Acting · Born December 29, 1959
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.
TVHave I Got News for You
2024
as Self
MovieInside Out 2
2024
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
MovieMonty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021
as Self
TVSummer Camp Island
2018
as Paulette (voice)
MovieThe Comedy Club
2016
as Self
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Comedian
MovieInside Out
2015
as Forgetter Paula (voice)
3 Still Standing
2014
MovieWhy We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
as Self
TVGotham Comedy Live
2012
as Self - Hostess
TVWait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
2011
as Self - Panelist
MoviePaula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
2006
as Self
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
as Self
TVHome Movies
1999
as Paula Small (voice)
TVHollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
TVHercules
1998
as Armageddon Bow (voice)
TVScience Court
1997
TVThe View
1997
as Self
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
1996
as Self
MovieComic Relief VII
1995
as Self
TVCybill
1995
as Minnie Arbogast
TVLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as The Computer (voice)
MovieWisecracks
1992
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
1992
as Self - Host
The Paula Poundstone Show
1992
as Self
MoviePaula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
1990
as Self
TVOne Night Stand
1989
MovieOn Location: Women of the Night
1987
as Self
MovieHyperspace
1984
as Karen
MovieThe 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
TVLate Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
