About her

[Steve]

Maria Bamford was born September 3,1970 at The U.S. Naval Base,Port Hueneme,California to Joel and Marylin Bamford.
She grew up in Little Lake Peaquaym and Duluth,Minnesota attending Chester Park Elementary,and Marshall High Schools.Maria went on to study at Bate's College in Lewiston,Maine,the University of Edinburgh in Scotland,and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where she earned a degree in Creative Writing.
Her father,mother,and sister are all doctors.
She began her stand-up career at Stevie Ray's Cabaret in Minneapolis when she was 19,and made her debut on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 10 years later.She has done tons and tons of movies and tv shows & appearances over the years:
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994)..Fiddler
Denial (1998)..newscaster
The Tom Show (1998)..Christy
CatDog (1998)..Mayor Dixie
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (1999)..herself
Late Night With Conan O'Brien (1999)..herself
The Martin Short Show (1999)..herself (also wrote)
Dharma & Greg (1999)..Sandy
Win Ben Stein's Money (2000)..herself
The Trouble With Normal (2000)..Dora
Lucky Numbers (2000)..Wendy,the Denny's waitress
Escape From Monkey Island (2000)..Brittany
Late Friday (2001)..herself
Comedy Central Presents (2001)..herself (also wrote)
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (2001)..herself
Late Friday (2002)..herself
Premium Blend (2002)..herself
Comic Remix (2002)..herself
Stuart Little 2 (2002)..teacher
Hey Monie! (sex education teacher
Heroes Of Comedy:Women On Top (2003)..herself
The World Comedy Tour:Melbourne 2003..herself
Charlotte's Web 2:Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003)..Aranea
Funny Money (2003)..comedian
Home Movies..Erik's girlfriend
The Glass House (2004)
Stand Up! (2004)..herself
The Glass House (2005)
Comedy Factory (2005)..herself
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (2005)..herself
The Comedians Of Comedy (2005)..herself (also wrote)
Rove Live (2005)..herself
Tom Goes To The Mayor (2005)..home shopping woman
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island (2005)..Melody
Barnyard (2006)..Mrs.Beady
Shorty McShort's Shorts (2006)..voice
The Comedians Of Comedy:Live At El Rey (2006)..herself (also wrote)

Maria continues to entertain us on the stage & screen,and has a new cd "How To Win" coming out on January 30,2007!
You can find all her latest news,performances,and newsletter on her official website www.mariabamford.com

[shortylongpants]

Maria is of German descent so she will get a hairy face when she gets old. That's what she said on stage a few nights ago. Don't shoot the messenger.

[Steve]

NEVER GET OLD BAMMER!

[Bob S]

What did she do on Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1994??

Discovering that she had an early appearance on MST3K has earned her aplace of reverence and respect in my book...

[Steve]

Maria played "Fiddler" in the episode "Bloodlust."Here's the layout...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0655401

[Lane]

I watched that whole MST3K episode on youtube, and she's not actually on camera. There's a part where the cast does a hoe-down to fiddle music, and Maria must have been playing the fiddle off camera. That's it. Wonder how she got that gig.

Gotta say, Maria plays a mean fiddle.

[Steve]

Which ot the 12 videos under "mst3k bloodlust" on youtube is she in?

[Lane]

admin said:

Which ot the 12 videos under "mst3k bloodlust" on youtube is she in?

5 in the 10 part "bloodlust" series

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUvC6sV6fdA

at 5:22

Remember, she's not IN the video. You just hear her playing a wicked fiddle. She's good.

The Comedians of Comedy has a clip of a very young Maria doing her act telling jokes and playing the violin ala Henny Youngman.

[carol]

Hearing her is only half the fun.

[Steve]

Yeah,you really gotta see her too!

[thunderwing]

She is really talented from all I've read and educated,But which voice is hers,Amazing!IShe really makes me laugh.Was that her voice for Sandy Cheeks,on Sponge Bob cartoon? Love her!Thank's