Maddie Corman


Actor

About

Also Known As
Madeleine Cornman
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
August 15, 1970

Biography

A fair-haired lissome performer of stage and screen who convinces playing ditsy young ladies, Corman made her professional NY stage debut at 14 years old and worked off-Broadway before seguing into commercials, films, and TV. She received high profile exposure on the heavily touted ABC sitcom "All-American Girl" (ABC, 1994) as the somewhat daffy and lovelorn girlfriend and co-worker of s...

Family & Companions

Roger
Husband
Began dating in college; divorced.
Jace Alexander
Husband
Director, actor. Met in 1996; moved in together in June 1997; married on September 6, 1998; son of actress Jane Alexander.

Biography

A fair-haired lissome performer of stage and screen who convinces playing ditsy young ladies, Corman made her professional NY stage debut at 14 years old and worked off-Broadway before seguing into commercials, films, and TV. She received high profile exposure on the heavily touted ABC sitcom "All-American Girl" (ABC, 1994) as the somewhat daffy and lovelorn girlfriend and co-worker of series star Margaret Cho.

A native New Yorker, Corman made her professional debut in her early teens in "Twelve Dreams" at the Public Theater. Another notable stage credit was an off-Broadway production of John Guare's "Landscape of the Body" directed by Gary Sinise and starring Christine Lahti. Among Corman's early TV credits are several youth-oriented projects including an "ABC After School Special." She debuted as a series regular playing the teenaged "First Daughter" in the family sitcom "Mr. President" (Fox, 1987-88). Corman first registered in features in "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987) as the talkative younger sister of Eric Stoltz. Subsequent feature roles included an airhead hooker in "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane" (1990) and a feminist activist in "PCU" (1994). Her TV work includes a guest shot on "Frasier," a recurring role on "Kate and Allie," and a supporting role in the HBO special "Tracey Ullman Takes on New York" (1993).

Life Events

1983

Professional stage debut at age 13 in "Twelve Dreams", at the Public Theater in NYC

1985

Appeared in "I Want to Go Home", an "ABC Afterschool Special"

1986

Feature debut, "Seven Minutes in Heaven", a teen comedy

1987

Debut as a series regular playing the First Daughter on "Mr. President", a sitcom starring George C. Scott

1987

First major feature, "Some Kind of Wonderful"

1988

Played a recurring role on "Kate & Allie"

1994

Cast as a regular on the ABC sitcom "All-American Girl"

Family

Michael Cornman
Father
Lawyer.
Irene K Cornman
Mother
Special education consultant. Deceased.
Patricia Mulvey
Step-Mother
Social worker.

Companions

Roger
Husband
Began dating in college; divorced.
Jace Alexander
Husband
Director, actor. Met in 1996; moved in together in June 1997; married on September 6, 1998; son of actress Jane Alexander.

Bibliography