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Paula Poundstone

Cast & creator

Paula Poundstone

1959-12-29 (age 66)IMDb

Best known for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live

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.

Movies

18

film credits

Series

19

television credits

Career

34

1962–2024 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Comedian · 2015

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self · 1975

The View

The View

Self · 1997

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self · 2005

Across film & television

Filmography (37)

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self - Comedian

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Self

The View

The View

Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

Hollywood Squares

Hollywood Squares

Self - Panelist

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

Self

Late Night with David Letterman

Late Night with David Letterman

Self - Guest

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

The Computer (voice)

Inside Out

Inside Out

Forgetter Paula (voice)

Summer Camp Island

Summer Camp Island

Paulette (voice)

Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2

Forgetter Paula (voice)

Hercules

Hercules

Armageddon Bow (voice)

Cybill

Cybill

Minnie Arbogast

Gotham Comedy Live

Gotham Comedy Live

Self - Hostess

Home Movies

Home Movies

Paula Small (voice)

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

Self

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

Science Court

Science Court

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Monty Python's Best Bits Celebrated

Self

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Self - Panelist

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Why We Laugh: Funny Women

Self

Wisecracks

Wisecracks

Hyperspace

Hyperspace

Karen

Comic Relief VII

Comic Relief VII

Self

Kellogg's Pop Tarts Comedy Video

Self - Host

The Paula Poundstone Show

Self

On Location: Women of the Night

On Location: Women of the Night

Self

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

Self

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

Paula Poundstone: Look What The Cat Dragged In

Writer

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

Self

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops and Stuff

Writer

3 Still Standing

Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

Self

Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard

Writer

The Comedy Club

The Comedy Club

Self