Kari Lizer
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Kari Lizer (born August 26, 1961) is an American actress, writer, and producer.[1]
Life and career
Lizer was born in San Diego, California.[1]
She was the creator and executive producer of the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. In May 2010, CBS canceled Old Christine after five seasons. Upon its cancellation, Lizer slammed the network and suggested the decision to cancel the show was sexist.[2][3] Previously, she had been co-executive producer of Will & Grace for three years, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Comedy Series category.[4][5]
Lizer also created the comedy Maggie Winters.[6]
As an actress, Lizer played Cassie Phillips on Matlock,[7] Diana Benedict on Sunday Dinner,Template:R and Chris Burgess on The Van Dyke Show.Template:R
In April 2020, Lizer released her first book, Aren't You Forgetting Someone?: Essays from My Mid-Life Revenge.[8]
Selected filmography
As actress
- Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
- Private School (1983)
- Gotcha! – Muffy (1985)
- Matlock – Episode: "The Angel" – Margaret Danello (AKA Angel) (1986)
- Growing Pains – Episode: "Born Free" – Stewardess (1987)
- Who's the Boss? – Episode: "There Goes the Bride" – Christy Robinson Everett (1987)
- Matlock – Cassie Phillips (1987–1988)
- The Van Dyke Show – Chris Burgess (1988)
- Quantum Leap – Episode 1.5: "How the Tess Was Won" – Tess McGill (1989)
- Father Dowling Mysteries – Episode: "The Substitute Sister Mystery" – Vickie (1991)
- Diagnosis Murder – Episode: "Death By Extermination" – Lena Prossor (1994)
- Weird Science (5 episodes 1994–1996)
- Breast Men (1997)
- Will & Grace (5 episodes 2001–2004)
As director
- Man with a Plan (1 episode 2019)
As writer
- Call Your Mother (2 episodes 2021)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (88 episodes 2006–2010)
- Will & Grace (13 episodes 2000–2004)
- Maggie Winters (16 episodes 1998–1999)
- Weird Science (14 episodes 1994–1997)
- Benders (1994)
As producer
- Call Your Mother (2021)
- Maggie Winters (1998–1999)
- The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010)
- Will & Grace (2000–2004)
References
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External links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from San Diego
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- Television producers from California
- American women television producers
- Television writers from California
- Writers from San Diego
- American women television writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- 21st-century American women writers