- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1959
- Place of Birth
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Paula Poundstone
Paula Poundstone is an American stand-up comedian, author, actress, interviewer and commentator. Beginning in the late 1980s, she performed a series of one-hour HBO comedy specials. She provided backstage commentary during the 1992 presidential election on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She is a frequent panelist on National Public Radio's weekly news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me.
Filmography
tvHave I Got News for You
2024 · Self
movieInside Out 2
2024 · Forgetter Paula (voice)
movieMonty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021 · Self
tvSummer Camp Island
2018 · Paulette (voice)
movieThe Comedy Club
2016 · Self
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Comedian
movieInside Out
2015 · Forgetter Paula (voice)
3 Still Standing
movie3 Still Standing
2014
movieWhy We Laugh: Funny Women
2013 · Self
tvGotham Comedy Live
2012 · Self - Hostess
tvWait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
2011 · Self - Panelist
moviePaula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
2006 · Self, Writer
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
tvHome Movies
1999 · Paula Small (voice)
tvHollywood Squares
1998 · Self - Panelist
tvHercules
1998 · Armageddon Bow (voice)
tvScience Court
1997
tvThe View
1997 · Self
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
moviePaula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
1996 · Self, Writer
movieComic Relief VII
1995 · Self
tvCybill
1995 · Minnie Arbogast
tvLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · The Computer (voice)
movieWisecracks
1992
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
movieKellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
1992 · Self - Host
The Paula Poundstone Show
tvThe Paula Poundstone Show
1992 · Self
moviePaula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
1990 · Self, Writer
tvOne Night Stand
1989
movieOn Location: Women of the Night
1987 · Self
movieHyperspace
1984 · Karen
movieThe 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self