Everything about Carol Leifer totally explained
Carol Leifer (born
July 27,
1956) is an American comedian known as
Jerry Seinfeld's ex-girlfriend, as well as part of the basis for the character
Elaine Benes on the
television show,
Seinfeld.
Leifer was born on
Long Island,
New York, the daughter of Anna, a psychologist, and Seymour Leifer, an optometrist.
Leifer is an accomplished
stand-up comedian,
writer,
producer and
actor and has been involved in such television shows as
Seinfeld,
It's Like, You Know...,
Alright Already, and
The Larry Sanders Show. With
Mitchell Hurwitz, she's the creator of the short-lived
The Ellen Show (2001). In
1988, she'd her own special on
Cinemax titled
Carol Doesn't Leifer Anymore, which was produced by
David Letterman. This was shortly followed several more specials, tiled
Carol Leifer Comedy Cruise (
1989),
Really Big Show (
1990), and
Gaudy, Baudy, and Blue (
1992).
No stranger to the late-night TV circuit, she's performed on
Late Night With David Letterman 25 times. Carol has also appeared on
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,
Dr. Katz,
Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher,
Hollywood Squares,
Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Her hosting duties have included four seasons of
A&E's
Caroline's Comedy Hour, as well as guest stints on
Talk Soup and
Later.
Her stand-up merits include opening for
Jerry Seinfeld and
Frank Sinatra. Sinatra was later heard praising Leifer, saying "That Carol Leifer is ... one funny broad!" and "I wish my mother had been that funny - I wouldn't have had to work so hard." She is still currently working the stand-up circuit and is supposedly writing an original picture for
Dreamworks. Additionally Leifer is a writer and co-executive producer on the CBS sitcom
Rules of Engagement.
In September 2007, Leifer won an auction for the handwritten notes used by
Michael Vick during his apology for his role in dogfighting.
Work on Seinfeld
Leifer joined the
Seinfeld writing staff during its fifth season, and wrote six episodes for the show between then and its seventh season. Her episodes, listed chronologically, are:
SEASON 5
SEASON 6
"The Secretary" (co-written with Marjorie Gross)
"The Beard"
"The Understudy (co-written with Marjorie Gross)
SEASON 7
"The Rye"
Adoption and the 'We Had Abortions' Petition
The July 30, 2006 edition of the Los Angeles Times reported that Leifer and her domestic partner, Lori Wolf, had just purchased a new home in the Santa Monica Mountains in anticipation of the couple adopting a baby boy. This is apparently the first public revelation that Leifer is at the very least bisexual. Leifer signed the "We Had Abortions" petition which appears in the October 2006 issue of Ms. Magazine. The petition contains signatures of over 5,000 women declaring they'd an abortion and were "unashamed of (the) decision".
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