
Paula Poundstone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 29, 1959 (age 66)
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography

Inside Out 2
Movie · as Forgetter Paula (voice)

Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Movie · as Self

Summer Camp Island
TV · as Paulette (voice) · 4 eps

The Comedy Club
Movie · as Self

Inside Out
Movie · as Forgetter Paula (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Comedian · 2 eps
3 Still Standing
Movie

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Movie · as Self

Gotham Comedy Live
TV · as Self - Hostess · 1 ep

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
Movie · as Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 6 eps

Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Home Movies
TV · as Paula Small (voice) · 5 eps

Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

Hercules
TV · as Armageddon Bow (voice) · 1 ep

The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Science Court
TV · 13 eps
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
Movie · as Self

Comic Relief VII
Movie · as Self

Cybill
TV · as Minnie Arbogast · 2 eps

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV · as The Computer (voice) · 1 ep
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
Movie · as Self - Host

Wisecracks
Movie
The Paula Poundstone Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
Movie · as Self

One Night Stand
TV · 1 ep

On Location: Women of the Night
Movie · as Self

Hyperspace
Movie · as Karen

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
Movie

Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps