Paula Poundstone

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

2024
Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2

Movie · as Forgetter Paula (voice)

2024
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated poster

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Movie · as Self

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Paulette (voice) · 4 eps

2016
The Comedy Club poster

The Comedy Club

Movie · as Self

2015
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Forgetter Paula (voice)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Comedian · 2 eps

2014
3 Still Standing

3 Still Standing

Movie

2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women poster

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Movie · as Self

2012
Gotham Comedy Live poster

Gotham Comedy Live

TV · as Self - Hostess · 1 ep

2011
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! poster

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

TV · as Self - Panelist · 1 ep

2006
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In poster

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

Movie · as Self

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2003
Real Time with Bill Maher poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Home Movies poster

Home Movies

TV · as Paula Small (voice) · 5 eps

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 10 eps

1998
Hercules poster

Hercules

TV · as Armageddon Bow (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Science Court poster

Science Court

TV · 13 eps

1996
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

Movie · as Self

1995
Comic Relief VII poster

Comic Relief VII

Movie · as Self

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Minnie Arbogast · 2 eps

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as The Computer (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video

Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video

Movie · as Self - Host

1992
Wisecracks poster

Wisecracks

Movie

1992
The Paula Poundstone Show

The Paula Poundstone Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1990
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff poster

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

Movie · as Self

1989
One Night Stand poster

One Night Stand

TV · 1 ep

1987
On Location: Women of the Night poster

On Location: Women of the Night

Movie · as Self

1984
Hyperspace poster

Hyperspace

Movie · as Karen

1983
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show poster

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

Movie

1982
Late Night with David Letterman poster

Late Night with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 2 eps