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