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Karen Volpe

Karen Volpe

Actor, Writer, Producer

Born May 19, 1970 in Jamestown, New York, USA

Died December 24, 2019

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Karen is originally from Jamestown, New York, the birthplace of Lucille Ball and The National Comedy Center. At an early age, she was inspired by her love of singing and comedy to earn a BFA in Musical Theatre from Fredonia State University. She met her husband and fellow comedian, Paul Preston, while in college. Together they performed regional comedy for a few years and then moved to Chicago to study improvisation with the legendary comedy theatre, The Second City where her favorite comedian Gilda Radner had once studied and performed.

While in Chicago, Karen also studied with The Improv Olympic under such legendary teachers as Del Close and Charna Halpern. She also was coached by Tina Fey and Ian Roberts. She made her living as an actress in Chicago in such productions as Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, commercials and industrials. Both she and Paul were hired by Disney Cruise Lines to perform improvisation in their adults only venues and so they packed up and moved to Florida.

After a fantastic year working for Disney, Paul and Karen re-located to Los Angeles and still toured the country as the comedy duo Preston & Volpe. In 2005 they produced/performed "Bunny, Bunny, Gilda Radner: A Sort of Romantic Comedy" and raised money for Gilda's Club WNY. This re-ignited Karen's love for theatre and she joined AEA and started starring in musical theatre productions in the Los Angeles Area. She received rave reviews for her performance as Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" at The Downey Civic Light Opera. Karen is 1/3 of the Musical Comedy Group The Boobé Sisters. They have appeared on America's Got Talent and won Best of Fest at The Burbank Comedy Festival (2016).

She hosts a monthly comedy show in Los Angeles, The Karen Volpe Comedy & Music Hour, and is a vocalist in Chuck Wright's (Quiet Rio) Ultimate Jam Night at the world famous Whiskey A Go-Go. She and Paul are working together performing/writing comedy for their show "The Movie Guys" - an internet comedy show all about movies.

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Actor

13

Type

Year

Boy Makes Girl Poster

Boy Makes Girl Feature Film2023Guitar Player

The Pragmatics Poster

The Pragmatics Short Film2021Real Estate Agent

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Poster

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Short Film2018Kayé Boobé

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017Kayé Boobé

The Gong Show Poster

The Gong Show TV Series2017The Boobé Sisters

The New Movie Show TV Series2017Self - Host

The Movie Guys Poster

The Movie Guys TV Series2009Self

Can You Duet? Poster

Can You Duet? TV Series2008Contestant

Help Yourself Poster

Help Yourself Video2007Dr. Lenora Cartwright

Sweetener Poster

Sweetener Short Film2007Girl on Phone

America's Got Talent Poster

America's Got Talent TV Series2006The Boobé Sisters

Ultimate Revenge Poster

Ultimate Revenge TV Series20011st AD

Debra Duncan Poster

Debra Duncan TV Series1998Self

Writer

6

Type

Year

The Pragmatics Poster

The Pragmatics Short Film2021

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Poster

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Short Film2018

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

The New Movie Show TV Series2017

The Movie Guys Poster

The Movie Guys TV Series2009

Help Yourself Poster

Help Yourself Video2007

Producer

5

Type

Year

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Poster

The Boobé Sisters: Mansplainer Short Film2018

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

The New Movie Show TV Series2017

Help Yourself Poster

Help Yourself Video2007

Sweetener Poster

Sweetener Short Film2007

Director

1

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

Editor

1

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

Music Department

1

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

Composer

1

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters Poster

Beneath the Music: The Boobé Sisters TV Series2017

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day Poster

Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day Feature Film2025

John Waite - The Hard Way Poster

John Waite - The Hard Way Documentary2022

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1

Superheroes: We Work for Tips Documentary2004

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