Person Details

Birthday: 1958-05-29 16:12:54

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: U.S.A

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Movie Involvements: 3

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

Karen Maruyama 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.

Most Famous Work

Better Call Saul
Average
9

Better Call Saul

(2015) Judge Metcalf
Ghost Whisperer
Average
8

Ghost Whisperer

(2005) Nurse Heather
Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Maid
Pulp Fiction
Average
8

Pulp Fiction

(1994) Gawker #1
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
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7

Spider-Man: The New Animated Series

(2003) Shadowy Woman (voice) / Flower Vendor (voice)
Static Shock
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8

Static Shock

(2000) Kim (voice)
Justice League
Average
8

Justice League

(2001) Tsukuri (voice)
Viper
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6

Viper

(1994) Police Operator

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Lindsey
2022 Grandma
Sandra
Barborah (voice)
2021 Caricature Artist
Ms. Polotzi
2020 Auntie Bobbie
2019 Marcy
2018 Mrs. Finn
Mediator
2016 Tourist at Snake Farm
2015 Minister
Judge Metcalf
Wanda Williams
2014 Liz
Susie
Lilly
2012 Vice-Principal Takashi
Mrs. Yao
2011 Su-Min
2010 Michi
Coach Lutes
2007 Nurse Shing
Valerie
2006 Cindy Wasser
Dr. Yamada
2005 Nurse Heather
N/A
Woman (voice)
Kichiro (voice)
2003 N/A
Shadowy Woman (voice) / Flower Vendor (voice)
Head Protestor (voice)
N/A
2001 Tsukuri / Firefighter (voice)
Tsukuri (voice)
N/A
N/A
2000 Female Parking Attendant
Kim (voice)
N/A
N/A
N/A
1999 Amazonian (voice)
1998 N/A
Connie
Leopard (voice)
Herself
1997 Buddhist (voice)
1996 Shao Lin (voice)
N/A
Telephone Operator
1995 Leo's Secretary
Polito
1994 Gawker #1
Police Operator
1992 O.R. Nurse
1989 N/A
1988 Herself
1987 N/A
1971 Maid
Year Character Movie/Tv

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