Paula Poundstone
Acting • Born 1959-12-29
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.
Filmography
33 credits
Hyperspace
Movie • 1984
Karen
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Movie • 2013
Self
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
Movie • 1983
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
Movie • 2006
Self
3 Still Standing
Movie • 2014
On Location: Women of the Night
Movie • 1987
Self
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
Movie • 1990
Self
Inside Out
Movie • 2015
Forgetter Paula (voice)
Inside Out 2
Movie • 2024
Forgetter Paula (voice)
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
Movie • 1992
Self - Host
The Comedy Club
Movie • 2016
Self
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
Movie • 1996
Self
Wisecracks
Movie • 1992
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Movie • 2021
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
One Night Stand
TV • 1989
Science Court
TV • 1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Hercules
TV • 1998
Armageddon Bow (voice)
Gotham Comedy Live
TV • 2012
Self - Hostess
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
TV • 2011
Self - Panelist
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Summer Camp Island
TV • 2018
Paulette (voice)
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self - Guest
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
The Computer (voice)
Home Movies
TV • 1999
Paula Small (voice)
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self
The Paula Poundstone Show
TV • 1992
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Have I Got News for You
TV • 2024
Self
Cybill
TV • 1995
Minnie Arbogast
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self