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