Paula Poundstone

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Paula Poundstone

Acting 66 December 29, 1959

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 special…

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Inside Out

Inside Out

7.9 2015 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

6.1 2015 TV Show
Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2

7.5 2024 Movie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.8 2005 TV Show
The View

The View

4.3 1997 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

7.6 1998 TV Show
Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

6.1 1982 TV Show
Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

6.0 2003 TV Show
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

6.9 1993 TV Show
Hercules

Hercules

6.9 1998 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Have I Got News for You

    TV show Self

  2. 2024
    Inside Out 2

    Movie Forgetter Paula (voice)

  3. 2021
    Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

    Movie Self

  4. 2018
    Summer Camp Island

    TV show Paulette (voice)

  5. 2016
    The Comedy Club

    Movie Self

  6. 2015
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    TV show Self - Comedian

  7. 2015
    Inside Out

    Movie Forgetter Paula (voice)

  8. 2014
    3 Still Standing

    Movie

  9. 2013
    Why We Laugh: Funny Women

    Movie Self

  10. 2012
    Gotham Comedy Live

    TV show Self - Hostess

  11. 2011
    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

    TV show Self - Panelist

  12. 2006
    Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

    Movie Self

  13. 2005
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    TV show Self

  14. 2003
    Real Time with Bill Maher

    TV show Self

  15. 1999
    Home Movies

    TV show Paula Small (voice)

  16. 1998
    Hollywood Squares

    TV show Self - Panelist

More credits
  1. 1998
    Hercules

    TV show Armageddon Bow (voice)

  2. 1997
    Science Court

    TV show

  3. 1997
    The View

    TV show Self

  4. 1996
    Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

    Movie Self

  5. 1995
    Comic Relief VII

    Movie Self

  6. 1995
    Cybill

    TV show Minnie Arbogast

  7. 1993
    Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

    TV show The Computer (voice)

  8. 1992
    Wisecracks

    Movie

  9. 1992
    Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video

    Movie Self - Host

  10. 1992
    The Paula Poundstone Show

    TV show Self

  11. 1990
    Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

    Movie Self

  12. 1989
    One Night Stand

    TV show

  13. 1987
    On Location: Women of the Night

    Movie Self

  14. 1984
    Hyperspace

    Movie Karen

  15. 1983
    The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

    Movie

  16. 1982
    Late Night with David Letterman

    TV show Self - Guest

  17. 1975
    Saturday Night Live

    TV show Self

  18. 1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    TV show Self