Maria Bamford
{{short description|American stand-up comedian and actress (born 1970)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Maria Bamford
| image = Mariba.JPG
| caption = Bamford in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|3}}
| birth_place =
| education = Bates College
University of Edinburgh
University of Minnesota (BA)
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- comedian}}
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Scott Marvel Cassidy|2015}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| module = {{Infobox comedian|embed=yes
| medium = {{hlist|Stand-up|television|film}}
| genre = {{hlist|Observational comedy|character comedy|surreal humor|alternative comedy|black comedy}}
| subject = {{hlist|Pop culture|personal life|mental health}}
}}
}}
Maria Bamford (born September 3, 1970)Champion, Jared N.; Kunze, Peter C., eds. (2021). [https://books.google.com/books?id=evRPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT42 Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals]. Jackson, MS: The University of Mississippi Press. p. 42. {{ISBN|9781496835499}}. is an American actress and stand-up comedian. Her work often uses self-deprecating and dark topics, including her dysfunctional family, depression, anxiety, suicide and mental illness.
Her first comedy album and tour was The Burning Bridges Tour (2003), followed by eight more albums and specials. One of her first feature films is Lucky Numbers (2000), and she voiced characters on many animated shows, including Shriek on CatDog, and many more on American Dad!, Ugly Americans, Adventure Time, and BoJack Horseman. Her film work includes Stuart Little 2 (2002), Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003), Barnyard (2006), Heckler (2007), and Hell and Back (2015). She voiced Talking Ginger and Talking Becca in the Talking Tom & Friends web series. Her live television work began in Louie (2012), Arrested Development (2013–2019), WordGirl (2007–2015), Big Mouth (2017–present), Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021–2022), and Human Resources (2022–2023). In 2014, she won the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic.
The 2016 Netflix original series Lady Dynamite, in which she plays the lead role, is based on her life. She voiced Tito, the Anxiety Mosquito, in Big Mouth.
In 2023, she released a memoir, titled Sure, I'll Join Your Cult.{{cite web |title=Book review: Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford - The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/06/maria-bamford-join-cult-memoir-review/ |website=www.washingtonpost.com}}
Early life
Bamford's father, Joel Bamford, served as a Navy doctor. She grew up in Duluth, Minnesota, attending Chester Park Elementary and Duluth Marshall School. She has stated that when she was younger, she was often troubled with her anxiety, depression, and what she has called "Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome", a subset of obsessive–compulsive disorder.
Upon graduating from high school, she attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. In 1992, she transferred to the University of Edinburgh in Scotland at the start of her junior year. She became the first female member of the college's improvised comedy group, The Improverts. After a year in Scotland, she transferred back to her home state and enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She began stand-up comedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at age 19, at Stevie Ray's Comedy Cabaret.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Career
= 1998–2008: Comedy beginnings =
Bamford has been in many movies and television shows, including cartoon voices. She was the voice of Shriek DuBois in Nickelodeon's CatDog, a wide selection of secondary characters in Cartoon Network's Adventure Time, and Mrs. Botsford, Violet, and Leslie on the PBS educational series WordGirl. She does impersonations, including her mother and her agent. Her stand-up comedy often takes the form of vignettes rather than the standard setup-and-punchline format.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}
Bamford was featured in the documentary series The Comedians of Comedy on Comedy Central and Showtime, and appears in short skits titled The Maria Bamford Show, broadcast on the website Super Deluxe. She appears on the comedy compilation CD Comedy Death-Ray.{{Citation needed |date=November 2023}}
= 2008–2014: Rise to prominence =
Her album Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome, produced by Comedy Central Records, was released in April 2009 and includes a DVD containing The Maria Bamford Show episodes. During the Christmas 2009–2010 shopping seasons, she was featured in a series of Target commercials, portraying an over eager shopper determined to be first in line.{{cite web|first=Joel|last=Keller|url= http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/11/24/maria-bamford-plays-a-demented-shopper-in-new-target-ads/|title= Maria Bamford plays a demented shopper in new Target ads|work= TVSquad |publisher= AOL Television|date= November 24, 2009|access-date=March 5, 2010}} For Christmas 2009, she released a free stand-up special online as a gift to her fans.
While working in voice-over shows and advertisements in Los Angeles, she was hospitalized three times over the course of 18 months for nervous breakdowns. She commented on the hospital visits by saying "it was the responsible thing to do" after she felt "suicidal" and "dispirited".
In 2012, she released The Special Special Special for download through Chill.com. The special was recorded at her own home in Los Angeles with only her parents present as the audience.{{cite web |url=http://chill.com/MariaBamfoo/the-special-special-special |title=Maria Bamford: the special special special! |publisher=Chill |date=November 29, 2012 |access-date=July 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119075646/http://chill.com/MariaBamfoo/the-special-special-special |archive-date=January 19, 2013}}
In 2013, she created and starred in a web series called Ask My Mom. She plays both herself and her mother, who answers questions sent in by fans.{{cite web|first=David|last=Haglund|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/06/06/maria_bamford_interview_ask_my_mom_arrested_development_and_learning_improv.html|title=Maria Bamford on Arrested Development and Her New Web Series, Ask My Mom!|website=Slate.com|publisher=The Slate Group|location=San Francisco, California|date=June 6, 2013|access-date=June 10, 2013}} Also in 2013, she appeared as herself in one episode of the interview web series All Growz Up with Melinda Hill.{{cite web|first=Brian|last=Balthazar|title="All Growz Up" Talks To Maria Bamford In A Back Alley|url=http://popgoestheweek.com/2013/09/watch-all-growz-up-talks-to-maria-bamford-in-a-back-alley/|website=popgoestheweek.com|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=October 15, 2013}} She voiced Pema in the Nickelodeon cartoon The Legend of Korra.
In 2013, she appeared in season four of Arrested Development as Debrie Bardeaux, Tobias Fünke's love interest.{{cite journal|last=Onion|first=Rebecca|title=Tobias gets served.|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2013/arrested_development_season_4_reviews/episodes/arrested_development_season_4_a_new_start_recap_maria_bamford_s_debrie_charms.html|journal=Slate|date=30 May 2013 |access-date=May 30, 2013}} The series creator noted her as a comical "genius" and said that "real artists [like Maria] talk about things that nobody else talks about, and talk about them candidly." She remained on the series until it concluded in 2019.
= 2014–present: ''Lady Dynamite'' and critical acclaim =
{{Further|Lady Dynamite}}
She appeared in the third season of Louis C.K.'s Louie.{{cite web |first=Maria|last=Bamford|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/tv_club/features/2012/louie_season_3/week_4/louie_season_3_daddy_s_girlfriend_recap_maria_bamford_on_working_with_louis_c_k_.html |title=What it's like to work with Louis C. K. |website=slate.com |publisher=The Slate Group|location=San Francisco, California|date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2014}} In 2014, she co-created, wrote, and starred in The Program with Melinda Hill, produced by Funny or Die.{{cite web|url=http://www.laughspin.com/2014/07/08/maria-bamford-melinda-hills-funny-or-die-series-the-program-features-jerry-minor-oscar-nunez-and-more-as-debtors-anonymous-members-videos/|title=Maria Bamford, Melinda Hill's Funny Or Die series The Program features Jerry Minor, Oscar Nunez and more as Debtors Anonymous members (Videos)|work=LAUGHSPIN|access-date=May 28, 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129070656/http://www.laughspin.com/2014/07/08/maria-bamford-melinda-hills-funny-or-die-series-the-program-features-jerry-minor-oscar-nunez-and-more-as-debtors-anonymous-members-videos/|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fc5f294cd7/the-program-part-1-visions|title=The Program Part 1: Visions|work=Funny or Die|date=July 2014 |access-date=May 28, 2015}} In 2014, she won the American Comedy Award for Best Club Comic.{{cite web|first1=Amanda Michelle|last1=Steiner|title=American Comedy Awards Winners List: Bill Hader, Amy Poehler & More|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/08/american-comedy-awards-winners-2014-winner-list/|website=Hollywood Life|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=Los Angeles, California|date=May 8, 2014|access-date=June 13, 2015}} In January 2016, she was a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where host Stephen Colbert called her his "favorite comedian on planet Earth".{{cite web
|first=Sean L. |last=McCarthy|title=Maria Bamford on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|url=http://thecomicscomic.com/2016/01/18/maria-bamford-on-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/|work=The Comics Comic|date=January 16, 2016|access-date=January 19, 2016}}
In early 2016, Netflix announced an original series based on her life, called Lady Dynamite, starring her,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/19/lady-dynamite-maria-bamford-netflix|title=Maria Bamford's Lady Dynamite comedy series is heading to Netflix|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Meredith Corporation|date= June 19, 2015|access-date=June 22, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/maria-bamford-lady-dynamite-premiere-date-netflix-sarah-silverman-1201707924/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224172023/http://deadline.com/2016/02/maria-bamford-lady-dynamite-premiere-date-netflix-sarah-silverman-1201707924/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2016|title=Maria Bamford Announces 'Lady Dynamite' Premiere Date – With A Little Help
|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 23, 2016|access-date=February 23, 2016}} released in May 2016. She was invited to the writing process. She did not write any episodes, but was often in the writers' room, discussing ideas and "hanging out". The writers had freedom to modify her experiences for creative purposes.{{cite web|first=Jesse David|last=Fox|url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/04/first-look-at-maria-bamfords-lady-dynamite.html|title=Maria Bamford Walks You Through Lady Dynamite|website=Vulture.com|publisher=New York Media|location=New York City|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=July 6, 2018}}
In May 2017, she was the commencement speaker for the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts.{{Cite news|first=Rachel|last=Jacoby Zoldan|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/maria-bamford-commencement-speech-university-of-minnesota|title=This Graduation Speaker Made Her Entire Commencement Speech About Her Fee|work=Teen Vogue|publisher=Condé Nast|date=May 19, 2017|access-date=May 22, 2017}} During the speech, she gave a check made out to Sallie Mae for $5,000, her net speaking fee, to a graduate in the audience who had student loans.{{Cite news|first=Mike|last=Mullen|url=http://www.citypages.com/arts/maria-bamford-gives-u-of-m-theater-arts-grad-5000-to-pay-down-student-loans/422319593|title=Maria Bamford gives U of M theater arts grad $5,000 to pay down student loans |work=citypages|date=May 14, 2017|access-date=February 11, 2020}}
In April 2018, she appeared on season 13 of Worst Cooks in America.{{cite web|title=A Fresh Batch of Cooking-Challenged Celebrities Enter Boot Camp|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/shows/2018/3/a-fresh-batch-of-cooking-challenged-celebrities-enter-boot-camp|website=Food Network}} She was eliminated in the fourth episode.
On September 5, 2023, her book, Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere, was released by Gallery Books.{{cite web|title=Fall 2023 Adult Announcements: Memoirs & Biographies|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/92418-fall-2023-adult-announcements-memoirs-biographies.html|first=Conner|last=Reed|date=May 26, 2023|access-date=September 13, 2023|website=Publishers Weekly}} On September 24, 2023, the book entered the New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction best seller list at #11.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2023/09/24/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction |title=Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction |work=The New York Times |date=September 24, 2023 |access-date=September 24, 2023}}
Comedy style
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Bamford's unique comedic style has drawn praise from many in the comedy world. She is best known for her portrayal of her dysfunctional family and self-deprecating comedy involving jokes about depression and anxiety.{{Cite news|first=Sara|last=Corbett|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/magazine/the-weird-scary-and-ingenious-brain-of-maria-bamford.html|title=The Weird, Scary and Ingenious Brain of Maria Bamford|date=July 17, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|location=New York City|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 18, 2016}} Her comedy style is surreal and incorporates voice impressions of various character types. Zach Freeman of the Chicago Tribune has noted her content and comedic style as "comically erratic" with "seemingly unrelated tangents and constantly varying vocal inflections".{{Cite news|first=Zach|last=Freeeman|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-maria-bamford-review-athenaeum-theatre-story.html|title=Maria Bamford on edge and on point at the Athenaeum Theatre|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tronc|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=August 20, 2016|access-date=September 18, 2016}} David Sims of The Atlantic noted her roles and voice work as having themes of "serial passivity" stemming from her "polite upbringing and own internal anxieties".{{cite web|first=David|last=Sims|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/05/maria-bamford-lady-dynamite-netflix-review/483689/|title=Maria Bamford's 'Lady Dynamite' Is a Weird, Sweet Comedy|website=The Atlantic|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=September 18, 2016}} Film producer Judd Apatow has described her comedic style as "complex" and "bizarre", later calling her "the funniest woman in the world".{{Cite news|first=Libby|last=Hill|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-maria-bamford-and-friends-announce-premiere-date-netflix-20160224-story.html|title='Who is Maria Bamford?' Judd Apatow and others try to explain|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=February 24, 2016|access-date=September 18, 2016}} Variety described Bamford's performance in Lady Dynamite, saying that "the actress and comedian, whose presence has rarely been used as well as it is here, manages the neat trick of being both believably guileless and winningly sharp."{{cite magazine|first=Maureen|last=Ryan|url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/reviews/lady-dynamite-review-maria-bamford-1201770459/|title=TV Review: 'Lady Dynamite'|magazine=Variety|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|location=Los Angeles, California|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=August 6, 2016}} A 2014 New York Times profile of Bamford noted her comedic style by saying:
Much of Bamford's work examines the relationship between "people" — generally well-intentioned friends and family — and those who grapple with depression or anxiety or any other challenge to the psyche. Her act is a series of monologues and mini skits performed rapid fire and often without regard for transition. Deploying a range of deadpan voices, she mimics the faux enlightened who hover around the afflicted, offering toothless platitudes, bootstrapping pep talks, or concern warped by self-interest. The humor of any given moment relies not so much on punch lines as it does on the impeccably timed swerves of her tone, the interplay between Bamford's persona and those of all the people who don't get her.
Personal life
Bamford stated in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune that she has been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder,{{cite news|first=David|last=Burger|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/52050618-81/maria-utah-bamford-comic.html.csp|title=Comic Maria Bamford will cross personal boundaries at Utah show|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|publisher=Huntsman Family Investments, LLC|location=Salt Laker City, Utah|date=June 22, 2011|quote=I was re-diagnosed (after a three-day stay at the hospital) as Bipolar II}} and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). In stand-up, she describes bipolar as "the new gladiator sandal".
On December 11, 2014, during her show at the Neptune Theater in Seattle, she announced that she was engaged to artist Scott Marvel Cassidy.{{cite news|first1=Cathalena|last1=Burch|title=Comic takes on politics, understanding conservatives and suicide|url=http://tucson.com/entertainment/blogs/caliente-tuned-in/comic-takes-on-politics-understanding-conservatives-and-suicide/article_f86f01ad-033e-55ec-9827-87e4519a9357.html|work=Arizona Daily Star|publisher=Lee Enterprises|location=Tucson, Arizona|date=September 4, 2014|access-date=December 31, 2014}} They were married at a private ceremony in 2015.{{cite web |title=This couple chose a funky costume to dance at their wedding|url=https://vejasp.abril.com.br/coluna/pop/este-casal-escolheu-uma-fantasia-para-la-de-engracada-para-dancar-em-seu-casamento |website=vejasp.abril.com}}{{cite web |title=Maria Bamford Got Married Dressed As A Hotdog And It Was Amazing |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosapasquarella/2-become-bun |website=www.buzzfeed.com|date=17 August 2015}}{{cite web |title=Had a wonderful time with Mary Kay Place (playing my mom), Ed Begley, Jr. (as my dad), Mo Collins (as best friend) shooting the final scenes of Netflix series Lady Dynamite in Minnesota. The show should be out in April. The Minnesota-based crew was awesome. My Mom is very frustrated with my lack of social media posting and so, may be taking over this position. She wants to post "as Maria"- so if I start to sound upbeat and schilling Eileen Fisher fashions, trip advisor hotel reviews in Italy- know that it is not me- it is "Maria". This is a picture on my Mom's computer from my wedding of myself and my sister Sarah. Expect more of this type of thing in the future. I have abnegated all upon giving her my Facebook password. Enjoy. |url=https://www.facebook.com/mariabamford/photos/a.1420360964845691/1683798245168627/?type=3 |website=facebook.com}} She has one sister, Sarah Seidelmann, who is a physician, life coach and Shamanic healer.{{cite news|first1=Cathalena|last1=Burch|title=The half-soft, half-sharp comedy of Maria Bamford and 'Lady Dynamite'|url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/maria-bamford-lady-dynamite-interview/|work=Daily Dotdate=May 19, 2016|access-date=Apr 22, 2023}} She has a private residence in Los Angeles, California, and a home in Altadena, California. She loves pugs, and typically owns at least one senior pug at any given time.{{cite podcast |url=https://maximumfun.org/episodes/go-fact-yourself/ep-21-go-fact-yourself-maria-bamford-and-grant-imahara/ |title=Episode 21: Maria Bamford and Grant Imahara |website=Go Fact Yourself |publisher=MaximumFun |date=October 5, 2018 |time=24:30 |access-date=February 20, 2020}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Denial | Newscaster | |
| 2000
| Wendy | |
| 2002
| Teacher | |
| 2003
| Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure | Aranea / Button / additional voices |Voice |
| 2005
| Herself | |
| 2006
| Barnyard | Mrs. Beady |Voice |
| 2007
| Heckler | Herself | |
| 2014
| Angelique | |
| 2015
| Gloria | Voice |
| 2015
| Herself | |
| 2018
| An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Elegant Woman | |
| 2018
| Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss | Cultist | |
| 2021
| Extinct | Bo's Mom |Voice |
| 2022
| Carol's Mom | |
| 2022
|Voice |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1994
| Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Fiddler | Episode: "Bloodlust!" |
| 1998
| Christy | Episode: "The Band" |
| 1998–1999
| Mayor Dixie / various | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 1998–2005
| CatDog | Shriek DuBois | Voice, 58 episodes |
| 1999
| Sandy | Episode: "Death & Violins" |
| 1999–2004
| Additional voices | 3 episodes |
| 2000
| | Voice, episode: "The Back to School Syndrome" |
| 2000–2001
| Dora | 2 episodes |
| 2001
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2001–2002
| Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2001, 2007
| Herself | 2 episodes; also writer |
| 2002
| Herself | |
| 2002
| Herself | 1 episode |
| 2003
| Sex Education Teacher | Voice, episode: "For Pet's Sake" |
| 2003
| The World Comedy Tour: Melbourne 2003 | Herself | TV special |
| 2004–2016
| Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2005
| Home Shopping Woman / Sandy | Voice, episode: "Porcelain Birds" |
| 2005
| Herself | Episode: "#6.7" |
| 2005–2015
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Herself | 4 episodes |
| 2006
| Additional voices | 3 episodes |
| 2007
| Randy's Mother | Voice, episode: "The 42-Year-Old Virgin" |
| 2007–2008
| Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Various | 3 episodes |
| 2007–2011
| Mrs. Beady | Voice, 30 episodes |
| 2007–2015
| WordGirl | Violet / Sally Botsford | Voice, 87 episodes |
| 2009
| Various voices | 9 episodes |
| 2010
| Mae Kadoodie | Episode: "Nightmayor" |
| 2010
| Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule | Cynthia Driscoll | Episode: "Health" |
| 2010
| Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2010
| Captain, Zack | 2 episodes |
| 2010–2011
| John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show | Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2010–2012
| Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | "Wacky" Jackie Wackerman | Voice, 7 episodes |
| 2010–2018
| Various voices | 69 episodes |
| 2011
| Nick Swardson's Pretend Time | Linda Martin | Episode: "Flying Stripper" |
| 2011
| Conan | Herself | Episode: "Happy One Year Anniversary to Us, and to Lisa and Greg Drucker of Wayne, New Jersey" |
| 2011
| Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight | Herself | Episode: "#1.8" |
| 2011–2016
| Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | Chen | Voice, 8 episodes |
| 2012
| Louie | Maria | 2 episodes |
| 2012
| Various voices | 7 episodes |
| 2012–2014
| Pema | Voice, 19 episodes |
| 2013
| Herself | Episode #1 |
| 2013
| Denise Ryan | 2 episodes |
| 2013
| Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2013
| Herself | Episode: "Space!" |
| 2013–2015
| Carole Beekler | Voice, 12 episodes |
| 2013–2019
| 15 episodes |
| 2014
| Chozen | | Voice, episode: "Pilot" |
| 2014
| The Program | Peace | 2 episodes; also writer and executive producer |
| 2014
| Benched | Cheryl | 8 episodes |
| 2014
| Mixels | Scorpi | Voice |
| 2014–2016
| TripTank | Various voices | 6 episodes |
| 2014–2017
| Herself | 4 episodes |
| 2014–2019
| Kelsey Jannings / various | Voice, 9 episodes |
| 2015
| Claire Coulter | Episode: "Maya Rudolph Wears a Black Skirt & Strappy Sandals" |
| 2015
| Clarence | Dillis | Voice, episode: "Hurricane Dillis" |
| 2015
| Maron | Herself | Episode: "Mad Marc" |
| 2015
| Axe Cop | Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2015
| Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell | The Thin Twins | Voice, episode: "Psyklone and the Thin Twins" |
| 2015
| Kandy | Voice, episode: "PAL-SCAN/America's Sweetboy" |
| 2015–2016
| Principal Thomas | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2017
| Various voices | 4 episodes |
| 2015–2017
| Various voices | 12 episodes |
| 2015–2018
| The Adventures of Puss in Boots | The Duchess | Voice, 12 episodes |
| 2016
| Maria | Episode: "Punchline" |
| 2016
| Flophouse | Herself | Episode: "Haircuts at Babe Island" |
| 2016
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Herself | Episode: "Scott Kelly/Abby Wambach/Maria Bamford" |
| 2016–2017
| Maria Bamford | 20 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2016–2019
| Various voices | 3 episodes |
| 2017
| Humane Society Volunteer | Episode: "Misunderstood Miracles" |
| 2017
| Miss Chriss | Voice, episode: "Panda's Art" |
| 2017
| Vivian | Voice, 10 episodes |
| 2017
| Pepper | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2017
| Tara Byte 11.0 | Voice, episode: "The Saga of Robopiggeh!" |
| 2017
| Kendra / Catherine | Voice, episode: "Sit Me Baby One More Time" |
| 2017
| Grada | Voice, episode: "The End and the Beginning" |
| 2018
| Various voices | 4 episodes |
| 2018
| Nurse Pickles | Episode: "Intensive Scare Unit" |
| 2018
| Lover / Elderly Woman | Voice, episode: "Tow and Shell" |
| 2018
| Herself | 4 episodes |
| 2018
| Norf Norf | 2 episodes |
| 2019
| Teach | Voice, episode: "Teacher and the Goof" |
| 2019
| Guandelupe | Voice, episode: "Los Cadejos" |
| 2019
| Macadamia / Hazelnut / Pistachio | Voice, episode: "Sandy's Nutty Nieces" |
| 2019
| Dr. Pat the Mad Scientist | Voice, episode: "How Do Eyes See?" |
| 2019–2020
| Laura | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2019–2020
| Tigtone | Spaceress | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2020
| Various voices | 2 episodes |
| 2020
| Queen Batilda | Voice, episode: "The Legend of the Shadow Bean!" |
| 2020–2021
| Adventure Time: Distant Lands | Various voices | 2 episodes |
| 2020–2021
| Julia / Tammy | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2020–present
| Tito the Anxiety Mosquito | Voice, recurring role |
| 2021
| Suze | 4 episodes |
| 2021
| Kenan | Glory | Episode: "Wednesday's Gal" |
| 2021
| Maria | Episode: "retrograde" |
| 2021
| Patricia Ramsey | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2021
| Various voices | 8 episodes |
| 2021
| The Royal Mush / Foghorn / Polly / Sandy | Voice, 6 episodes |
| 2021
| Mrs. Claus / Big Candy | Voice, 8 episodes |
| 2021
| Malangella / Maitre D / Opposumtaur | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2021–present
| Jill / Big Cookie | Voice, recurring role |
| 2021–present
| Trophy Fantasy | Voice, main role |
| 2022
| Leaf | Episode: "The Illusion of Choice" |
| 2022
| Wolfboy and the Everything Factory | Sky Ancient | Episode: "We Search Above" |
| 2022–2023
| Tito the Anxiety Mosquito | Voice |
| 2023
| Churry | Voice, episode: "Rickfending Your Mort" |
| 2023
| The Ghost of Christmas Present | Episode: "The Night Court Before Christmas" |
| 2024
| Herself | 2 episodes |
=Web series=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 2007
| The Maria Bamford Show | Herself, her mother, her father, her sister, others | |
| 2012
| Princess Sunshine, Computer Fist | Voice |
| 2012–2018
| Pixel, Gayle, Elves, others |Voice |
| 2013
| Herself, her mother Marilyn Bamford | |
| 2014–2021
| Talking Ginger, Talking Becca, Flo, Autumn Summers (Season 3), Pilar | |
| 2017
| Ave Maria Bamford |Also writer |
| 2019–present
| What's Your Ailment?! |Also executive producer |
= Discography =
- The Burning Bridges Tour (2003) [CD]
- How to WIN! (2007) [CD]
- Unwanted Thoughts Syndrome (2009) [CD]
- Plan B (2010) [DVD]
- The Special Special Special! (2012) [video download]
- Ask Me About My New God! (2013) [CD]
- 20% (2016) [CD]
- Maria Bamford: Old Baby (2017) [Netflix]
- Weakness Is the Brand (2020) [album/video]
- CROWD-PLEASER! (2023) [album]
- Local Act (2023) [video download]
=Biography=
- Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere (2023){{cite web |title=Maria Bamford on her new memoir "Sure, I'll Join Your Cult" |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/10/1197954258/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn-maria-bamford |website=www.npr.org}}
=Podcasts=
- Bonanas for Bonanza (2020)
- Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend (2023)
- Planet Money - Maria Bamford gets personal (about) finance (Oct 13, 2023)
References
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Further reading
- {{cite web |url=https://jezebel.com/heres-how-much-comedian-maria-bamford-makes-1792716562 |title=Here's How Much Comedian Maria Bamford Makes |last=Lutkin |first=Aimée |date=February 24, 2017 |website=Jezebel.com |publisher=Gizmodo Media Group |access-date=January 26, 2019}}
External links
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- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0051469}}
- [http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/b/maria_bamford.jhtml Maria Bamford] at Comedy Central
- [https://www.npr.org/2013/07/18/202374622/maria-bamford-a-seriously-funny-comedian Radio interview] with Bamford on NPR's Fresh Air (38 min., 2013)
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