33 Facts About Carol Leifer

Carol Leifer is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actress whose career as a stand-up comedian started in the 1970s when she was in college.

Carol Leifer has written many television scripts including The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live and Seinfeld.

Carol Leifer has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld, the 82nd Academy Awards and the 84th Academy Awards.

Carol Leifer recalls her family being a significant part of her fondest memories, including her father's well-known jokes amongst family and friends, as well as her brother taking her to see The Beatles in concert at Shea Stadium.

Carol Leifer has gotten tremendously positive feedback over the years, known for her infectious laugh, witty observational comedy, and clean-cut humor.

Carol Leifer appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Dr Katz, Politically Incorrect, Hollywood Squares, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Carol Leifer's writing career spans several well-known shows, including Seinfeld, Saturday Night Live, It's Like, You Know.

Carol Leifer has written for the Academy Awards for most of the 21st century, as well as the 69th Annual Tony Awards.

Carol Leifer started her comedy writing career at Saturday Night Live.

Carol Leifer was hired by Al Franken and Jim Downey to work as a writer for the popular sketch comedy show.

Carol Leifer starred in, created, and executive-produced the 1997 WB sitcom Alright Already, which only ran one season.

Carol Leifer has written for several television shows, such as Devious Maids, Modern Family, and Rules of Engagement.

Carol Leifer joined the Seinfeld writing staff during its fifth season, and wrote six episodes for the show between then and its seventh season.

Alongside being a writer on the show, Carol Leifer was a story editor for 16 episodes from 1993 to 1994 and an executive story editor for 23 episodes from 1994 to 1995.

Carol Leifer has been dubbed "the real Elaine", as the series' character, Elaine Benes, was partially based on her.

Carol Leifer recalls when looking for writers for the show, Larry David, co-creator of Seinfeld, specifically wanted writers who had never written for sitcoms before.

Carol Leifer appeared as a contestant on the third season of Celebrity Apprentice.

Carol Leifer chose North Shore Animal League as her charity because of her and her wife's work for animal advocacy.

Carol Leifer was the first to be eliminated, on the premiere episode, which aired on March 14,2010.

Carol Leifer was a guest on Inside Comedy where she was interviewed by David Steinberg.

Carol Leifer was part of Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel as Beth Lewis, Lois Lane's best friend.

Carol Leifer has had minor acting and voice-over roles in movies such as Bee Movie, Rules of Engagement, Dr Katz, Professional Therapist, Medusa: Dare to be Truthful, and Desperately Seeking Susan.

Carol Leifer discusses her early life and family, the daunting idea of getting older, outlooks on life, and the moment she discovered she might be gay and how her life changed for the better.

Carol Leifer gives tips and guides for working in the entertainment industry.

In 1981, Carol Leifer married comic Ritch Shydner, whose gentile status troubled Carol Leifer's father.

Carol Leifer briefly dated Jerry Seinfeld before working with him on Seinfeld, on which show the character of Elaine is inspired by her.

At age 40, Carol Leifer met her current wife, Lori Wolf, and realized she was gay, not "just looking for a fling" as she originally intended.

Carol Leifer recalls her father being happy that Lori Wolf was Jewish.

When Carol Leifer came out, her comedy and material changed to fit her life, often making jokes about coming out so late in her life and humor based on her and Wolf's relationship.

In 1996, Carol Leifer met Lori Wolf, a real estate executive, when they shared a table at a Project Angel Food charity dinner in Los Angeles.

Carol Leifer was immediately interested and later contacted Wolf through the host of their table, though Wolf initially rebuffed Carol Leifer's overtures because Wolf was in a relationship at the time.

That year, Carol Leifer proposed to Wolf over dinner at the Palm Restaurant in Beverly Hills.

In 2007 they purchased a $3.2-million, 5,000-square-foot home in the Santa Monica Hills, as part of their preparations to adopt their nine-month-old son, Bruno Carol Leifer-Wolf, who was born in Guatemala in 2006.