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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Inside Out (2015) — Forgetter Paula (voice)
2. Inside Out 2 (2024) — Forgetter Paula (voice)
3. Saturday Night Live (1975) — Self
4. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) — The Computer (voice)
5. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) — Self - Comedian
6. Hercules (1998) — Armageddon Bow (voice)
7. Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) — Self
8. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) — Self
9. Home Movies (1999) — Paula Small (voice)
10. The View (1997) — Self
11. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
12. Late Night with David Letterman (1982) — Self - Guest
13. Summer Camp Island (2018) — Paulette (voice)
14. Cybill (1995) — Minnie Arbogast
15. Hyperspace (1984) — Karen
16. One Night Stand (1989)
17. Hollywood Squares (1998) — Self - Panelist
18. Have I Got News for You (2024) — Self
19. Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff (1990) — Self
20. Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013) — Self
21. Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In (2006) — Self
22. Wisecracks (1992)
23. 3 Still Standing (2014)
24. Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video (1992) — Self - Host
25. Science Court (1997)
26. Gotham Comedy Live (2012) — Self - Hostess
27. The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show (1983)
28. On Location: Women of the Night (1987) — Self
29. Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard (1996) — Self
30. Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (2011) — Self - Panelist
31. The Comedy Club (2016) — Self
32. Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated (2021) — Self
33. Comic Relief VII (1995) — Self
34. The Paula Poundstone Show (1992) — Self