Lydia Cornell
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Lydia Cornell | |
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| Born | Lydia Korniloff |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse | Paul Hayeland (2002-2010, divorced) |
| Website | http://www.lydiacornell.com/ |
Lydia Cornell (born July 23, 1962) is an American actress, writer, novelist, comedienne, blogger, and talk-radio host.
Early life and acting career
Born in El Paso, Texas, Cornell began acting in the early 1980s. Her first role was as Ted Knight's daughter Sara on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort from 1980 to 1985. She has also appeared on numerous television programs over the years, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Drew Carey Show, Quantum Leap, Full House, Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, T. J. Hooker, Simon & Simon, Hunter, Hardball, Black Scorpion, Love Boat (5 episodes), Hotel (2 episodes), Fantasy Island, Charlies Angels, Battle of the Network Stars, TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve as co-host with Anson Williams. She also co-starred with Oscar winners James Earl Jones, Jose Ferrer and Lila Kedrova in the horror film Blood Tide filmed in the Greek Isles and produced by Niko Mastorakis and Donald Langdon.
In 1982, as part of a USO tour, Cornell went to Beirut, Lebanon to visit American troops in the Multinational Peacekeeping Force on Christmas Eve. Soon after their departure from Beirut, over 250 Marines of the 24th MAU were killed there in one of the first suicide bombings.
In 1999, Cornell was a Best Actress nominee at Method Fest, which honors outstanding acting performances, for her leading role in the AFI indie "Miss Supreme Queen."
In the spring of 2010, she appeared in the Kelsey Grammer-Bill Zucker Comedy Hour, a series of improvisational vignettes, with Scott Baio, Kelsey Grammer and Bill Zucker, whom she met on Twitter. Cornell performed a song in Zucker's Twitter Song video. Cornell describes her brand of comedy, "Spiritual Therapy Comedy."
On December 4, 2010, Cornell hosted the live stream for Variety's Power of Comedy event at The Nokia Center, honoring Russell Brand, and benefiting the Noreen Fraser Foundation.
In 2011, she appeared in the feature film "Cats Dancing on Jupiter", directed by Jordan Alan, and starring Amanda Righetti of The Mentalist.
Cornell was married to Paul Hayeland until 2010, when they divorced.
Literary and journalistic career
Cornell's self-titled blog was a 2006 and 2005 Koufax Award double nominee for best writing, and has been called "a consistently thought-provoking firecracker of pointed socio-political commentary and observant, caustic wit." (Shotgun Reviews.) John Conley, a Marine combat vet, sent her his Purple Heart for her courage in standing up to Ann Coulter's "extermination speak", and about the war in Iraq.
Cornell is a humorist and comedienne, and performs stand-up comedy with Destiny (The Tonight Show, MTV, VH-1.) The duo did 14 shows at the Riviera Las Vegas in June 2006. In November, they opened for Paul Rodriguez at Pechanga, and for The Amazing Johnathan at The Sahara in Las Vegas. Cornell is a "spiritual therapy comedienne."
Cornell recently starred in an original comedy show in Hollywood with Destiny and Stephanie Hodge titled "Pain is Inevitable, Sex Optional". It is an ongoing comedy about marriage,sex, men, love, death and politics as told by three women.
Her articles have appeared in Huffington Post; Editor & Publisher; the Lone Star Iconoclast; CNN; Crooks and Liars; Sitcoms Online; Retroality; Good Housekeeping; TV Guide; Femmes Fatales; Macon Area Online and several newspapers across the nation. Her article "Death is Sexier than Sex...to Ann Coulter" was published by BradBlog in December 2005 causing an uproar when Coulter published Cornell's home phone number and private email on the front page of her website, Ann Coulter.com. Cornell received death threats, hate mail, but mainly she received hundreds of letters and calls in support of her statements. The story was subsequently picked up by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann; Editor & Publisher, Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars, CannonFire, and numerous online news sources.
On Saturday, February 24, 2007, Basham Radio introduced Cornell as its new co-host. Basham and Cornell Radio
References
External links
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- The Official Website of Lydia Cornell
- Lydia Cornell at IMDb
- SitComsOnline Lydia Cornell interview 29 Oct 2008
- El Paso Actress' Success Not Too Close for Comfort Frederick, Oklahoma Daily Leader, 15 Aug 1982
- Retroality TV Lydia Cornell Cover Story Nov 2008
- Lydia Cornell is Back in Primetime on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" 4 Oct 2005
- Script Frenzy Cameo Freedom From Fear: Writers Block
- RETROCRUSH LYDIA CORNELL INTERVIEW
- Basham and Cornell Progressive Talk Live!
- BradBlog
- Lydia's first interview on the Doug Basham Show
- Lydia's second interview on the Doug Basham Show
- Cannonfire Hidden Ann Coulter
- BLOOD TIDE
- Interview with Lydia Cornell on the podcast The Future and You (anecdotes about Ted Knight, Too Close For Comfort, her books, Larry David and Curb Your Enthusiasm)