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Karen Maruyama

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Karen Maruyama (born May 29, 1958) is an American actress and comedienne. She has appeared on television in supporting roles in a number of sitcoms, including recurring characters on The Jamie Foxx Show, Strip Mall, Suddenly Susan, and Arrested Development. Maruyama is well known as an improv performer and instructor, and was a featured guest on both the American and British versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as well as a member of The Groundlings. She also appeared as a parking lot attendant in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. She also played a nurse in The Bucket List (2007) and a housekeeper in the 2012 film The Campaign. She is part of the cast of The Jim Henson Company's live stage show "Puppet Up! - Uncensored" which has toured to Aspen, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Sydney and Melbourne and is currently appearing monthly at Avalon Hollywood. In 2013, on the serie 2 Broke Girls (third season, seventh episode), she appears how Han's mother, under the name Su-Min. Karen was also featured as a fashion victim in an episode of the makeover show How Do I Look?. She also appeared as a non-celebrity contestant on the 1984 CBS game show, Body Language, under the name Karen Upshaw, saying she was from Perris, California. She was paired with celebrity players Ted Lange and Constance Towers. She was also on The New $25,000 Pyramid in 1983 with Audrey Landers and Michael McKean.


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Born:
May 29, 1958 In U.S.A
Movie/TV Credits:
25
First Appeared:
In the series Columbo 1971-09-15
Latest Project:
Movie Self Reliance 2024-01-03
Known For
Poster of Young & Hungry
Poster of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Poster of Even Stevens
Poster of Full House
Filmography
Movie Self Reliance Lindsey 2024-01-03
Movie RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary Renee Foreman 2023-05-04
Movie It's a Wonderful Binge Grandma 2022-12-09
Movie Life of the Party Mediator 2018-05-10
Movie Pee-wee's Big Holiday Tourist at Snake Farm 2016-03-15
Series Young & Hungry Lilly 2014-06-25
Movie The Campaign Mrs. Yao 2012-08-09
Movie The Bucket List Nurse Shing 2007-12-25
Movie The Enigma with a Stigma Cindy Wasser 2006-10-01
Series Ghost Whisperer Unknown 2005-09-23
Series Nip/Tuck Unknown 2003-07-22
Series Wanda at Large Unknown 2003-03-26
Series Even Stevens Unknown 2000-06-17
Series Curb Your Enthusiasm Unknown 2000-10-15
Movie The Thirteenth Year Mrs. Nelson 1999-05-15
Series Guys Like Us 1998-10-05
Movie Dunston Checks In Telephone Operator 1996-01-12
Series Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys 1996-09-07
Series The Jamie Foxx Show Unknown 1996-08-28
Movie Sawbones Polito 1995-01-01
Movie The American President Leo's Secretary 1995-11-17
Movie Pulp Fiction Gawker #1 1994-09-10
Series The Simpsons Unknown 1989-12-17
Series Full House Unknown 1987-09-22
Series Columbo Maid 1971-09-15
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