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