Lydia Cornell: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT, 5comedian, writer}}

| name = Lydia Cornell

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| education = [[Scarsdale High School]]

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Cornell was born Lydia Korniloff in [[El Paso, Texas]] on July 23, 1953.<ref name="EPHP63"/> She is the eldest daughter of concert violinist Irma Jean Stowe, the great -granddaughter of [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.lydiacornell.com/new-bio.html| website=Lydia Cornell Official Website| title=Biography| access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name=Kleiner1980>{{cite news| first=Dick| last=Kleiner| title='Bosom Buddies' may have 'beauty of the year'| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96952361/st-joseph-news-press/| newspaper=[[St. Joseph News-Press]] Spotlight| date=November 22, 1980| page=22| access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref> and Gregory Jacob Korniloff,<ref name="google">{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LGFDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AK4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4440,1391049&dq=lydia+korniloff&hl=en| title=El Paso Actress's Success Not Too Close for Comfort| agency=[[United Press International]]| newspaper=Daily Leader| location=Frederick, Okla| date=August 15, 1982| page=10}}</ref> a graduate of the [[USC Thornton School of Music|Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts]], who was later assistant concertmaster of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra.<ref name="EPHR65">{{cite news| first=Loretta| last=Overton| title=EP Couple Keeps in Tune; No One in Family Plays Second Fiddle| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96933776/el-paso-herald-post/| newspaper=El Paso Herald-Record| date=April 22, 1965| page=B1}}</ref> Cornell is the elder sister of the late Paul Korniloff, a piano [[Child prodigy|prodigy]], and Kathryn Korniloff, co-founder of the band [[Two Nice Girls]]<ref>{{cite book| editor-first=Colin| editor-last=Larkin| title=Two Nice Girls| work=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpop700lark/page/5550/mode/2up?q=%22two+nice+girls%22| volume=7| edition=3rd| publisher=Muze| location=London| year=1998| isbn=978-0-3337-4134-4| access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/8/twonicegirls| title=Where Are They Now? Two Nice Girls| website=AfterEllen| date=August 22, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813231429/http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/8/twonicegirls| archive-date=August 13, 2011}}</ref> and a sound designer and composer since 1995.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sonicfruit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=0| title=Bio| website=sonicfruit.com| access-date=January 19, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715183235/http://sonicfruit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=0| archive-date=July 15, 2012 }}</ref>

After graduation, Cornell enrolled at the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], where she studied business, drama, English, Russian, Spanish and Anthropology.<ref name=Smith1982>{{cite news| first=Stacy Jenel| last=Smith| title=Lydia Cornell: 'Too Close for Comfort' star is close to stardom| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96943231/the-spokesman-review/| newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] TV Preview| location=Spokane, Wash.| date=June 27, 1982| pages=3–4| access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name="retrocrush.com">{{cite web| first=Randy| last=Waage| url=http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2005/Lydia/| title=If You Can Read This You are Too Close!| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827234349/http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2005/Lydia/| archive-date=August 27, 2018| year=2005}}</ref> During the summer between her sophomore and junior year in college, she worked at the recording studio [[Caribou Ranch]] in [[Nederland, Colorado]].<ref name=retrocrush.com/> There she met [[Billy Joel]], [[Dennis Wilson]], [[Carole King]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[David Cassidy]], and photographer [[Henry Diltz]]. As a Caribou Ranch photographer and "kitchen girl" she brought food to the cabins (Ooray, Running Bear, the Grizzle Bear Lodge) of such rock stars as [[The Beach Boys]], [[America (band)|America]], [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] and [[Billy Joel]]. The [[Ozark Mountain Daredevils]] gave her a credit on their album "''Men Fromfrom Home''." Before graduation, Cornell was the [[road manager]] for musician [[Michael Martin Murphey|Michael MurphyMurphey]]. In May 1976, Cornell graduated from UCthe [[University of Colorado Boulder]] with a Bachelor of Science in Business, with majors in both advertising and English/drama.<ref name="google" /><ref name=Smith1982/><ref name="retrocrush.com"/>

Cornell's first major role was as Sara Rush, "athe ditzy,daughter big-breastedto [[Ted Knight]]'s character Henry blonde"Rush,<ref>{{cite book| first=Elana| last=Levine| title=Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0B1y4YV5ji8C&q=cornell| page=162| publisher=Duke University Press| date=January 9, 2007| isbn=978-0-8223-3919-9}}</ref> on the sitcom ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]'' from 1980–85.<ref>{{cite book| first=Marla| last=Brooks| title=The American Family on Television: A Chronology of 121 Shows, 1948–2004| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOUyBwAAQBAJ&q=too+close+for+comfort| publisher=McFarland| date=March 12, 2015| page=132| isbn=978-1-4766-0690-3}}</ref> In 1982, at the height of the sitcom's popularity, Cornell was described by [[sexologist]] [[Robert T. Francoeur]] as providing a modern example of "classic female stereotypes in the mold of [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[Jayne Mansfield]]".<ref>{{cite book| first=Robert T.| last=Francoeur| title=Becoming a Sexual Person| url=https://archive.org/details/becomingsexualpe0000fran/page/474/mode/2up?q=cornell| publisher=Macmillan| year=1982| page=474| isbn=978-0-0233-9220-7}}</ref>

Cornell appeared in several single episode roles on numerous television series oversuch the years, includingas ''[[The Love Boat]]'', ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'',<ref>{{cite book| first1=David| last1=Hofstede| first2=Jack| last2=Condon| title=Charlie's Angels Casebook| publisher=Pomegranate Press| year=2000| isbn=978-0-9388-1720-8}}</ref> ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' (the pilot episode)<ref>{{cite web| title=Quantum Leap 20th Anniversary Convention| url=http://www.leapback2009.com/gueststars.htm#Lydia| website=The Leap Back 2009| date=December 31, 2009| access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref> ''[[Full House]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'',<ref name=knight>Huth, Joe F. and Richie F. Levine. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=5fgxxijqTb8C&pg=PP1&dq=Knight+Rider+Legacy:+The+Unofficial+Guide+to+the+Knight+Rider+Universe&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtyMyvha72AhVDkYkEHbr5AQYQ6wF6BAgFEAE#v=onepage&q=cornell&fpg=falsePP1 Knight Rider Legacy: The Unofficial Guide to the Knight Rider Universe]" iUniverse (January 1, 2004) p. 200. {{ISBN|978-0-5952-9848-8}}</ref> ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'',<ref name=duke>{{cite book| first=David| last=Hofstede| title=The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companion| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHV5iZH9uG4C&q=cornell| publisher=St. Martin's Griffin| year=2005| isbn=978-0-3123-5374-2}}</ref> ''[[The A-Team]]'',<ref>{{cite book| first=Jon| last=Abbott| title=Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dc0TF0GHAmAC&q=cornell| publisher=McFarland| date=September 12, 2009| page=153| isbn=978-0-7864-5401-3}}</ref> ''[[T. J. Hooker]]'', ''[[Simon & Simon]]'', ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]'',{{sfn|Abbott|2009|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Dc0TF0GHAmAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Stephen+J.+Cannell+Television+Productions:+A+History+of+All+Series+and+Pilots&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu6bimh672AhURk4kEHX01DcQQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=cornell&f=false 212]}} ''[[Hardball (1989 TV series)|Hardball]]'',<ref>{{cite book| first=Vincent| last=Terrace| title=Television Character and Story Facts: Over 110,000 Details from 1,008 Shows, 1945–1992| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jUbAQAAIAAJ&q=cornell| publisher=McFarland| year=1993| page=193| isbn=978-0-8995-0891-7}}</ref> ''[[Black Scorpion (TV series)|Black Scorpion]]'',<ref>{{cite book| first=John Kenneth| last=Muir| title=The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dx6hBAAAQBAJ&q=cornell| edition=2nd| publisher=McFarland| date=August 21, 2008| page=155| isbn=978-0-7864-3755-9| url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'' and ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]''. She also appeared as a guest on episodes of television game shows, such asincluding ''[[Battle of the Network Stars]]'', ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Super Password]]'', and ''[[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]]''.

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