name	Greg Daniels
birth name	Gregory Martin Daniels
birth date	June 13, 1963
occupation	ScreenwriterTelevision producer
period	1987–present
genre	Situation comedy
notableworks	''Not Necessarily the News''''Saturday Night Live''King of the Hill''''The Office'' (U.S. version)Parks and RecreationThe Simpsons
spouse	Susanne Daniels
relatives	Paul Lieberstein
awards	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy SeriesOutstanding Comedy SeriesPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
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Gregory Martin "Greg" Daniels (born June 13, 1963) is an American television comedy writer, producer, and director.

Life and career

Daniels said he became interested in comedy by watching ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' as a child, as well as by reading books by humorist S. J. Perelman at age 11. Daniels attended Harvard University and wrote for the ''Harvard Lampoon'' with Conan O'Brien. He met his wife when she was working for NBC and he for ''Saturday Night Live''. Daniels began his career as a writer on the HBO satirical news show ''Not Necessarily the News'' before moving to ''Saturday Night Live''. There he spent three seasons at SNL, winning an Emmy Award in the process. Greg then joined ''The Simpsons'', writing and producing some of the most popular episodes in the history of the series (including "22 Short Films About Springfield", "Homer and Apu", "Bart Sells His Soul", and "Lisa's Wedding"). In 1992, Greg co-wrote an episode of ''Seinfeld'' entitled "The Parking Space" which aired during the third season. He won his second Emmy Award while with ''The Simpsons'' before co-creating ''King of the Hill'' with Mike Judge. ''King of the Hill'' is one of the longest running animated series short of ''The Simpsons'' and ''South Park''. Greg won another Emmy for his work on ''King of the Hill''. Subsequently, Daniels adapted the popular BBC series ''The Office'' for NBC in the U.S. to great success, and he gave the acceptance speech at the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards when the American version of ''The Office'' won the award for Outstanding Comedy Series. Daniels was the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Television Writer Award at the Austin Film Festival. He is a co-creator and producer of the American TV series ''Parks and Recreation''.

Credits

''The Simpsons''

;Writer

"Treehouse of Horror IV"

"Homer and Apu"

"Secrets of a Successful Marriage"

"Treehouse of Horror V"

"Homer Badman"

"Lisa's Wedding"

"Bart Sells His Soul"

"22 Short Films About Springfield"

''The Office''

;Director # "Basketball" (April 19, 2005) - Season 1 # "The Dundies" (September 20, 2005) - Season 2 # "The Client" (November 8, 2005) - Season 2 # "Valentine's Day" (February 9, 2006) - Season 2 # "Drug Testing" (April 27, 2006) - Season 2 # "The Coup" (October 5, 2006) - Season 3 # "Traveling Salesmen" (January 11, 2007) - Season 3 # "The Return" (January 18, 2007) - Season 3 # "Fun Run" (September 27, 2007) - Season 4 # "Baby Shower" (October 16, 2008) - Season 5 # "Murder" (November 12, 2009) - Season 6 # "PDA (February 10, 2011) - Season 7 ;Writer # "Pilot" (March 24, 2005) - Season 1 # "Basketball" (April 19, 2005) - Season 1 # "Halloween" (October 18, 2005) - Season 2 # "Booze Cruise" (January 5, 2006) - Season 2 # "Conflict Resolution" (May 4, 2006) - Season 2 # "Gay Witch Hunt" (September 21, 2006) - Season 3 # "Beach Games" along with Jennifer Celotta (May 10, 2007) - Season 3 # "Fun Run" (September 27, 2007) - Season 4 # "Niagara" co-written with Mindy Kaling (October 8, 2009) - Season 6 # "Goodbye, Michael" (April 28, 2011) - Season 7

''Parks and Recreation''

;Director

"Pilot" (April 9, 2009)

"Hunting Trip" (November 19, 2009)

;Writer

"Pilot" (with Michael Schur) (April 9, 2009)

''King of the Hill

;Writer

"Pilot (King of the Hill)"

"Hank's Unmentionable Problem"

Awards

For The Office

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series

2007: Won for Gay Witch Hunt

2010: Nominated for Niagara with Mindy Kaling

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

2006: Won

2007, 2008, 2009, 2010: Nominated

Career abstract

''Parks and Recreation'' - NBC - 2009: Co-creator, Writer

''The Office'' - NBC - 2005–present: Co-creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Actor. Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series (2006) and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Comedy Series (2007). 1 other nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series (2007).

Life's Too Short - WB - 2000: Executive Producer, Writer. Michael McKean and Samm Levine starred as father and son.

''King of the Hill'' - FOX - 1997-2009: Co-creator, Executive Producer, Writer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series (1999). 4 other nominations for Outstanding Animated Series (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002).

''Seinfeld'' - NBC - 1992: Writer

''The Simpsons'' - FOX: Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Producer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Series (1995). 2 other Emmy Nominations (Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics-1994, Outstanding Animated Series-1996).

''Saturday Night Live'' - NBC - 1987-1990: Writer. Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Series (1989).

''Not Necessarily the News'' - HBO: Writer.

It is a rare feat that four of the shows that Greg Daniels has written for are still on the air as of March 2011: ''Saturday Night Live'', ''The Simpsons'', ''The Office'' and ''Parks and Recreation''.

References

External links

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name	Mindy Kaling
birthname	Vera Mindy Chokalingam
birth date	June 24, 1979
birth place	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
occupation	Actress, comedian, writer, producer
yearsactive	2004–present }}

Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom ''The Office''. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes.

Early life

Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Tamil parents from India. She graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge in 1997. The following year, she entered Dartmouth College, where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "The Dog Day Players" and the a cappella group "The Rockapellas", the creator of the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in ''The Dartmouth'' (the college's mainstream newspaper), as well as writing for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college's humor magazine). She graduated in 2001. In 2003, she portrayed Ben Affleck in a play titled "Matt & Ben", which she also co-wrote with Brenda Withers. The play was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Top Ten Theatrical Events of The Year".

Career

Kaling's past TV appearances include a 2005 episode of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', playing Richard Lewis's assistant. Kaling is also featured on the CD ''Comedy Death-Ray'' and wrote for one episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' in April 2006.

Kaling's first film role was in ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', which starred Steve Carell. She also made an appearance in the film ''Unaccompanied Minors'' as a waitress. In 2007, she held a small part in ''License to Wed'' starring fellow ''The Office'' actors John Krasinski, Angela Kinsey and Brian Baumgartner. Recently, Kaling was in ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''. She also voiced the character of "Tourist Mom" in the animated comedy ''Despicable Me''. In 2011, she played the role of Shira, a doctor who is a flatmate and colleague of the main character Emma (played by Natalie Portman) in ''No Strings Attached''.

On November 1, 2011, Kaling will release her first book, titled ''Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)'', which will be published by Random House’s Crown imprint.

Kaling is currently writing ''The Low Self Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie'' with Brent Forrester, a fellow writer on ''The Office''.

Kaling has written about shopping in a blog called "Things I Bought That I Love."

''The Office''

Kaling can be seen on ''The Office'' as Kelly Kapoor. She has written more than 18 episodes, including "Niagara", for which she was co-nominated for an Emmy with Greg Daniels. Kaling also wrote and directed the webisodes "Subtle Sexuality" in 2009. In a 2007 interview with ''The A.V. Club'', Kaling stated that the Kelly character is "an exaggerated version of what I think the upper-level writers believe my personality is." After the "Diwali" episode, Kaling appeared with Daniels on NPR's ''Fresh Air''.

Most recently, Kaling directed ''The Office'' webisodes titled ''The 3rd Floor''. She also directed the season 6 episode titled "Body Language", which marked her television directorial debut.

Kaling's contract is set to expire after the end of season 7.

Episodes written

# "Hot Girl" (April 26, 2005) - Season 1 # "The Dundies" (September 20, 2005) - Season 2 # "The Injury" (January 12, 2006) - Season 2 # "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" (March 16, 2006) - Season 2 # "Diwali" (November 2, 2006) - Season 3 # "Ben Franklin" (February 1, 2007) - Season 3 # "Branch Wars" (November 1, 2007) - Season 4 # "Night Out" (April 24, 2008) - Season 4 # "Frame Toby" (November 20, 2008) - Season 5 # "Lecture Circuit: Part 1" (February 5, 2009) - Season 5 # "Lecture Circuit: Part 2" (February 12, 2009) - Season 5 # "Golden Ticket" (March 12, 2009) - Season 5 # "Niagara" co-written with Greg Daniels (October 8, 2009) - Season 6 # "Secret Santa" (December 10, 2009) - Season 6 # "The Manager and the Salesman" (February 11, 2010) - Season 6 # "Secretary's Day" (April 22, 2010) - Season 6 # "The Sting" (October 21, 2010) - Season 7 # "Classy Christmas" (December 9, 2010) - Season 7 # "Michael's Last Dundies" (April 21, 2011) - Season 7

Episodes Directed

# "Body Language" (April 29, 2010) - Season 6 # "Michael's Last Dundies" (April 21, 2011) - Season 7

Awards and nominations

! Year	! Group	! Award	! Won	! Film/Television series
				rowspan="13"
	Screen Actors Guild Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Emmy Awards
	Screen Actors Guild Awards
Emmy Awards
	Screen Actors Guild Awards
Emmy Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
	Prism Awards	Performance in a Comedy Series

References

External links

NBC official biography

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name	Steve Carell
birth date	August 16, 1962
birth name	Steven John Carell
birth place	Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts
nationality	American
notable works	''The Daily Show'' ''The Office''
yearsactive	1991–present
spouse	Nancy Carell (m. 1995)
children	Annie Carell (b. 2001) John Carell (b. 2004)
occupation	Actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, writer, director }}

Steven John "Steve" Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, voice artist, producer, writer, and director. Although Carell is notable for his role on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', he found greater fame in Hollywood for playing Michael Scott on ''The Office''. He has also starred in lead roles in the films ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', ''Little Miss Sunshine'', ''Evan Almighty'', ''Dan in Real Life'', ''Get Smart'', ''Date Night'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', and ''Crazy, Stupid, Love.''; and voiced characters in the animated films ''Over the Hedge'', ''Horton Hears a Who!'', and ''Despicable Me''. Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in ''Life'' magazine, and received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series for playing the lead role of Michael Scott for ''The Office'' in 2006.

Early life

Carell, the youngest of four brothers, was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby Acton by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His maternal uncle, Stanley Koch, worked with Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes. Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian; his father was born with the surname "Caroselli", later shortening it to "Carell". Carell was raised Roman Catholic, and was educated at The Fenn School and Middlesex School. Carell also played ice hockey as a teenager for his high school. He played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot. Carell attributed his interest in history to this, in which he earned his degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in 1984. While at Denison, Carell was a member of Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, a student-run improvisational comedy troupe. He originally aspired to become a radio broadcaster, deejaying at WDUB in Granville.

Early career

Before opting for a career as a performer, Carell claims that he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts, where he met his future wife, Nancy Walls. He later recounted that he quit after a few months because his boss told him he was not very good as a mail carrier; he needed to be more efficient. He planned on attending law school, but was unable to write an explanation on his application form as to why he wanted to be a lawyer. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children's theater company and later in the comedy musical, Knat Scatt Private Eye. He also acted in a television commercial for Brown's Chicken in 1989. After that, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City in 1991, where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. That same year, he obtained his first film work in a minor role as Tesio in ''Curly Sue''.

During the spring of 1996, he was a cast member of ''The Dana Carvey Show'', a primetime sketch comedy program on ABC. Along with fellow cast member Stephen Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of ''The Ambiguously Gay Duo'', the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which continued on ''Saturday Night Live'' later that year. While the program lasted only seven episodes, ''The Dana Carvey Show'' has since been credited with forging Carell's career. During this time, he also played a supporting character for several series including ''Come to Papa'' and the short-lived 1997 Tim Curry situation comedy ''Over the Top''. He has made numerous guest appearances, including on an episode of ''Just Shoot Me!'' titled "Funny Girl." Carell's other early screen credits includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus's short-lived situation comedy ''Watching Ellie'' (2002–2003) and Woody Allen's ''Melinda and Melinda''. He has also made fun of himself for auditioning for ''Saturday Night Live'' but losing the job to Will Ferrell. Carell was a correspondent for ''The Daily Show'' from 1999 until 2005, with a number of regular segments including "Even Stevphen" with Stephen Colbert and "Produce Pete."

''The Office''

During 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in an American version of the BBC British TV show ''The Office'', a "mockumentary" about life at a mid-sized paper supply company. He plays Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Inc, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Although the first season of the adaptation suffered mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's movie ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', and the series subsequently became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award during 2006 for his ''Office'' role. He has also received five Emmy nominations for his work in the series (2006–2010). His last episode for the show, "Goodbye, Michael" aired on April 28, 2011.

Carell earned approximately US$175,000 per episode of the third season of ''The Office'', twice his salary for the previous two seasons. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' interview, he commented on his salary, saying "You don't want people to think you're a pampered jerk. Salaries can be ridiculous. On the other hand, a lot of people are making a lot of money off of these shows." Carell was allowed "flex time" during filming to work on theatrical films. Carell worked on ''Evan Almighty'' during a production hiatus during the second season of ''The Office''. Production ended during the middle of the fourth season of ''The Office'' because of Carell's and others' refusal to cross the picket line of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike. Carell, a WGA member, has written two episodes of ''The Office'': "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man". Both episodes were praised, and Carell won a Writer's Guild of America award for "Casino Night".

On April 29, 2010, Carell stated he would be leaving the show when his contract expires at the conclusion of the 2010–2011 season.

His last episode, "Goodbye, Michael," aired April 28, 2011. Michael Scott is last seen walking to his Colorado-bound plane to live with his fiancée, Holly Flax.

Film career

Carell's first starring role was in the 2005 film ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', which he developed and co-wrote. The film made $109 million in domestic box office and established Carell as a leading man. It also earned Carell an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and a WGA Award nomination, along with co-writer Judd Apatow, for Best Original Screenplay.

Carell acted as "Uncle Arthur", imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character for the 2005 remake of ''Bewitched'' with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced a starring role for the 2006 computer-animated film ''Over the Hedge'' as Hammy the Squirrel. He also voiced for the 2008 animated film ''Horton Hears a Who!'' as the mayor of Whoville, Ned McDodd. He starred in ''Little Miss Sunshine'' during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,'' ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'', and ''Bewitched'' established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack" group. (This set of actors includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson).

Carell acted as the title character of ''Evan Almighty'', a sequel to ''Bruce Almighty'', reprising his role as Evan Baxter, now a U.S. Congressman. Although, ostensibly, God tasks Baxter with building an ark, Baxter also learns that life can generate positive returns with people offering Acts of Random Kindness. During October 2006, Carell began acting for the film ''Dan in Real Life'', co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche. Filming ended December 22, 2006, and the film was released on October 26, 2007.

Carell played Maxwell Smart for a movie remake of ''Get Smart'', which began filming February 3, 2007 and was filmed in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., and Moscow, Russia. The movie was successful, grossing over $200 million worldwide. During 2007, Carell was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Carell filmed a movie during late 2008 opposite Tina Fey, titled ''Date Night''. It was released on April 9, 2010 in the U.S. He voiced Gru who is the main character in the Universal CGI movie ''Despicable Me'' along with Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, and Julie Andrews, which was very successful (he will likely be reprising the role for the upcoming sequel). He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film ''The Bobo''. He is currently doing voiceover work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum.

Carell has launched a television division of his Carousel Prods., which has contracted a three-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, the studio behind his NBC comedy series. Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith of North South Prods., former producers on Carell's alma mater, Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show'', have been hired to manage Carousel's TV operations.

Personal life

Carell is married to ''Saturday Night Live'' alumna Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City. They have two children, Elisabeth Anne "Annie" (born May 25, 2001) and John "Johnny" (born June 2004). In addition to working with him as a fellow correspondent on ''The Daily Show'', Nancy also acted with him on ''The Office'' as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills, and also cameoed as a sex therapist in ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin''.

The Carells have homes in Toluca Lake, California, Marshfield, Massachusetts and in Florida. They recently helped to preserve some of the town's history by purchasing the 155-year-old Marshfield Hills General Store, an antique country store well-known for its candy counter.

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Other awards

Carell won the Spike TV 2008 "Guys Choice", Funniest M.F. Award.

References

External links

in 2007

Dateline NBC's interview with Carell

Carell's antique country store in Marshfield, MA

USA Today article on real-life CEO lessons

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name	Michael Schur
pseudonym	Ken Tremendous
birth name	Michael Herbert Schur
birth date	October 29, 1975
birth place	West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
occupation	Television producer, screenwriter, actor
nationality	American
notableworks	''The Office''''Parks and Recreation''
spouse	Jennifer Philbin (2005–present)
children	William Schur Ivy Schur }}

Michael Herbert Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on the NBC comedy series ''The Office'' and ''Parks and Recreation'', the latter of which he co-created along with Greg Daniels. Schur is also known for his small role on ''The Office'' as Mose Schrute, the cousin of Dwight Schrute, who is played by Rainn Wilson.

Biography

Michael Schur said he first became interested in comedy when he was 11 years old, when he read ''Without Feathers'', a 1975 collection of humorous essays by Woody Allen. Schur said he found the book on his father's bookshelf and stayed up reading it until 4 a.m.

Schur wrote for six seasons on NBC's ''Saturday Night Live'' until 2004. Soon after, he became producer and writer for ''The Office'' on NBC, for which he has written ten episodes so far. He is a graduate of William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut and of Harvard University (class of 1997) where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the ''Harvard Lampoon''. He is married to Jennifer Philbin, who was formerly a writer on ''The O.C.'' and is television star Regis Philbin's daughter. Their first child, son William Xavier Schur, was born on Feb 18, 2008. His middle name, Xavier, is in honor of Regis Philbin's confirmation name. At 7:54 p.m., on July 14, 2010, Jennifer Philbin gave birth to a daughter, Ivy Elizabeth, in California. Schur appeared on ''The Office'' as Dwight's cousin Mose in the episodes "Initiation," in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm, "Money," in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm, "The Deposition", "Koi Pond", and "Counseling." He also co-wrote ''The Office: The Accountants'' webisodes with Paul Lieberstein.

Schur also wrote for "Fire Joe Morgan", a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Ken Tremendous." Schur resurrected the pen name on March 31, 2011, when he began writing for SBNation's Baseball Nation site, which debuted the same day.

In April 2008, Schur and Greg Daniels started working on a pilot for ''Parks and Recreation'' as a proposed spin off of ''The Office''. Over time, Schur realized ''Parks and Recreation'' would work better as a show if they made it separate from ''The Office''. While ''Parks and Recreation'' received negative reviews in its first season, it received critical acclaim in the second much like ''The Office''.

Schur collaborated with The Decemberists on their music video for ''Calamity Song'' from the album ''The King Is Dead''.

''The Office'' written episodes

''The Office''

# "The Alliance" (April 12, 2005) - Season 1 # "Office Olympics" (October 4, 2005) - Season 2 # "Christmas Party" (December 6, 2005) - Season 2 # "Valentine's Day" (February 9, 2006) - Season 2 # "Branch Closing" (November 9, 2006) - Season 3 # "Traveling Salesmen" co-written with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (January 11, 2007) - Season 3 # "The Return" co-written with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (January 18, 2007) - Season 3 # "The Negotiation" (April 5, 2007) - Season 3 # "The Job" co-written with Paul Lieberstein (May 17, 2007) - Season 3 # "Dunder Mifflin Infinity" (October 4, 2007) - Season 4

''Parks and Recreation'' episodes

''Parks and Recreation''

;Director

"Rock Show" - Season 1

"Sister City" - Season 2

"Time Capsule" - Season 3

;Writer

"Pilot" - Season 1

"Greg Pikitis" - Season 2

"Christmas Scandal" - Season 2

"Galentine's Day" - Season 2

"The Master Plan" - Season 2

"Time Capsule" - Season 3

References

External links

Fire Joe Morgan

Interview with Michael Schur

Where are they now? Interview About His Public Schooling

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name	Delvene Delaney
birth date	August 26, 1951
birth place	Mackay, Queensland, Australia
spouse	John Cornell
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Delvene Delaney (born 26 August 1951) is an Australian actress and television presenter.

The beauty pageant winner found fame on Australian television in the 1970s, initially as a weather presenter on Brisbane television. She followed this with stints in soap operas ''The Box'' as Penny O'Brien in 1974, and ''The Young Doctors'' as nurse Jojo Adams from 1976 to 1977.

Though both these serials were popular, Delaney became better known as a recurring cast member of ''The Paul Hogan Show'' in the late 1970s. She also made regular appearances as a panel member on the top-rated ''Blankety Blanks'' in 1977–1979. She was co-presenter on the popular quiz show ''Sale of the Century'' from 1982 to 1986.

Delaney has been married to ''The Paul Hogan Show'' co-star John Cornell since the 1970s. They have two children, Allira and Liana Cornell. Liana has followed in her mother's footsteps as a model and actress, while Allira has chosen to pursue a career behind the camera lens as a photographer.

Filmography

''The Love Boat''

''Chopper Squad''

''The Young Doctors'' (1976) TV Nurse JoJo Adams (1976–1977)

''End Play'' (1975) Janine Talbort

''The Box'' (1974) TV Penny O'Brien

''The Paul Hogan Show'' (1973) TV .... Various

''The Runner'' (1972)

References

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