Marla Lukofsky is a Canadian-American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, writer, and keynote speaker. She's one of the pioneers of stand-up comedy in Canada and has performed in every major city in North America, the UK and the first female comedian to headline in Bermuda. Lukofsky has appeared in a variety of TV shows including An Evening at the Improv with Elliott Gould, The Palace TV Variety Series with Jack Jones and The Alan Thicke Show as well as starring in feature films such as Honeymoon with Nathalie Baye and John Shea and Zero Patience. Marla was a regular radio columnist on The Vicki Gabereau Show and CBC's 'Basic Black' with host Arthur Black and became the regular last word columnist on CBC's national TV news show Midday with Keith Morrison and Valerie Pringle completing 100 segments. Marla has voiced many cartoon series including The Care Bears TV series and movies, Alf Tales, Super Mario Bros, Pecola and Fugget About It. Lukofsky started her career in 1973 as a funny folk singer at the famed Riverboat in Toronto and performed at every folk club in Toronto. In 1975 Marla became a regular at a new comedy club called 'The Improv' with Gene Taylor. Other regulars were Rick Moranis and Martin Short. By 1978, Marla became a regular headliner at Mark Breslin's Yuk Yuks Comedy chain and toured Canada sharing the bill with Jim Carrey and Howie Mandel. Marla was briefly a member of Toronto's The Second City Touring Company but preferred the nightclub circuit and returned to the road. In 1990, Marla moved to Los Angeles and played a variety of nightclubs sharing the bill with comedian Sherri Shepherd at West Hollywood's 'The Rose Tattoo' Cabaret and other establishments. In 1998, Marla was diagnosed with breast cancer and received treatment at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA Medical Center and is now in remission. Since her cancer experience, in addition to her stand-up and voice career, Marla created a one-person show called I'm Still Here...and so is my Hair and toured Canada receiving rave reviews by the press. In 2015 Marla began singing Jazz in Toronto, combining her comedy skills with her vocal talents and in 2016 was featured in the TD Toronto Jazz Festival. Marla Lukofsky was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1956 to Ruth and Louis Lukofsky and has two older sisters.[1]
