Marla Lukofsky is a Canadian-American stand-up comedianactresssingerwriter. 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 to TV Show including An Evening at the Improv with Elliot Gould, The Palace Variety Show 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. In the 80's Marla was a regular radio columnist on Vicki Gabereau and Basic Black which lead to her becoming a household name on CBC's noon time news show Midday_(Canadian_TV_program) with Keith Morrison and Valerie Pringle. Marla was the last word columnist and completed 100 segments. Marla has voiced many cartoon series including The Care Bears, Alf Tales, Super Mario Bros and Fugget About It. She started her career in 1973 as a funny folk singer at the famed Riverboat in Toronto and in 1975 got a regular spot in a new comedy club The Improv with Gene Taylor. Other regulars were Rick Moranis and Martin Short. In 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 The Rose Tattoo in West Hollywood 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, Marla created a one-person show called I'm Still Here...and so is my Hair and toured across Canada receiving rave reviews by the press. In 2015 Marla devoted her time to 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 Lukofsky and Louis Lukofsky and has two older sisters. [1]
