Lydia Cornell: Difference between revisions

{{short description|American actress, comedian, writer}}

| name = Lydia Cornell

| image = LydiaCornell white 2007.JPG

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| known_for = ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]''

| nationality = American

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|[[comedian]]|[[writer]]}}

| alma_mater = [[USC Thornton School of Music|Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Arts]]<br />[[University of Colorado Boulder]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])

| yearsactive = 1979–present

|spouse = {{marriage|Paul Hayeland|2002|2010|end=divorced}}

| children = 2

| website = {{Official URL}}

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 from Home''. Before graduation, Cornell was the [[road manager]] for musician [[Michael Martin Murphey|Michael MurphyMurphey]]. In May 1976, Cornell graduated from the [[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 appeared in several single episode roles on television series such as ''[[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&q=cornell&pg=PP1 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&q=cornell 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 including ''[[Battle of the Network Stars]]'', ''[[Password Plus and Super Password|Super Password]]'', and ''[[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]]''.

| rowspan= "32"| 1986

| rowspan= "12"| 1987

| rowspan= "34"| 1989

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