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Lydia Cornell

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Lydia Cornell
HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm - starring Larry David and Lydia Cornell
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With 20-34 million viewers Tuesday nights on ABC prime time, and more in worldwide syndication, Best Actress nominee for AFI at Method Fest and People's Choice Award winner Lydia Cornell is best known for her starring role on the hit ABC series "Too Close for Comfort" as Emmy legend Ted Knight's daughter 'Sara'. More recently seen on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Variety's Power of Comedy, and the Kelsey Grammer Comedy Hour, she has over 200 shows and films in 27 countries to her credit.

She won Best Director Honors at the Los Angeles Movie Awards and Best Comedy Film at Paramount Studios UIFF (United International Film Festival) for directing the SAG film "It's My Decision" in 2016. She wrote and directed the acclaimed stage show "Relationshop;" wrote "Venus Conspiracy" and is set to direct "The Awesome Adventures of Frankie Stargazer."

A women and children's advocate whose great-great grandmother was Harriet Beecher Stowe, she has been Invited to contribute her writings to the International Museum of Peace, which houses letters from Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mother Teresa, Maya Angelou & Sir Edmund Hillary. Cornell received the Southern California Motion Picture Council's Golden Halo Lifetime Achievement Award, and the first Elizabeth Montgomery Humanitarian Award (2018.) One of TV's most popular sex symbols, she is now a writer, director, mother, comedienne, talk show host, women and children's advocate, teen mentor and inspirational public speaker. Sober since September 11, 1994, she is an addiction and recovery expert and podcast host ("Godshots.") Her Stitcher award-winning podcast on iTunes started in 2013. Her articles have appeared in People, US, Herald de Paris; A&E Biography, Huffington Post, Editor & Publisher, Macon Daily, and Lone Star Icon.

She is the author of the book series based on her US Trademark "Godshots," as well as two upcoming books.

Cornell went through a frightening incident with a man who moved into her home, posing as a disabled war hero. He sued Kelsey Grammer, falsely using Lydia Cornell's name to get publicity. Cornell never sued Kelsey Grammer, though this was falsely reported in the tabloids and various news outlets.

Cornell is creating a new TV show, a comedy series for 2020. Talks for a reboot of "Too Close for Comfort" are in the works with the original producers of the show (D.L. Taffner, LTD.) based on a treatment Cornell wrote. She teaches Acting and Directing for Screenwriters at LMU School of Film and Television 2019-2020
BornJuly 23, 1953
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Known for

Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
8.8
TV Series
  • Bra Saleswoman
Deborah Van Valkenburgh in Too Close for Comfort (1980)
Too Close for Comfort
6.6
TV Series
  • Sara Rush
Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
Quantum Leap
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TV Series
  • Sally
David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
Knight Rider
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  • Sabrina Travis

Credits

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Actress

  • The Eyes
    • Completed
  • The Awesome Adventures of Frankie Stargazer
    • (rumored)
    • Pre-production
  • Viral Vignettes (2020)
    Viral Vignettes
  • It's a Beach Thing (2018)
    It's a Beach Thing
  • Cats Dancing on Jupiter (2015)
    Cats Dancing on Jupiter
  • Damage Done (2008)
    Damage Done
  • Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Frankie J. Galasso, Jesse McCartney, Kaila Amariah, Greg Raposo, Matt Ballinger, Chris Trousdale, and Dream Street in The Biggest Fan (2005)
    The Biggest Fan
  • William Hung in William Hung: Hangin' with Hung (2004)
    William Hung: Hangin' with Hung
  • Venus Conspiracy (2003)
    Venus Conspiracy
  • Michelle Lintel in Black Scorpion (2001)
    Black Scorpion
  • Happy Holidaze from the Jonzes
  • Miss Supreme Queen (1999)
    Miss Supreme Queen
  • Hardball (1989)
    Hardball
  • Hägar the Horrible (1989)
    Hägar the Horrible
    • (voice)
  • Monsters (1988)
    Monsters
  • Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
    Quantum Leap

Producer

  • The Awesome Adventures of Frankie Stargazer
    • Pre-production
  • City Limits
    City Limits
  • Venus Conspiracy (2003)
    Venus Conspiracy

Writer

  • Venus Conspiracy (2003)
    Venus Conspiracy
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HBO's Curb; AFI Best Actress Nominee, Original Writing by Lydia Cornell, AFI
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HBO's Curb; AFI Best Actress Nominee, Original Writing by Lydia Cornell, AFI
Dramatic Acting "Damage Done" Sundance  starring Lydia Cornell
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Dramatic Acting "Damage Done" Sundance starring Lydia Cornell
HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David & Lydia Cornell
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HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David & Lydia Cornell
On Location 2019 Discovery in Mojave Desert (Facebook Live)
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On Location 2019 Discovery in Mojave Desert (Facebook Live)
Scene - Venus Conspiracy Written by Lydia Cornell
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Scene - Venus Conspiracy Written by Lydia Cornell
Too Close for Comfort CAST video
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Too Close for Comfort CAST video
Original Comedy Writing by Lydia Cornell
Demo Reel 12:19
Original Comedy Writing by Lydia Cornell
One Woman Show Standup ~ Lydia Live from Los Angeles on stage
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One Woman Show Standup ~ Lydia Live from Los Angeles on stage
Monsters: A Bond Of Silk
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Monsters: A Bond Of Silk

Personal details

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    • Official Site
    • July 23, 1953
    • El Paso, Texas, USA
    • Paul HayelandNovember 11, 2002 - January 20, 2010 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Appeared on the All-Star Family Feud Special "Beauties vs. Beasts" (1981).
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Her great-great-great-grandmother was Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin.".

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