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Paula Poundstone

Acting Born Dec 29, 1959 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self - Comedian
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) as Self
  • Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) as The Computer (voice)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self
  • The View (1997) as Self
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) as Self
  • Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
  • Inside Out 2 (2024) as Forgetter Paula (voice)
  • Inside Out (2015) as Forgetter Paula (voice)
  • Summer Camp Island (2018) as Paulette (voice)
  • Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self - Guest
  • Hercules (1998) as Armageddon Bow (voice)
  • Cybill (1995) as Minnie Arbogast
  • Gotham Comedy Live (2012) as Self - Hostess
  • Home Movies (1999) as Paula Small (voice)
  • Have I Got News for You (2024) as Self
  • One Night Stand (1989)
  • Science Court (1997)
  • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (2011) as Self - Panelist
  • Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013) as Self
  • Hyperspace (1984) as Karen
  • Wisecracks (1992)
  • The Comedy Club (2016) as Self