Cornell, Lydia

Lydia Cornell, nee Korniloff, was born July 23, 1953 in El Paso ( Texas , USA ), becoming the oldest child of three children in the family of Gregory Jacob Korniloff and Irma Jeanne Stowe ^[3] . Her father was a graduate of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Art , later worked as an assistant accompanist for the El Paso Symphony Orchestra ^{[4] [5]} , and her mother was a concert violinist, who was also the great-granddaughter of the famous writer Harriet Beecher Stow ^{[6] [7 ] ]} . Cornell is the elder sister of the late Paul Korniloff, a child prodigy of piano, and Katherine Korniloff (born 1959), co-founder of the music group Two Nice Girls ^{[8] [9]} and sound engineer and composer since 1995 ^[10] .

As a nine-year-old fourth-grade student at Mesita's Elementary School, Cornell was selected as “Little Miss Cotton” by El Paso in March 1963 ^{[3] [4] [11]} .

In 1966, Cornell and her family moved to Scarsdale, New York . She attended Scarsdale High School and High School , which she graduated in 1971 ^{[4] [12] [13]} .

After graduation, Cornell entered the University of Colorado at Boulder , where she studied business, drama, English, Russian, Spanish and anthropology ^{[14] [15]} . During the summer between college courses, she worked at the Caribou Ranch Studios in Nederland, Colorado . There she met Billy Joel , Dennis Wilson , Carol King , Joni Mitchell , David Cassidy and the photographer Henry Dilz . As a photographer, Caribou Ranch and the “Girl from the Kitchen” she brought food to the cabins (Ori, Running Bear, Bear House) of such rock stars as “ The Beach Boys ”, “ America ”, “ Chicago ” and Billy Joel. “ The Ozark Mountain Daredevils ” mentioned it in their album “Men From Home”. Prior to graduation, Cornell was a road manager for musician Michael Murphy ^[4] . In May 1976, Cornell graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Science degree in business, specializing in both advertising and English / drama ^{[4] [14] [15]} .

By the time her father died in May 1977, Cornell joined the rest of the Korniloff family, who had been living in The Hague , the Netherlands since mid-1975 ^{[7] [16] [17]} . Soon after, her mother and brothers returned to El Paso, Texas. In 1978, Cornell moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. There she worked for three months in a recording studio and worked on album artwork ^[15] , and then hired Jack Webb as an assistant for the production of secretarial services ^[18] . Still known as Lydia Korniloff, Cornell also worked as an assistant producer in the television movie Little Mo. ", Biographies of tennis player Maureen Connolly .

Cornell’s first appearance on the screen took place under the name “Lydia Korniloff,” when she played a small role as a girl in a car in the 1979 film “Steel,” starring Lee Major. Her first professional speaking role was in the episode " Boats of Love " ^[19] . In the summer of 1980, Cornell spent nine weeks on the Greek islands, starring in the mythological horror film Bloody Tide ", Which was released only in 1982 ^{[15] [20]} which was not released until 1982. ^{[21] [22]} .

Cornell's first major role was Sarah Rush, "blonde with big breasts" ^[23] in the sitcom " Too Cramped "From 1980 to 1986 ^[24] . In 1982, at the height of the show’s popularity, Cornell was described by sexologist Robert T. Francoist , as a modern example of "classic female stereotypes in the image of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Mansfield " ^[25] .

Over the years, Cornell starred in numerous television series, including “The Boat of Love ” ^[26] , “ Charlie's Angels ,” “ The Drew Carey Show ” "," Quantum Leap "(pilot episode) ^[27] ," Full House "," Knight of the Road " ^[28] ," Dukes from Hazzard " ^[29] ," Team A " ^[30] ," TJ Hooker "," Simon and Simon "," Hunter " ^[31] ," The Third Kalach " ^[32] ," Black Scorpio " ^[33] ," Hotel "," Fantasy Island "," The Battle of Network Stars "," Super Password " ^[34] and" Moderate your enthusiasm ".

Lydia met with screenwriter Jim Mulholland . The former couple has a son - Jack Mulholland (born 1994).

In 2002-2010, Lydia was married to the actor, producer and casting director Paul Hayland.

According to Lydia, in her youth she suffered from alcoholism , but later was able to recover from it and did not drink a single drink of alcohol since 1994. The reason why she was able to stop drinking, Cornell calls the birth of a son.