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