
Paula Poundstone
Known for: Acting
Born: 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 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.
Known for

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In
2006

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff
1990
Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video
1992
Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard
1996

Hyperspace
1984

On Location: Women of the Night
1987

The Comedy Club
2016

Wisecracks
1992

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated
2021

Comic Relief VII
1995

Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show
1983
3 Still Standing
2014

Inside Out
2015

The View
1997

One Night Stand
1989

Science Court
1997

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

Hollywood Squares
1998

Hercules
1998

Gotham Comedy Live
2012

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Summer Camp Island
2018

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

Inside Out 2
2024

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993

Home Movies
1999

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
The Paula Poundstone Show
1992

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

Have I Got News for You
2024

Cybill
1995

Saturday Night Live
1975