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Paula Poundstone
Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn December 29, 1959 (65 years)
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.
Paula Poundstone Filmography
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 · as Forgetter Paula (voice) |
| 2022 | Interrupting Chicken (TV Series) · as Witch |
| 2020 | The Fungies! (TV Series) · as Queen Antagonista |
| 2020 | Bring Back Laughs · as Cast |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island (TV Series) · as Paulette (voice) |
| 2015 | Inside Out · as Forgetter Paula (voice) |
| 1999 | Home Movies (TV Series) · as Paula Small (voice) |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Armageddon Bow (voice) |
| 1997 | Science Court (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues (TV Series) · as The Djinn |
| 1995 | Cybill (TV Series) · as Minnie Arbogast |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as The Computer (voice) |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts (TV Series) · as Betty Tannebaum |
| 1989 | One Night Stand (TV Series) |
| 1984 | Hyperspace · as Karen |
| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Not Necessarily the News (TV Series) · as Commentator |
| 2024 | Have I Got News for You (US) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | The Comedy Club · as Self |
| 2021 | Superstar (2021) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Somebody Feed Phil (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Daily Blast Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Host |
| 2013 | Why We Laugh: Funny Women · as Self |
| 2012 | Gotham Comedy Live (TV Series) · as Self - Hostess |
| 2012 | Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Paula Poundstone |
| 2011 | Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Access Hollyood Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | No Brainer · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | When Stand Up Stood Out · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (TV Series) · as Self #88 |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1998 | Comic Relief VIII · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Comic Relief VII · as Self |
| 1995 | 50 Years of Funny Females · as Self - Hostess |
| 1994 | The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame · as Self |
| 1994 | Future Quest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Puzzle Place (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Comic Relief VI · as Self |
| 1993 | The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Comic Relief V · as Self |
| 1990 | Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff · as Self |
| 1990 | Comic Relief IV · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Comic Relief III · as Self |
| 1987 | On Location: Women of the Night · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | It's Garry Shandling's Show (TV Series) · as Paula Poundstone |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Saturday Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Wheel of Fortune (TV Series) · as Self - Celebrity Contestant |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Home Movies (TV Series) · as Written By |