Paula Poundstone
Born
December 29, 1959 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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 Out 2
Forgetter Paula (voice)
2024
Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
Self
2021
Summer Camp Island
Paulette (voice) · (4 episodes)
2018
The Comedy Club
Self
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Inside Out
Forgetter Paula (voice)
2015
3 Still Standing
2014
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Self
2013
Gotham Comedy Live
Self - Hostess · (1 episode)
2012
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Self - Panelist · (1 episode)
2011
Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
Self
2006
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (6 episodes)
2005
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Home Movies
Paula Small (voice) · (5 episodes)
1999
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist · (10 episodes)
1998
Hercules
Armageddon Bow (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
Science Court
(13 episodes)
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
Self
1996
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
The Computer (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
Wisecracks
1992
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
Self - Host
1992
The Paula Poundstone Show
Self · (4 episodes)
1992
Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
herself
1990
One Night Stand
(1 episode)
1989
On Location: Women of the Night
Self
1987
Hyperspace
Karen
1984
The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
Late Night with David Letterman
Self · (1 episode)
1982
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962