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Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Emperor Has No Clothes Award · 2018
Filmography18 titles
One Night Stand
Inside Out
2015as Forgetter Paula (voice)
2015as Forgetter Paula (voice)
Summer Camp Island
2018as Paulette (voice)
2018as Paulette (voice)
Home Movies
1999as Paula Small (voice)
1999as Paula Small (voice)
Hollywood Squares
1998as Self - Panelist
1998as Self - Panelist
Inside Out 2
2024as Forgetter Paula (voice)
2024as Forgetter Paula (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962as Self
1962as Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013as Self
2013as Self
Hercules
1998as Armageddon Bow (voice)
1998as Armageddon Bow (voice)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993as The Computer (voice)
1993as The Computer (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self
1975as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015as Self - Comedian
2015as Self - Comedian
Have I Got News for You
2024as Self
2024as Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003as Self
2003as Self
Cybill
1995as Minnie Arbogast
1995as Minnie Arbogast
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Hostess
as Self - Hostess
The View
1997as Self
1997as Self
The Comedy Club
2016as Self
2016as Self