Acting

Paula Poundstone

Born 1959-12-29

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.

Credits

Newest first

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