Captain Franklin Howe]] (father)<br>[[List of Cheers characters#Susan Howe|Susan Howe]] (sister)<br>Rebecca (aunt)
}}

'''Rebecca Howe''' is a fictional character of the American television sitcom ''[[Cheers]]'', portrayed by [[Kirstie Alley]] and created by [[Glen and Les Charles]]. Rebecca appeared in 147 episodes of ''Cheers'' between 1987 and 1993 and in one episode of ''[[Wings (NBC TV series)|Wings]]''. She debuts in the season six episode "[[Home Is the Sailor (Cheers)|Home Is the Sailor]]" after [[Shelley Long]]—who played waitress [[Diane Chambers]]—left the show to pursue a movie career. Much of the show's humor in previous seasons had been based around the interaction and sexual tension between the womanizing, working-class main character, bartender [[Sam Malone]], and the high-class, snobbish Diane. Rebecca was intended to fill the gap as Sam's new female foil.<ref>{{cite news|title= One Last Round as 'Cheers' Finale Is Taped|work= The New York Times|date=April 2, 1993|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/news/one-last-round-as-cheers-finale-is-taped.html?scp=7&sq=Rebecca%20Howe%20kirstie%20alley&st=cse|access-date=August 17, 2010 | first=Robert | last=Reinhold}}</ref>

After Sam sells the bar to a corporation, the audience learns Rebecca is the new manager of Cheers. She spars with Sam and frequently rejects his advances. She gradually becomes neurotic and falls in love with almost every rich man in [[Boston]]. With the exception of the late [[Nicholas Colasanto]], Alley was the only ''Cheers'' regular cast member who never reprised her role in the spin-off series ''[[Frasier]]'', even when her character Rebecca is briefly mentioned in the episode, "[[The Show Where Sam Shows Up]]".<!-- do not add additional details about Alley's refusal to appear in FRASIER without reliable sources-->

For her performance as Rebecca, Alley won a [[Golden Globe Award]] in 1991 as the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Series]] and an [[Emmy Award]] in 1991 as an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]].