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Actor
Paula Poundstone
- 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.
Known for
Inside Out2015
Inside Out 22024
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman1993
Hercules1998
Home Movies1999
Summer Camp Island2018
Cybill1995
Hyperspace1984
Filmography
- 2024Inside Out 2FilmForgetter Paula (voice)
- 2024Have I Got News for YouSeriesSelf
- 2021Monty Python's Best Bits CelebratedFilmSelf
- 2018Summer Camp IslandSeriesPaulette (voice)
- 2016The Comedy ClubFilmSelf
- 2015Inside OutFilmForgetter Paula (voice)
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeriesSelf - Comedian
- 20143 Still StandingFilm
- 2013Why We Laugh: Funny WomenFilmSelf
- 2012Gotham Comedy LiveSeriesSelf - Hostess
- 2011Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!SeriesSelf - Panelist
- 2006Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged InFilmSelf, Writer
- 2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeriesSelf
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSeriesSelf
- 1999Home MoviesSeriesPaula Small (voice)
- 1998HerculesSeriesArmageddon Bow (voice)
- 1998Hollywood SquaresSeriesSelf - Panelist
- 1997The ViewSeriesSelf
- 1997Science CourtSeries
- 1996Paula Poundstone Goes to HarvardFilmSelf, Writer
- 1995CybillSeriesMinnie Arbogast
- 1995Comic Relief VIIFilmSelf
- 1993Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of SupermanSeriesThe Computer (voice)
- 1992WisecracksFilm
- 1992Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy VideoFilmSelf - Host
- 1992The Paula Poundstone ShowSeriesSelf
- 1990Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and StuffFilmSelf, Writer
- 1989One Night StandSeries
- 1987On Location: Women of the NightFilmSelf
- 1984HyperspaceFilmKaren
- 1983The 8th Annual Young Comedians ShowFilm
- 1982Late Night with David LettermanSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSeriesSelf
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeriesSelf