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'''Carol Leifer''' (pronounced LEE-fur) (born July 27, 1956) is an American comedienne. |
'''Carol Leifer''' (pronounced LEE-fur) (born July 27, 1956) is an American comedienne. |
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Leifer was born on [[Long Island]], New York,to an [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] family, the daughter of Anna, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Carol-Leifer.html Carol Leifer Biography (1956-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
Leifer was born on [[Long Island]], New York, to an [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] family, the daughter of Anna, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Carol-Leifer.html Carol Leifer Biography (1956-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Leifer is an accomplished [[stand-up comedian]], writer, [[Television producer|producer]] and actor and has been involved in such television shows as ''Seinfeld'', ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]'', ''[[Alright Already (TV series)|Alright Already]]'', and ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''. With [[Mitchell Hurwitz]], she is the creator of the short-lived ''[[The Ellen Show]]'' (2001). In 1988, she had her own special on [[Cinemax]] titled ''Carol Doesn't Leifer Anymore'', which was produced by [[David Letterman]]. This was shortly followed several more specials, tiled ''Carol Leifer Comedy Cruise'' (1989), ''Really Big Show'' (1990), and ''Gaudy, Baudy, and Blue'' (1992). She was a writer on Saturday Night Live during the 1985/1986 season. |
Leifer is an accomplished [[stand-up comedian]], writer, [[Television producer|producer]] and actor and has been involved in such television shows as ''Seinfeld'', ''[[It's Like, You Know...]]'', ''[[Alright Already (TV series)|Alright Already]]'', and ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''. With [[Mitchell Hurwitz]], she is the creator of the short-lived ''[[The Ellen Show]]'' (2001). In 1988, she had her own special on [[Cinemax]] titled ''Carol Doesn't Leifer Anymore'', which was produced by [[David Letterman]]. This was shortly followed several more specials, tiled ''Carol Leifer Comedy Cruise'' (1989), ''Really Big Show'' (1990), and ''Gaudy, Baudy, and Blue'' (1992). She was a writer on Saturday Night Live during the 1985/1986 season. |
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Revision as of 02:07, 20 February 2009
Carol Leifer | |
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| Occupation | Television Writer, Stand-Up Comedian |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Comedy |
Carol Leifer (pronounced LEE-fur) (born July 27, 1956) is an American comedienne.
Leifer was born on Long Island, New York, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family, the daughter of Anna, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist.[1]
Leifer is an accomplished stand-up comedian, writer, producer and actor and has been involved in such television shows as Seinfeld, It's Like, You Know..., Alright Already, and The Larry Sanders Show. With Mitchell Hurwitz, she is the creator of the short-lived The Ellen Show (2001). In 1988, she had her own special on Cinemax titled Carol Doesn't Leifer Anymore, which was produced by David Letterman. This was shortly followed several more specials, tiled Carol Leifer Comedy Cruise (1989), Really Big Show (1990), and Gaudy, Baudy, and Blue (1992). She was a writer on Saturday Night Live during the 1985/1986 season.
No stranger to the late-night TV circuit, she has performed on Late Night With David Letterman 25 times. Carol has also appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Dr. Katz, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, Hollywood Squares, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Her hosting duties have included four seasons of A&E's Caroline's Comedy Hour, as well as guest stints on Talk Soup and Later.
Carol starred in, created and executive-produced the WB sitcom "Alright Already," called one of the "10 Best New Shows of the New Season" by the LA Times and The Washington Post.
Her stand-up merits include opening for Jerry Seinfeld and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra was later heard praising Leifer, saying "That Carol Leifer is ... one funny broad!" and "I wish my mother had been that funny - I wouldn't have had to work so hard." She is still currently working the stand-up circuit and is supposedly writing an original picture for Dreamworks. Additionally Leifer is a writer and co-executive producer on the CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement.
In September 2007, Leifer won an auction for the handwritten notes used by Michael Vick during his apology for his role in dogfighting.[2]
Leifer is currently in a committed relationship with Lori Wolf, who works in commercial real estate.[3] [4] They share a $3.2-million, 5,000 square foot home in the Santa Monica Hills.[5] They have one son, named Bruno Leifer-Wolf, who was born January 17, 2007. [6]
Her first book of humorous essays, entitled When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win will be released in March 2009.[7][8]
Work on Seinfeld
Leifer joined the Seinfeld writing staff during its fifth season, and wrote six episodes for the show between then and its seventh season. Her episodes, listed chronologically, are:
SEASON 5
- "The Lip Reader"
- "The Hamptons" (co-written with Peter Mehlman)
SEASON 6
- "The Secretary" (co-written with Marjorie Gross)
- "The Beard"
- "The Understudy (co-written with Marjorie Gross)
SEASON 7
- "The Rye"
References
- ^ Carol Leifer Biography (1956-)
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/14/AR2007091401996.html
- ^ http://www.nndb.com/people/914/000050764/
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/realestate/re-hotprop30
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul/30/realestate/re-hotprop30
- ^ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960931.html?categoryid=26&cs=1
- ^ Shapiro, Gregg (2009-01-28), "Leifer = laughter: an interview with out comedian Carol Leifer", Chicago Free Press
- ^ Donahue, Dick; Martinez, Juan (2009-01-26), "Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Biography & Memoir", Publisher's Weekly
External links
- Carol Leifer at IMDb