Karen Maruyama

Karen Maruyama

1958-05-29

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.

Also appears in

Kung Fu Panda 4

Kung Fu Panda 4

7.1

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

8.5

The Bucket List

The Bucket List

7.2

The Campaign

The Campaign

5.8

Life of the Party

Life of the Party

6.1

The American President

The American President

6.5

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

6.0

Self Reliance

Self Reliance

6.0

It’s a Wonderful Binge

It’s a Wonderful Binge

5.0

Dunston Checks In

Dunston Checks In

5.4

The Thirteenth Year

The Thirteenth Year

6.6

Pee-wee’s Big Holiday

Pee-wee’s Big Holiday

6.1

Sawbones

Sawbones

5.0

The Enigma with a Stigma

The Enigma with a Stigma

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I’m Totally Fine

I’m Totally Fine

6.4

Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn

Logan Lee & the Rise of the Purple Dawn

5.3

A Little Italian Vacation

A Little Italian Vacation

7.0

RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary

RE-OPENING: A Lockdown Mockumentary

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