Amy Hill

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Actress • Comedian

Birth Date: May 9, 1953

Age: 71 years old

Birth Place: Deadwood, South Dakota

Asian-American actor-writer of stage, film, and TV who gained national attention playing the quirky outspoken grandmother (several decades her senior) on the groundbreaking sitcom "All-American Girl" (ABC, 1994-95). Hill pulled off the illusion with the assistance of her doughy but expressive features, ample physique, and a flair for vocal and physical mannerisms. Her sassy asides were often the show's comic highlights.

The daughter of a native Japanese mother and a Finnish-American serviceman father, Hill experienced a lonely childhood growing up in rural South Dakota. Traveling to Japan as a teen, Hill attended the Sophia International University in Tokyo and worked part-time in radio and TV. Back in the states, she attended the American Conservatory Theater and became a busy voice-over performer and improviser in the California Bay Area. Hill became a West Coast stage fixture and performed her autobiographical one-woman show "Tokyo Bound" there before bringing it to the "Festival of New Voices" at New York's Public Theater.

Most of Hill's film and TV work has been in small character bits, often playing medical professionals and technicians. She appeared in several projects helmed by Wayne Wang ("Dim Sum: a little bit of heart" 1984; and the short "Dim Sum Take-Outs" 1988) and provided narration for two documentaries by Steven Okazarki ("Unfinished Business" 1985; "Troubled Paradise" 1992). Hill's TV guest spots include appearances on "Growing Pains," "Perfect Strangers" and "Beverly Hills, 90210." Hill continues to work on stage and write.

She has written scripts for "The Puzzle Place," a daily preschool series stressing multicultural values, that began airing on PBS in 1995. She also briefly returned to series TV in the short-lived Marie Osmond vehicle "Maybe This Time" (ABC, 1995). In 1997, Hill joined the cast of NBC's revamped sitcom "The Naked Truth" for its final season, playing a tabloid photographer, and the actress would continue to be a familiar fixture on the small screen, guesting on several series and enjoying recurring roles on "The Hughleys," "My Wife and Kids" and "That's So Raven."

On the big-screen her comedic talents earned her scene-stealing supporting turns in films such as "Next Friday" (2000), "Max Keeble's Big Movie" (2001) and "Big Fat Liar" (2002), while she voiced Mrs. Hagasawa in Disney's animated hit "Lilo & Stitch" and nabbed other voice acting parts on TV's "King of the Hill" and "Jackie Chan Adventures." She had a major screen role as Mrs. Kwan, the nanny and rival to Mike Myers' Cat in Mrs. Kwan in the hyperactive "Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat."

Credits

Lilo & Stitch

Actor
Tutu
Movie
2025

Praise PeteyStream

Voice
Mae Mae
Series
2023
80%

Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon KnightStream

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Pei Pei
Series
2022

UDrive Me

Actor
Show
2022

YasukeStream

Voice
Yami no Daimyо̄
Series
2021
93%

Comisery

Actor
Mary Sakura Miller
Movie
2020

Comedy InvAsian: Amy Hill

Actor
Show
2019

Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of DestinyStream

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Grandma Panda
Series
2018

Magnum P.I.Stream

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Teuila 'Kumu' Tuileta
Series
2018

The Great IndoorsStream

Guest Star
Series
2016
45%

The Unbidden

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Rachel
Movie
2016

Catfight

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Aunt Charlie
Movie
2016

Crazy Ex-GirlfriendStream

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Lourdes Chan
Series
2015
98%

Life in PiecesStream

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Principal Bundy
Series
2015

UnREALStream

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Dr. Wagerstein
Series
2015
80%

UnREALStream

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Dr. Wagerstein
Series
2015
80%

Just Add MagicStream

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Mama P
Series
2015

Man Up

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Eileen
Movie
2015

Imperfect Sky

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Dr. Lowe
Movie
2015

MomStream

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Beverly
Series
2013

Big Gay Love

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Dr. Barrenbottom
Movie
2013

The Legend of KorraStream

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Additional Voices
Series
2012
89%

Family Restaurant

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Christienne
Movie
2012

White Frog

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Dr. King
Movie
2012

Reed Between the Lines: Extras

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Show
2011

Reed Between the Lines

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Mrs. McDonaugh
Show
2011

EnlightenedStream

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Judy
Series
2011
87%

JessieStream

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Keahi
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2011

Raising HopeStream

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2010
96%

Hawaii Five-0Stream

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2010

The LeagueStream

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Mrs. Hatch
Series
2009
81%

The Goode Family

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2009

GleeStream

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Dr. Chin
Series
2009
70%

CastleStream

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Alma
Series
2009
82%

Woods of Terror

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Movie
2009

The MentalistStream

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Nurse Viola Hearn
Series
2008

Eli StoneStream

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Judge Uchimura
Series
2008
60%

Out of the Blue

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Mermaid
Movie
2008

The Bill Engvall ShowStream

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Series
2007

In Case of Emergency

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2007

Studio 60 on the Sunset StripStream

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Nurse
Series
2006
74%

Let's Go to Prison

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Judge Eva Fwae Wun
Movie
2006

Hot Properties

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Mary
Show
2005

Ghost WhispererStream

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Series
2005

The CloserStream

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Franny
Series
2005
83%

Grey's AnatomyStream

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Series
2005
84%

The OfficeStream

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Nail Salon Manager
Series
2005
81%

Jake in Progress

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2005

American DadStream

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Mah Mah
Series
2005

American DadStream

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Mah Mah
Series
2005

NUMB3RSStream

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Series
2005

MediumStream

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Series
2005

Duck

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Linh
Movie
2005

Desperate HousewivesStream

Guest Star
Mrs. Pate
Series
2004
72%

Boston LegalStream

Guest Star
Dr. Kathleen Rosewell
Series
2004
86%

North Shore

Guest Star
Series
2004

50 First DatesStream

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Sue
Movie
2004
45%

Two and a Half MenStream

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Mrs. Wiggins
Series
2003
65%

EveStream

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Series
2003

RENO 911!Stream

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2003

Until the Violence Stops

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2003

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat

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Mrs. Kwan
Movie
2003

Still Standing

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Series
2002

Without a TraceStream

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Series
2002

MDs

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2002

Man of the Year

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The Maid
Movie
2002

Big Fat Liar

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Joscelyn Davis
Movie
2002

Lilo & StitchStream

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Mrs. Hasagawa
Movie
2002
87%

Bob Patterson

Guest Star
Series
2001
6%

The Proud FamilyStream

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Mrs. Wong
Series
2001

One on OneStream

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Series
2001

Six Feet UnderStream

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Series
2001
81%

My Wife and KidsStream

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Series
2001

Max Keeble's Big Move

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Mrs. Rangoon
Movie
2001

Pavilion of Women

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Madame Kang
Movie
2001

The New Women

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Gaia
Movie
2001

Curb Your EnthusiasmStream

Guest Star
Psychic
Series
2000
92%

Bette

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Show
2000

Jackie Chan Adventures

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Moma Tohru
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2000

Strip Mall

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Fanny Sue Chang
Show
2000

Next FridayStream

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MIss Ho-Kym
Movie
2000
21%

The HughleysStream

Guest Star
Series
1998

Two Guys and a Girl

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Series
1998
33%

Pauly

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Sumi
Show
1997

King of the HillStream

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Series
1997

Yellow

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Snake Ajima
Movie
1997

Buddies

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Nurse
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1996

3rd Rock from the SunStream

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Series
1996

Maybe This Time

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Kay Ohara
Show
1995

Maybe This Time

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Kay Ohara
Show
1995

The Naked Truth

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Suji
Series
1995
64%

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildStream

Voice
Series
1995

FriendsStream

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The Woman
Series
1994
78%

All-American Girl

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Yung-hee 'Grandma' Kim
Series
1994
40%

FrasierStream

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Maureen Nervosa
Series
1993
95%

Mad About YouStream

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1992

Nurses

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1991

Baby Talk

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1991
0%

SeinfeldStream

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Kim
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1989
89%

The Tracey Ullman Show

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Series
1987

Mountaintop Motel Massacre

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Prissy
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1986

Growing PainsStream

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Series
1985

Classic EastEnders

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Lauren
Show
1985

EastEndersStream

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Lauren
Soap
1985

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart

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Amy Tam
Movie
1985

Partners in Crime

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Street Vendor
Series
1984

It's a LivingStream

Guest Star
Martha Dumond
Series
1980

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