Karen Maruyama

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.

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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Circuitry Man	Biker Bandit
1992	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Kathy Walker	Episode "Do the Right Thing... If You Can Figure Out What It Is"
1994	Viper	Police Operator	Episode "Pilot"
1994	Pulp Fiction	Gawker #1
1994	Ellen	Kate	Episode "Adam's Birthday"
1995	The Enforcer		Voice Only
1995	Murphy Brown	Wardrobe Woman	Episode "It's Miller Time"
1995	Sawbones	Polito	TV Movie
1995	The American President	Leo's Assistant
1996	Dunston Checks In	Telephone Operator
1996	Mad About You	Nurse #2	Episode "The Procedure"
1996	Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous	Grandma	TV Movie
1996	Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys	Shao Lin	Voice Only, episodes "Invasion of the Banana Snatchers" and "Splitzy's Choice"
1997	Night Stand	Miyoshi	Episode "Leave Your Job or I'm Leaving You"
1997	Caroline in the City	Actress	Episode "Caroline and the Wayward Husband"
1997	Blade Runner	Fish Dealer	Video game, voice only
1998	Veronica's Closet	Event Official	Episode "Veronica's Got a Secret"
1998	Holding the Baby	Mona	Episode "Father Knows Breast"
1998	Guys Like Us	Kim	Recurring character
1998	Suddenly Susan	Mrs. Fong	5 episodes
1999	The Thirteenth Year	Mrs. Nelson	TV Movie
1997 - 1999	The Simpsons	Japanese Stewardess, Dancing Lady #1	Voice only, episodes "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" and "In Marge We Trust"
2000	The Wild Thornberrys	Leopard	Voice only, episode "Black and White and Mom All Over"
2000	King of the Hill	Buddhist	Voice only, episode "Won't you Pimai Neighbor?"
2000	Titus	Nurse Patty	Episode "Episode Eleven"
2000	Static Shock	Kim	Voice only, episode "Grounded"
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Female Parking Attendant	Episode "Interior Decorator"
1999 - 2001	The Jamie Foxx Show	Gloria	11 episodes
2001	Futurama	Amazonian	Voice only, episode "Amazonian Women in the Mood"
2001	Even Stevens	Millie	Episode "A Weak First Week"
2001	Strip Mall	Foo	9 Episodes
2001	Heavy Gear: The Animated Series	Yoji Kirakowa	Voice only
2002	Justice League	Tsukuri, Firefighter	Voice only, episodes "Fury" and "Fury: Part II"
2003	Columbo	Maid	Episode "Columbo Likes the Nightlife"
2003	Spider-Man: The New Animated Series	Head Protestor, Shadowy Woman, Flower Vendor	Voice only, episodes "Heroes and Villains" and "Royal Scam"
2005	The King of Queens	Connie	Episode "Black List"
2013	Good Luck Charlie	Coach	Episode "Go Teddy!"
2014	Garfunkel & Oates	Susie	Episode: Rule 34

External links

• Karen Maruyama at the Internet Movie Database
• Karen Maruyama at the "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Encyclopedia