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Videos
Maria Bamford stars in the dark comedy short Too Many Buddahs.
She plays a therapist helping a teenager – played by Maeve Press – following the death of her flute teacher.
Writer-director C Fraser Press, Maeve's mother, told Chortle: 'The story was actually inspired by something that happened to me.
'Maeve and I wrote it together and Maria brings a wonderfully unexpected mix of absurdity and tenderness to the role.'
Press a series regular on Josh Thomas' Everything's Gonna Be Okay. Now 23, she performed a one-woman show at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe.
The 13-minute short previously won an award for best comedy at Just For Laughs Montreal in 2021, and has now been released on YouTube as Netflix releases a documentary about Bamford.
Maria Bamford & Maeve Press in Too Many Buddhas
Award-winning dark comedy short
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