Maddie Corman
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Maddie Corman | |
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Born | Madeleine Cornman August 15, 1970 New York City, New York |
Years active | 1985 - present |
Spouse(s) | Jace Alexander (1998-) |
Maddie Corman (born August 15, 1970[1]) is an American television and film actress.
Born Madeleine Cornman in New York City, New York,[2] she began her career as a child actress in the 1980s. Corman's first television appearance was in the 1985 after school special drama I Want to Go Home opposite John Getz, Seth Green and Marge Redmond.
That same year she was cast in the Linda Feferman directed teen comedy-drama motion picture Seven Minutes in Heaven. Corman starred opposite actress Jennifer Connelly as 'Polly Franklin', Connelly's characters intervening and overzealous best friend who is in love with a Major League baseball player named Zoo Knudsen (Billy Wirth).
In 1987 Corman appeared in the John Hughes directed teen comedy film Some Kind of Wonderful opposite Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Elias Koteas, Craig Sheffer, Candace Cameron and Chynna Phillips. Maddie Corman played the character of 'Laura Nelson', the irritating and trouble-making little sister to Keith Nelson (Stoltz).
Her follow up film was the 1990 Renny Harlin directed comedy The Adventures of Ford Fairlane as 'Zuzu Petals' opposite Andrew "Dice" Clay, Priscilla Presley, Wayne Newton, Lauren Holly and Gilbert Gottfried.
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Maddie Corman has frequently appeared on numerous popular American television series. She has made several appearances as various characters on the television drama Law & Order and the HBO comedy Tracey Takes On... opposite comedienne Tracey Ullman. She had a recurring role as 'Ruthie' on the short-lived ABC comedy series All American Girl (1994-1995) starring Margaret Cho. She has also appeared small roles in such motion pictures as Swingers (1996), Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) and Maid in Manhattan (2002).
[edit] Personal life
Corman wed Jason "Jace" Alexander, a television and stage director on September 6, 1998 in Carmel, New York.[3] She counts actor Eric Stoltz who she appeared with in Some Kind of Wonderful as a personal friend.